Storytelling is a powerful tool for social change. In a sea of perpetually updated newsfeeds, we create editorial content with the goal to inform, inspire and include ocean advocates of all ages and backgrounds.
This journal is an ongoing log of our collective movement — a record of the people, projects and ideas that inspire our mission and move us forward. To keep up with the latest, check in here, follow our social media channels and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Wavelengths.
An Ocean of Hope and Fear
With new global plastic treaty talks in Geneva now underway, Eddy Frank Vásquez of Parley Dominican Republic shares his thoughts from the frontlines of the negotiations.
Parley AIR: Ways to Ingest Less Plastic
Microplastics and plastic chemicals are in our food and in our water. Is there any way to avoid them?
Dr. Shanna Swan: Hormone-hacking chemicals, the fertility crisis and the forces of inertia
A leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologist on her career investigating the health impacts of common plastic chemicals.
PARLEY X POSITIVE MATERIALS: FUTURE FABRICS 2025
This year at Magazine London, we collaborated with the Portugal-based company on an exhibit exploring the future of color.
FIELD NOTES FROM WORLD OCEANS DAY
In this very special edition, we ask Parley’s teams to share their thoughts and firsthand observations from an inspiring global week of action.
In Focus: Lena C. Emery
Lena C. Emery describes diving with sperm whales in Dominica and documenting their beauty.
FIELD NOTES – May 2025
This month, we join a unique river raft cleanup in Chile, celebrate Earth Day in Sri Lanka and journey to the northern edge of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Protecting Wāwāmalu
In Hawaiʻi, our teams and volunteers are working to restore coastal vegetation, clear out invasive species and clean up the shoreline at Wāwāmalu. Join them on June 1 to continue the work.
How Colorifix are using DNA code to create natural colours for clothes
Dyeing clothes is a toxic, wasteful process that harms the environment – one team of scientists is changing the future of fabric.
THE BEAUTIFUL MICROBIOLOGY INSTAGRAM PAGE GIVING A WIDER VIEW OF OUR WORLD
We speak to Dr Igor Adameyko about The Story Of A Biologist, his archive of ethereal marine microorganisms.
KOAPAIR: The Ocean Academy at the Parley AIR Station
Parley teams up with the Kahākūkahi Foundation to bring a community AIR Station and youth programs to Maui
FIELD NOTES – SIAN KA’AN
In this special edition of Field Notes, we travel into the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve to join a unique community cleanup and education event with Parley México and local partners.
Parley AIR: Island Nations
Some of the most vulnerable countries are the ones taking the most action against climate change.
Paulin Paulin Paulin x Christo and Jeanne Claude x Parley
A symbol of creative reuse made from the ropes of L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped.
In Focus: Camila Torres
Trading fashion for fish: How a trip to Thailand helped a photographer feel reborn in the water.