Project Updates — PARLEY
Ocean Emergency: Sri Lanka

Ocean Emergency: Sri Lanka

As Sri Lanka faces the worst marine ecological disaster in its history, Parley teams are standing by to help as soon as it’s safe.

Sargassum Seas

Sargassum Seas

Our Brazil team explores the mysterious ocean realm of Sargassum seaweed and its potential to help capture carbon, combat acidification and create biomaterials.

Parley Seychelles

Parley Seychelles

Amid the vast blue expanses of this Indian Ocean island nation, Parley Seychelles works to clean up, educate and inspire.

Parley Hawai‘i

Parley Hawai‘i

Our team works throughout the Hawaiian island chain with a focus on high impact cleanups, education and community collaboration.

Roots of Rebirth

Roots of Rebirth

Parley collaborates with designer Iris van Herpen to create the 'Holobiont' dress – inspired by biology and made with Parley Ocean Plastic®

#PARLEYLIVE: BORIS HERRMANN

#PARLEYLIVE: BORIS HERRMANN

Parley founder Cyrill Gutsch connects with sailor Boris Herrmann in the mid-Atlantic to learn more about life and science at sea.

Parley Ocean School: South Africa

Parley Ocean School: South Africa

Parley joins forces with Sentinel Ocean Alliance to open the first permanent Parley Ocean School for youth in Cape Town.

State of the Oceans — Log 111

State of the Oceans — Log 111

A new link between the Moon and the oceans, “happy corals” and a round up of this year’s most important climate stories.

State of the Oceans — Log 110

State of the Oceans — Log 110

The amount of human-made material on Earth now outweighs the planet’s entire biomass, and marking five years since the Paris Climate Agreement.

State of the Oceans — Log 109

State of the Oceans — Log 109

A huge new agreement by 14 countries aims to tackle overfishing and pollution, but comes amid reported failings to create meaningful ‘protected’ marine sanctuaries.

Into the twilight zone

Into the twilight zone

Exploring Brazil’s deep water coral ecosystems with marine biologist Hudson Pinheiro.

State of the Oceans — Log 108

State of the Oceans — Log 108

A new global treaty on plastic pollution starts taking shape, blue whales return to South Georgia and the affect of climate anxiety on young people.

Parley South Africa

Parley South Africa

From the rivers of Durban to the coastline of Cape Town, Parley South Africa works to educate, inspire, create opportunities and intercept plastic pollution.

State of the Oceans — Log 107

State of the Oceans — Log 107

How mangroves trap microplastic, a massive new Marine Protected Area and if you spot illegal fishing in Ghana there’s now an app for that.

State of the Oceans — Log 106

State of the Oceans — Log 106

The US is responsible for way more of the plastic polluting the world’s oceans than previously thought, a new study has shown.