The oceans cover 99 percent of the living space on our planet but less than 10 percent of that space has been explored by humans. There’s something deeply humbling about realising how little we know of the great depths and the life forms that inhabit it. With so much access to so much information, we tend to think we’re all armchair scientists in touch with the world. The vast mysteries of the ocean put paid to that misconception.
Today – World Oceans Day – we celebrate the ocean’s power to inspire and the innovative thinkers who’re protecting them.
Electrolux's "Vac from the Sea" used plastic debris salvaged from the ocean to create sustainable vacuum cleaners in 2010.
The small team behind Bureo are helping to clear old fishing nets of the beaches of Chile and using the material to make skateboard decks.
Surfers become citizen scientists with the Smartphin, a surfboard fin embedded with a data-collecting chip.
They might be light and summery but flip-flops pose a deadly threat to Kenya’s coast. The Ocean Sole Foundation is changing that.
For every one of their organic, vintage-inspired T-shirts sold, United by Blue removes one pound of trash from the ocean.
