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Sneaky Plastics – How to #BePlasticWise with Ocean Wise this Plastic Free July

June 28, 2021

Happy Plastic Free July! This month, Ocean Wise wants you to join us in taking action to #BePlasticWise in everything you do. Whether at home, at work, at the beach, out for dinner, clothes shopping – you nam...

What Can You Do On World Oceans Day? A Message From Lasse Gustavsson, Ocean Wise President & CEO

June 7, 2021

Ocean Wise

June 8th is World Ocean Day, a global movement to recognize the importance of our shared oceans, celebrate the wildlife within it, and recognize how important a healthy blue planet is for human survival. Th...

Vote for the Oceans on October 21: A Message from Lasse Gustavsson, Ocean Wise president & CEO

October 18, 2019

Ocean Wise

Canadians speak proudly about Canada stretching from “sea to shining sea.” Those seas (all three of them, actually) are under serious environmental threat. As we approach the October 21 Canadian federal el...

Ocean Wise® Wins Pollution Probe Award

November 23, 2018

Education, Ocean Wise

The annual Pollution Probe Gala, called Living in the Plastic Age, calls attention to the crisis of plastic pollution on our planet. Pollution Probe has chosen to highlight Plastic Wise, an Ocean Wise initiativ...

One Month, Major Impacts

July 31, 2018

Education, Vancouver Aquarium

It's the end of July: a time of year when people around the world celebrate the act of reducing single-use plastic items. Taking the challenge is not only about becoming more aware of your plastic consumption...

Ocean Wise Applauds Canada and 5 G7 Countries Committed to Reducing Plastic Pollution

June 9, 2018

Ocean Wise

Today’s adoption of a global plastics charter by five G-7 countries, including Canada, to target single-use plastic waste reduction is a timely and significant step for protection of our world’s oceans. “As ...

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