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.
FIELD NOTES
This month, we join a unique river raft cleanup in Chile, celebrate Earth Day in Sri Lanka and journey to the northern edge of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Protecting Wāwāmalu
In Hawaiʻi, our teams and volunteers are working to restore coastal vegetation, clear out invasive species and clean up the shoreline at Wāwāmalu. Join them on June 1 to continue the work.
How Colorifix are using DNA code to create natural colours for clothes
Dyeing clothes is a toxic, wasteful process that harms the environment – one team of scientists is changing the future of fabric.
THE BEAUTIFUL MICROBIOLOGY INSTAGRAM PAGE GIVING A WIDER VIEW OF OUR WORLD
We speak to Dr Igor Adameyko about The Story Of A Biologist, his archive of ethereal marine microorganisms.
KOAPAIR: The Ocean Academy at the Parley AIR Station
Parley teams up with the Kahākūkahi Foundation to bring a community AIR Station and youth programs to Maui
FIELD NOTES – SIAN KA’AN
In this special edition of Field Notes, we travel into the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve to join a unique community cleanup and education event with Parley México and local partners.
Parley AIR: Island Nations
Some of the most vulnerable countries are the ones taking the most action against climate change.
Paulin Paulin Paulin x Christo and Jeanne Claude x Parley
A symbol of creative reuse made from the ropes of L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped.
In Focus: Camila Torres
Trading fashion for fish: How a trip to Thailand helped a photographer feel reborn in the water.
CELEBRATING SEVEN YEARS OF WORK IN CHILE – #FORTHEOCEANS
As our country program in Chile starts its eighth year, we catch up with team leader Rodrigo Farias Moreno after a very busy 2024.
FIELD NOTES – FEBRUARY 2025
This month, we travel to a sea turtle nesting beach in Mexico, hang out poolside in Hawaiʻi and explore traditional coconut leaf weaving techniques in Seychelles.
How today’s pollution will become tomorrow’s fossils
A new book dives deep into the far future, revealing what archeologists or aliens would find if they excavated our distant Earth.
HECTOR BELLERIN ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS, FASHION AND FOOTBALL
We spoke to the Real Betis defender on the “Forever Green” kit, how football and fashion can influence change, and ways we can all take action for our ocean planet.
From Waste to Art
Roth Design and Parley Mexico’s Acropora Pavilion is inspired by an emblematic yet endangered coral species which forms a crucial part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System.
FIELD NOTES – JANUARY 2025
This month, we travel to Argentina, Mexico and Sri Lanka – where our riverboom installation is attracting some unusual visitors.