Journal

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.

Lucy Han 7/11/24 Lucy Han

Meet the designer making luxury fashion from seafood waste AND mushrooms

We catch up with Uyen Tran, who reflects on her upbringing on the coast of Vietnam and time working in New York, foundations that inspired her to launch TômTex with the aim to design the future.

7/11/24

Lucy Han 5/20/24 Lucy Han

Modern Synthesis is the biotechnology company creating fashion with bacteria

We visited the Modern Synthesis lab in London to get a firsthand look at the products that they’re making using K.rhaeticus bacteria and learn more about their journey into the fashion industry.

5/20/24

Lucy Han 4/25/24 Lucy Han

How Sway is using seaweed to replace single-use plastic

We speak to Julia Marsh about her journey as a designer making ‘beautiful trash’ to being a CEO revolutionizing toxic food packaging.

4/25/24

Lucy Han 3/18/24 Lucy Han

The Unseen is revolutionizing the beauty industry using upcycled algae biomass

We speak to material scientist Lauren Bowker about why we need to be able to visualize the world that’s all around us, what alchemy means to her and her new pigment Algae Black.

3/18/24