Last year, we launched our documentary series The Air We Breathe, films that take the viewer on a journey to Hawaiʻi, South Africa and Australia. Each episode reveals up close the tireless work that our teams on the ground are doing in each country, the specific problems each area faces, and the persistent blight of plastic pollution on our planet, even in remote, wild peninsulas such as Cape York in northern Australia. The series shows the problems we face but also highlights the solutions that we’re passionate about at Parley – intercepting plastic pollution and upcycling it into new material, respecting Indigenous wisdom, and rejecting single-use plastic. The overarching message of the series is a simple one: the oceans are vital for all life on Earth. We can – and must – do better.

On Earth Day 2023, The Air We Breathe returns, this time heading to Chile and meeting Parley crew Ramón Navarro and Rodrigo Farias Moreno. The big wave surfer and photographer duo are ardent protectors of the oceans and have committed their lives to the deep blue. This episode digs into the origins of Parley Chile, the different fishing industries harming the country’s coastlines, and the ever-strengthening, community-led environmental movement that’s growing in the face of adversity.

We see the Parley AIR strategy implemented in different ways; through a Parley team cleaning up an area of incredible biodiversity that’s been beset by plastic pollution and the story of Orieta Caucaman, a woman who began making, and selling, baskets made from waste material that had washed up on the beach near her home. The film also highlights the importance of education about our oceans at an early age and the bonding value that cleanups bring to coastal communities. As Ramón says midway through the film, these are lessons and ways of life that shouldn’t just be adopted throughout Chile, but all over the world.

Check out The Air We Breathe: Chile below.

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