The world’s oceans contain many great mysteries within their depths. Diving deep down to the ocean floor you never know what cryptic creatures you may meet or what ocean intrigues you may find. For centuries oceans around the world have held man
Doing our part for the ocean
Every year, hundreds of tonnes of rubbish finds its way into our coastal and marine environment. Much of this rubbish does not biodegrade. Instead, it breaks down into smaller pieces that end up in the food chain, affecting marine life, and even h
World Oceans Day 1: Celebrate Our Oceans
Today, June 8th, is World Oceans Day, and this month has been declared “World Oceans Month.” What are you doing to celebrate our oceans?
This month we’ll share exciting news on innovative ideas around the world for cleaning up plas
The Swedish Recycling Revolution: Energy from Waste
Less than one per cent of Sweden’s household waste ends up in a rubbish dump. The rest is recycled in different ways. In that, Sweden is one of the world leaders.
Wouldn’t it be great if no household waste was wasted
Great Barrier Reef News: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia has been making ocean news headlines recently. There’s good news and bad news, plus happenings down under that everyone concerned about one of the most amazing wonders of our world should be payi
10 Ways to Help Protect Whales and Dolphins
It’s been more than 80 years since whale conservation has been a hot environmental topic, and yet many whale species as well as dolphins and porpoises are facing extinction. This is a problem not just for these animals, but also the ocean food web
A Personal Passion: Xtend-Life Chairman Warren Matthews on Ocean Conservation
XtendOceanLife.org is the brainchild of Kane Matthews and Warren Matthews of Xtend Life Natural Products and xtend-life.com, based in Christchurch, New Zealand. We recently spoke with Warren, the company’s founder and chairman, about why ocean c
Microplastics in our Ocean – Kicking the Disposable Plastic Habit (Part 2 of 2)
The statistics are sobering. Each year we are using more than 500 billion plastic bags worldwide. More than one million bags are used every minute. The U.S. alone throws away about 50 million plastic bottles per day. At least 90 percent of the t
Untangling the Macro Mess of Microplastics in our Oceans (Part 1)
Every day we make simple choices that impact our planet’s oceans: How much we drive our cars, what we put down the drain, what seafood we buy and, more and more - what we do with all that plastic in our lives.
Global use of synthetic p
Waking Up to What’s Oiling our Oceans
Whenever there’s a “disaster,” a wake-up call is sure to follow.
Natural calamities serve to wake us up to the need for better emergency preparedness, while manmade fiascos jolt us to rethink our policies, procedures, technology a
