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.
IN FOCUS: Marko Magister
Meet the photographer who’s been working with the Parley team to document a plastic pollution crisis in a remote part of Patagonia.
Dawn Wright: Rolling in the Deep
We speak to the history-making scientist about interconnectivity, the darkness of Challenger Deep, and the light she sees in the world.
Parley x Twin Fin
The Twin Fin Hotel is the first hotel in Hawaii to join the Parley Hospitality Program, committing to help protect Hawaiʻi’s beaches and coastlines with our collaborative, eco-innovative approach and Parley AIR Strategy.
IN FOCUS: Denisse Ariana Pérez
Photographer Denisse Ariana Pérez discusses falling in love with water, spiritual experiences, and reimagining paradise amongst pollution.
How the diamond mining industry is destroying South Africa’s West Coast
A stretch of once beautiful land is being turned into a lunar landscape by destructive mining practices.
IN FOCUS: Katie Rae
We speak to British photographer Katie Rae about her shadowy style that could be described as “ocean noir”.
IN FOCUS: Jules Casey
Six years ago, Jules Casey’s life changed forever. We speak to the marine photographer and free diver about life in the water off the coast of Melbourne.
Fishing for Plastic
Parley Mexico’s Ximena Arvizu reports on a unique initiative in Campeche to engage fishing communities in the fight against plastic pollution.
IN FOCUS: FAINE LOUBSER
Explore the beauty and magic of underwater kelp forests with Parley collaborator Faine Loubser
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
FIELD NOTES – OCTOBER 2020
The Parley Global Cleanup Network mobilized to celebrate World Cleanup Day with new volunteers, new partners and new zero-emission transport.
PARLEY X JENNY HOLZER SURFBOARDS
Internationally acclaimed artist Jenny Holzer supports Parley Maldives with a series of surfboards.
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
In Focus: Juan Amarú Rodriguez
The Colombian photographer documenting plastic pollution deep in the Amazon