At The Ocean Project, we catalyze 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.
• We 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.
• We develop a more diverse and stronger 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 in paradigm changing ways to be bolder community and national leaders for conservation action and policy change. We now focus on supporting youth from diverse backgrounds and geographies.
• We scale our impact through the power of effective partnerships.
  • We have built a growing network of 2,000+ organizations in 180 countries, allowing us to catalyze collective impact and expand the movement for a healthy ocean and a stable climate.
• We do all we do with our lean team that is committed to creating durable outcomes for the long-term.
  • We get great help from a Youth Advisory Council with 25 young people from 24 countries and an Advisory Board.

One Ocean, One Climate, One Future – Together