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.
Facing Ocean Plastic in Jamaica
We've teamed up with TBA21 and Alligator Head Foundation to bring Parley A.I.R. to Jamaica. The goal: end ocean plastic pollution through the power of art, community, and sports.
Big Spring Beach Clean: Marine Litter Revolution Sweeps the UK
Led by Surfers Against Sewage, the Big Spring Beach Clean rallied 8,000 volunteers across 231 beaches for the UK's largest-ever community beach clean event. Read the highlights, impacts, and stories behind the success.
Jungle-ized: Give Nature a Voice
A multi-sensory experience and app by David de Rothschild and Soundwalk Collective transports Times Square visitors to the middle of the Amazon rainforest. The goal: Give Nature a Voice.
Parsons x Parley
On April 19, 2016, Parsons x Parley launched with a Parley Talks session hosted by Cyrill Gutsch, Parley Founder, and Joel Towers, Executive Dean, Parsons the New School for Design. Speakers explored the roles of fashion, art, film, science, and design in reshaping the current reality of our oceans and the future of life on this blue planet.
Operation Driftnet: The Pursuit of the Fu Yuan Yu Fleet
Sea Shepherd’s Operation Driftnet campaign has successfully thwarted illegal fishing activity by a 6-vessel fleet of poachers, the Fu Yuan Yu. Through a direct action pursuit, the Steve Irwin has once again filled a lapse in enforcement and brought justice to the high seas.
How to Change the World
Even a small group of people can alter the course of human history. The new film "How to Change the World" revisits the moment that launched the environmental movement to demonstrate how an idea and a camera are the most powerful weapons for change.
SnotBot® – How Drones are Changing Whale Research
Advances in drones and cameras are changing the way we see and understand our oceans. Ocean Alliance developed SnotBot to drive critical whale research without disturbing the creatures in their natural homes...
Leland Melvin: Our Blue Planet Seen Off Planet
NASA astronaut Leland Melvin has seen the oceans from a vantage point few will experience first-hand: outer space. In his Parley Wall Street Talk, he shares photos from the International Space Station to highlight the beauty and fragility of this blue planet.
Intercepting Ghost Nets
Collaborating to intercept life-threatening fishing nets from marine habitats, and eco-innovating to transform former poachers' weapons into symbols of change.
The Lost Leviathans
Author and Parley Speaker Philip Hoare explores the history, culture, and ongoing plight of the sperm whale.
Operation Icefish: The 'Bandit 6' Shutdown
Sea Shepherd operation ends with the arrest of the sixth and last toothfish-poaching vessel, the Viking.
Parley x SAS: Big Spring Beach Clean 2016
We're partnering with Surfers Against Sewage to stem the tide on ocean plastic pollution, starting with bringing the Parley A.I.R. Strategy to the largest community beach clean event in the UK.
ADIDAS X PARLEY: STOPPING THE WAITING GAME
Meet the second adidas x Parley concept footwear innovation: the first 3d-printed Futurecraft midsole made from Ocean Plastic. Together we can stop the industry waiting game...
Parley Ocean School: The Maldives
In November 2015, Parley held the first session of Parley Ocean School, a unique blend of activism, learning and stewardship in the Maldives...