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.
The problem with plastic
Of all the threats facing life in the oceans, plastic is among the most pervasive – here’s why we need to move past this toxic material.
Parley AIR: The Kitchen
We explore how the choices you make in the kitchen can improve your health and the health of our planet.
Parley AIR: Travel
Some simple ways to help you explore while remaining mindful of your journey’s impact on the health of our planet.
Featured AIR Pledger: Janna Diamond
Janna is a somatic practitioner, intuitive healer, and cultural activist whose therapeutic practice focuses on helping people process the climate crisis.
Featured AIR Pledger: Zane Schweitzer
A waterman since birth, Zane holds 15 Word Champion titles and is a two-time Ultimate Waterman.
Pass the Microplastics: Pollution in Your Table Salt
New research finds microplastics in more than 90 percent of table salt brands sampled worldwide, including sea, lake and rock salt.
Dive: Anna Bader on Overcoming Fear and Plastic
There are parallels between cliff diving and the fight against plastic pollution. Anna Bader takes the Parley AIR Pledge to protect her passion.
Parley AIR Summer Challenge
The oceans give us life. We give them plastic. Let’s invent our way out of this. Start by making your Parley AIR Pledge with Porter x Parley
Novo Amor ‘Birthplace’ video is a powerful statement for the oceans
Starring freediver Michael Board, Novo Amor’s new music video highlights the impact of plastic pollution in our common home.
GOOD SPORTS: PLAYERS FOR THE PLANET
MLB player and Parley AIR pledger Chris Dickerson co-founded Players for the Planet to merge environmentalism with athletics
THE PLASTIC IN BOTTLED WATER
The latest report from Orb Media finds a single liter of bottled water can contain thousands of microplastic particles, or entire “galaxies” of pollutants.
UK Students: Straws Suck
These 9- and 10-year-old students are turning their English lessons into a campaign for adults to ban plastic straws
The Oddity of Normalcy
It's funny — how skilled and speedy we are in our own demise. Especially when it comes to plastic. AIR Pledger Carla Scotto uses graphic design to take on society's plastic addiction.
A Surfboard of 10,000 Cigarette Butts
Taylor Lane designed an award-winning surfboard from the most common form of beach litter. That's just the beginning. We asked him what's next.
Recrafting Plastic: The PET Lamp Project
Fusing disposable plastic with handwoven natural materials, the PET Lamp project weaves together eco-innovation and craftsmanship to reposition a waste material as a resource.