The Ocean Project catalyzes collective action for a healthy ocean and a stable climate. Through active collaboration, we are growing a global network that effectively engages the public, informs policymakers, and strives to protect our blue planet and its great diversity of life. We:

• Generate youth leadership for ocean, climate, and biodiversity action.
  • We help youth become stronger advocates. Our focus on youth started in 2009, co-developing youth programs and campaigns to advance community action. Initiatives now also include advocacy and leadership training, connecting youth leaders and organizations worldwide to collaboratively improve policies, and creating opportunities for young people to engage directly with decisionmakers at national and international levels.
• Serve as the driving force behind World Ocean Day.
  • Since we launched global coordination in 2002, we have helped to unite and rally people and organizations globally to celebrate and take action on the 8th of June and leverage this global network throughout the year for ongoing engagement through our "12 Months of Action" collaborative campaigns.
• Develop a diverse and strong constituency for our blue planet.
  • For our first 25 years (starting in 1997) we focused on empowering our network of hundreds of aquariums, zoos, museums, supporting them in paradigm-changing ways to evolve into bolder community and national leaders for conservation action and policy change. We now focus on supporting youth from diverse backgrounds and geographies.
• Scale our impact through the power of effective partnerships.
  • We catalyze collective impact through our global network of 2,000+ organizations in 180 countries and every day we are expanding the movement for a healthy ocean and a stable climate.
• Accomplish our mission with a lean team. We are committed to creating durable outcomes for the long-term.
  • Our Youth Advisory Council, with 25 young people from 24 countries, and an Advisory Board help us power our actively collaborative efforts worldwide.

One Ocean, One Climate, One Future – Together