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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.
Field Notes: COP30 Special
In this special edition, Parley’s Global Education Director Antonia Mascarenhas shares an update from the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
How Spiber are Studying Spider Webs and Using Biology to Replace Fossil Fuels
We speak with the Japanese company about material innovation, the fashion industry and the importance of circularity.
Field Notes
This month, we check in with our riverboom program in South Africa, roll up our sleeves to clean up an illegal garbage dump in the jungles of Cozumel and explore an ambitious new program in Sri Lanka.
Field Notes
This month, we check in with a landmark new program in the Maldives, plant some native beach vegetation in Seychelles and join two massive sea, surf and education events in Brazil.
How Making Wetlands Wet Again Can Help Change The Fashion Industry
We spent a day harvesting bulrush with Ponda, getting a close look at their revolutionary biomaterial.
Field Notes
This month, we return to the far north of Australia, check in on the Parley Hawaiʻi island-wide cleanup and rappel down a ravine in Chile to intercept plastic waste.
How Wood Waste Is Being Used To Make The Color Black Safer
We speak with Jane Palmer about her company Nature Coatings and its mission to replace fossil fuel-based materials in every industry.
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
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.
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.
Field Notes
This month, we travel to a sea turtle nesting beach in Mexico, hang out poolside in Hawaiʻi and explore traditional coconut leaf weaving techniques in Seychelles.
Field Notes
This month, we travel to Argentina, Mexico and Sri Lanka – where our riverboom installation is attracting some unusual visitors.
NUVI: Creating the Future of Textiles that Return To The Earth
We speak to the Frankfurt-based company about designing the future with ancient materials.