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.
Save The Waves Film Festival
Movies alone won't change the world. But the people who watch them can. We're partnering with Save The Waves to bring the word's first enviro-surf film festival to the US East Coast and beyond...
Parley x GoAK: The Great Alaska Marine Debris Sorting Project
We teamed up with Gulf of Alaska Keeper and hundreds of volunteers for one of the most ambitious marine debris recovery initiatives ever attempted. More than 2,500 cubic yards of waste sorted...
Parley and UN-OHRLLS Announce Alliance Under Parley AIR
On World Oceans Day, Parley joined members of the United Nations and Polynesian Voyaging Society to announce a new partnership with UN-OHRLLS to bring Parley A.I.R. to small island developing states.
Parley Talks: Miranda Wang — Plastic-eating Bacteria
Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao turned their high school research project discovery of plastic-eating bacteria into an innovative, award-winning business model. Watch Miranda present BioCellection at Parley x Parsons.
Parley White Flag: A Vegan Collaboration
We live on a finite planet, and we're depleting its resources at a far faster rate than they can replenish themselves. The new challenge for the culinary class is to develop a futurist's mentality while planning menus for the here and now. The alternative is simple: a dead ocean.
Parley x Grenada: Blue Week 2016
During Blue Week 2016, Parley x Grenada announced a new partnership under Parley A.I.R. Together we will build and implement comprehensive strategies to end ocean plastic pollution in the island nation.
Parley Hawaii: Cleaning Up "Away"
There is no "away" for a virtually indestructible material. Even the remote marine sanctuary of Papahānaumokuākea suffers the plastic tide. A collaborative Parley x Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii initiative aims to intercept and recycle as much as possible.
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.
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.
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.
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...