Clean Water is Everyone’s Problem
Lack of clean water is the #1 killer of children under 5 years old, worldwide. Patricia Arquette, Executive Director of GiveLove.org talks about the dire need for sanitation system that address multiple problems at once. Imagine a world in which a sewage system could treat childhood malnutrition.
Access to Clean Water in Rwanda
At just 13 and 12 years old, Innocent and Marceline are heads of their households, caring for younger brothers and sisters. Life is hard. What made it harder was lack of access to clean and safe drinking water. Like too many children in similar situations, Innocent and Marceline made long and strenuous trips to get […]
Why We Need to Stop Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans FOR GOOD
Our oceans are being filled and killed by throwaway plastics. But together, we can create a movement to reduce throwaway plastic at the source and save our oceans. Oceana and our allies are already winning plastic-free victories — victories that aren’t possible without your help.
Three Different Journeys of a Plastic Bottle
The life cycle of plastic bottle creative solutions to repurpose plastic.
How to Keep Plastics out of Our Oceans
Plastic pollution poses one of the biggest known threats to the ocean, influencing all ecosystems from beautiful coral reefs to abyssal trenches, eventually accumulating in our own food. Learn more about how to upend the current system of produce-use-discard, and transition to a system which promotes reuse and repurposing of plastics.
Exploring Oceans
The ocean produces 70 percent of the Earth’s oxygen and drives our weather and the chemistry of the planet. Most of the creatures on Earth live in the sea. But our knowledge of the ocean is far outstripped by our impact on it.
Oceans 101
Oceans serve as the planet’s largest habitat and also help to regulate the global climate. But why is the ocean salty? And how is climate change impacting the ocean? Find out more about the ocean, including the consequences of and potential solutions to these changes
What’s Causing Sea-Level Rise? Land Ice Vs. Sea Ice
In this activity, students will learn about sea ice and land ice. They will observe ice melting on a solid surface near a body of water and ice melting in a body of water. Prior to the activity, students will predict what each situation will do to the level of water and then compare their […]