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.
Blue Carbon: What a scientist wants you to know about seaweed
Dr. Ana Queirós shares the questions guiding seaweed research in the Orkney Islands
Ross Edgley's non-stop swim for seaweed
Ross Edgley smashed a world-record during a 53-hour non-stop Loch Ness swim to protect kelp forests in Scottish waters
The microbiologist blowing up Instagram with her close up videos of tardigrades
We spoke with @tardibabe about her kaleidoscopic videos of microbes, dancing and wriggling on petri dishes.
Lamya Essemlali: We Need to Take the Pressure Off The Ocean
The President of Sea Shepherd France explains the perils of overfishing and power of personal action
Parley AIR Social Justice: Plastics production and Frontline Communities
Plastics plants are concentrated in one part of the U.S. and disproportionately impact poor and BIPOC communities.
Fighting big plastic — and winning
Learn how Sharon Lavigne is keeping chemical companies from building new plastics plants in her community.
Parley AIR Social Justice: Pollution Has No Boundaries
The oceans know no borders, and are an all-connecting link for the world’s plastic.
THE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT SHOWING SEA LIFE LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE
Scroll through Aron Sanchez-Baranda’s Instagram page, and you may think you’d stumbled across an archive of extraterrestrial life.
Parley AIR Social Justice: Exporting the Plastic Crisis
The global recycling industry pollutes low-income communities. Here’s how.
Fearless: How a Public Art Movement Empowers Women to Change the Climate Narrative
An interview with Shilo Shiv Suleman, artist and founder of Fearless Collective
Face to Face
To highlight the link between glacial and ocean ecosystems, Parley Argentina coordinator Yago Lange set out to foil surf the Perito Moreno glacier in Patagonia.
Saving the Planet While Ignoring Two Thirds of It
Investigative journalist Ian Urbina looks at why the overlooked oceans are key to addressing the climate crisis.
PARLEY AIR: Centering oceans in climate policy
The blue part of the planet is a massive carbon sink, so preserving ocean health is a key part of climate policy.