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A voice.
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The future is blue and it starts with you.
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Link in our bio @oneoceanplanet
The Path to Restoration
One Ocean Planet bases its scientific framework and our ocean recovery strategy on the recovery wedges developed by Dr. Carlos Duarte et al.
As @carlosduartephd reminds us - There is no single solution to ocean recovery, progress comes from stacking complementary actions, our 7 recovery wedges that, together, accelerate healing.
1. Protecting more ocean.
2. Protecting more species.
3. Restoring degraded habitats.
4. Stemming pollution.
5. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
6. Rethinking how we extract ocean resources.
7. Recognising the ocean as a powerful climate solution.
The ocean absorbs 25% of our CO₂ and produces up to 70% of the oxygen we breathe. Protecting and restoring it isn’t optional, it’s essential for climate resilience, biodiversity, and human wellbeing.
Recovery is possible.
Protect what you love 💙
This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to make it more blue.
Your support today will directly strengthen our work — and help us protect what we love.
👉 Donation link in our Instagram bio One Ocean Planet
This year brought unexpected challenges that forced us to completely reorganise, yet we emerged stronger than ever. And today, the team wants to express our deepest gratitude for standing with us through it all.
Despite the challenges, our focus on ocean recovery never wavered.
This year, we:
• Strengthened policy work — joining the Antarctic Avengers to protect the Southern Ocean and pushing to end krill fishing and whale hunting in Europe.
• Brought our Blue Community together at more than 100 events around the world.
• Expanded our education programmes across seven countries, empowering students and supporting seven inspiring Hero Kids leading ocean-positive initiatives globally.
• Continued issuing strategic grants to grow our impact where it matters most.
It’s been a remarkable year, and every contribution today will help us continue turning momentum into meaningful change.
Thank you for being part of our mission — and for helping us protect our blue planet.
It’s time for a change. Iceland: stop whaling. Here’s how you can help 👇
Iceland has already set a quote for the slaughter of 150 endangered fin whales this whaling season, but we have the opportunity to stop whaling for good. 🐋⛏️
The Iceland Parliament is looking to pass a law later this year that would stop whaling, forever. But this year’s whales are still on the chopping block. 🏛️😵🪦
Send emails through @chilli in my link in bio to the US-Iceland Embassies to let them know that we oppose whaling and we will boycott visiting until they stop. 🇺🇸🇮🇸
Our whale friends are counting on youuuuu 🐳🐋🐳
Huge congratulations to Benton — Hero Kids Cohort 2025/2026 — for completing his incredible 340km ocean cycle challenge along the coast of Portugal 🚴🌊
From the moment Benton joined our Hero Kids calls last September, his knowledge of bottom trawling and its devastating impact on marine ecosystems stood out. Inspired by David Attenborough’s documentary OCEAN, he turned concern into action.
After visiting Nazaré and learning about the Hope Zones regenerative seaweed farming projects, Benton decided to use his own strength — cycling — to raise awareness and funds to help regenerate the sea floor and protect marine life.
He trained relentlessly, spoke at Earth Day events in London, and then completed an enormous four-day, 340km ride down the Portuguese coast raising EUR 15,000.
Benton — this is not the finish line. It is only the beginning. Keep protecting what you love, keep inspiring others, and keep showing people that young people can create real impact right now.
The ocean is lucky to have you 💙 @cycle2save@oneoceanplaneteducation@oneoceanplanet@cigalacycling@hopezones.foundation
A surfboard. A block of ice. A continent at risk. 🌊
Our friends at @gauchosdelmar just released Antarctica — Domain One, a new film documenting an expedition into Antarctica and the growing urgency to protect one of the most fragile ecosystems on Earth.
Narrated by Ricardo Darín and Kelly Slater, the film explores the Antarctic Peninsula and why the upcoming CCAMLR meeting in 2026 could be a defining moment for its future.
To mark the release, They have put up a 2-metre block of ice with an expedition surfboard frozen inside is melting in front of the Obelisco in Buenos Aires, inviting people to stop, watch the film, and sign the petition to help protect Domain one.
Watch the film. Sign the petition. Share the message.
🔗 Link in bio.
Twelve years young and already creating waves bigger than most ever dream of. 🌊
A heart full of purpose, a voice that inspires change, and a future as bright as the ocean she fights for. Here’s to growing, leading, and making every ripple count. 💙✨
Happy birthday @swimforimpact
Massive congratulations to Benton @cycle2save , just 13 years old, for cycling from Lisbon to Faro in just 4 days! 🚴♂️👏
Cycle2Save is raising awareness for regenerative seaweed farming and more sustainable oceans, and Benton represented the mission brilliantly with an incredible effort and attitude throughout the challenge.
Amazing achievement! 🌊💪
In ESPA’s latest production, Harpooned–The Great Whale Betrayal, Ed Goodall speaks on how whales are deeply intelligent mammals, driven by curiosity and trust.
They are often intrigued by vessels and will gently approach them, unaware of the fate that sadly awaits them.
Many are then fatally shot with a grenade-tipped harpoon.
The whale hunt is already underway this season, as Norway continues to carry out this barbaric industry despite growing global outrage.
🔗 Sign the petition to put and end to commercial whaling (link in our bio)
#savethewhales #whaleconservation #visitnorway #norway
Happy 100th birthday to @davidattenborough 🎉🌍
We’re proud to share some special messages from Year VI at Jaffar Public School. In collaboration with @marineconservationpakistan and, @10percentfortheocean we screened Ocean with David Attenborough for the class, and these were some of their reflections and takeaways afterwards 💙🌊
If you’d like to organise a screening in your school or community, email us at [email protected]
It was a great honor to meet Nicole Stott @astro_nicole and Christina Korp and learn about their work with the Space for Art Foundation and Space for a Better World Foundation. @spaceforartfoundation@spacefabworld ✨
They show us how space and the ocean are deeply connected.
From space, we can track sea level rise, ocean warming, storms, and even plankton—giving us real data to protect marine ecosystems. Looking down helps us understand what’s happening below.
And it goes both ways. The ocean is one of the best training grounds for space—extreme conditions, isolation, and unknown life. The deep sea and outer space are asking the same questions: how life adapts and what we still haven’t discovered.
This is why it matters for kids. The future needs people who think across boundaries, stay curious, and care about the whole planet. Protecting the ocean and exploring space are part of the same mission. 🌍🌊🚀
Nicole Stott: retired NASA astronaut (STS-128, STS-133), Expedition 20/21, 104 days in space, and NASA aquanaut.
Christina Korp: astronaut manager and producer, former manager of Buzz Aldrin, now leading Space for a Better World.
Finally, the day has arrived 🌍✨
Tomorrow, Saturday at 10:00am PST / 6:00pm UK / 7:00pm CET, tune in on CBS or via the Visioneers platform to watch The Visioneers with Zay Harding.
We are so proud that Lily Niederhofer (@swimforimpact ) joins Domi Lesser @domilesser and Zay Harding @zayharding1 to speak about youth leadership, ocean advocacy, and defending octopuses from industrial farming plans.
A reminder that leadership has no age, and that the next generation is already creating change. 💙
@visioneerstv@zayharding1@volofoundation
#thevisioneers #volofoundation #zayharding
