Ocean Conservancy

"There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it." 🌅 - Amanda Gorman ✨ This #NationalLighthouseDay, share with us how YOU are being a light for our ocean this year. 🌊 Whether you're joining a cleanup or writing to your representatives, let's shine some light on all the good being done for our planet! 🌎 📍 Cape Hatteras National Seashore | North Carolina, USA 📸 Jamie Zink / Creative Commons

Voting for SXSW 2026 is officially open, and we need your help! Follow the steps below so we can bring the incredible wildlife of the Ocean Twilight Zone that helps regulate our climate and power our planet to the changemakers at SXSW.   1️⃣ Login or create an account with SXSW. 2️⃣ Head to our event proposal page here: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/euiE7vsY 3️⃣ Click the heart icon ❤️ next to "How the ocean twilight zone regulates our climate." 4️⃣ Share this with your friends and loved ones.   Thanks, ocean friends! We hope to see you at SXSW 2026. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/euiE7vsY

Ocean Conservancy is on the ground in Geneva for INC5.2. This could be our last chance for a strong, impactful global plastics treaty, and we need all hands on deck from leaders around the world. Add your name to call for an end to plastic pollution — it takes less than two minutes. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/gd4rXMFP #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2

If we are going to end the plastic pollution crisis, we need a strong and ambitious global plastics treaty that covers the full lifecycle of plastics. We can't miss this shot—our ocean and our future depend on it. We believe that an effective agreement should include the crucial policies and considerations: ✅ Source reduction of plastics ✅ Include ghost gear (abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear) ✅ Address microplastics ✅ Design for circularity ✅ Include informal sector waste collectors Some things in this world are universal ... plastic pollution shouldn't be one of them. Add your name now: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.pbit.ly/4fl75GC

We’re in Geneva for the final round of plastics treaty negotiations (INC-5.2), and this could be our last chance to ensure we meet the plastics pollution crisis with the urgency and ambition it demands. Between the last meeting of INC-5 and the first meeting tomorrow, an estimated 7.4 million metric tons of plastic pollution will have flooded into our ocean. We cannot delay this agreement any further. That's why we're calling for the strongest treaty possible to combat plastic pollution: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.pbit.ly/451rlcZ #PlasticsTreaty #ILBI #INC

It’s the last day of #PlasticFreeJuly, and there are so many ways to be plastic-free all year long. But it’s not just on us—if we are to truly tackle this crisis, the U.S. *must* make fewer plastics. Join the movement to protect our ocean for Plastic Free July and beyond: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.pbit.ly/47btQc5 📸: Pier Nirandara

‼️ DEVELOPING ‼️ The EPA Administrator has made an alarming move to overturn a core scientific finding from 2009—the Endangerment Finding—that has played an essential role in enabling multiple administrations to regulate forms of pollution tied to a changing climate. 🚨 This decision has massive implications that could prove disastrous and exacerbate some of the deadliest climate impacts. And because our ocean is both impacted by a changing climate *and* offers solutions to the climate crisis, this decision poses a major threat to the future of our ocean, too. ⚠️ Stay tuned for updates on the anticipated impacts of this news and ways you can speak up—in the meantime, read more via the The Associated Press: 🔗 https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/gB2iaWM4

The global plastics problem is complex. But what we do know is that we need to both reuse what we have AND make fewer plastics. 🔁🫙📉 We need bold solutions to protect our ocean, and a bipartisan bill is moving through Capitol Hill to do just that. The bipartisan Research for Environmental Uses and Sustainable Economies (REUSE) Act would direct the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to look closely at reuse/refill systems and provide info on what support is needed at local, state and federal levels to enhance those systems. Take action this #PlasticFreeJuly and tell your representatives to vote YES on the REUSE Act! https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.pbit.ly/41h5g7I

Among the most common forms of microplastics found in the environment are microfibers, thread-like strands that shed from our clothes and textiles when we produce, wear and wash them. A single load of laundry can release up to 18 million microfibers, with many of them eventually making their way into the ocean. The good news? There’s a solution that helps address this problem. Congress is considering the Fighting Fibers Act, a bill that would require new washing machines to include microfiber filters. Let’s make sure our lawmakers pass the Fighting Fibers Act. Take action for Plastic Free July urge Congress to filter out microplastics now: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/e8uJ9mvR #PlasticFreeJuly #Microfibers #Microplastics