The  Third Blue Vision Summit in Washington, DC just concluded. Over 500 attendees, including members of the national and international marine community came together to raise awareness about ocean health, and work towards the enactment and enforcement of national ocean policy, including climate change impacts, Gulf restoration and other pressing issues. Two topics appeared to dominate the sessions:...

Plastic Pollution Coalition members have been working tirelessly to develop projects, workshops and even approved curricula for teachers interested in educating their students about plastic pollution. To make it easier to find all of these great resources, we’ve pulled them together into one page, with links to materials and contact information for the organizations that have prepared them. Whether...

Trash for Teaching (T4T), an nonprofit based in Los Angeles, California, is one of the organizations that has joined Plastic Pollution Coalition in recent weeks. Trash for Teaching collects clean, safe and interesting manufacturing cast-offs from local factories and repurposes them for use by kids, teachers and artists. “Minimizing Waste / Maximizing Education” is their motto, something...

Sea Studios Foundation announces the launch of the Think Beyond Plastics Southern Sail, in partnership with Sealife Conservation, a sailing journey along the California Coast from November 4 to November 21, to raise awareness on plastic pollution in the ocean. The sailing expedition will visit the California coastal communities of Morro Bay (Nov 4), Santa Barbara (Nov 9), Santa Monica (Nov 12),...

Canadian videographer Jan Vozenilek was a member of  Midway Journey, an expedition to Midway Atoll in September 2009 to document the effects of plastic pollution on baby albatrosses.   Midway Journey was led by photographer Chris Jordan and supported by the Plastic Pollution Coalition. Earlier this week, Jan Vozenilek visited an elementary school in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, where...