The Earth Asks Nothing of Us
Yet every breath we take is her gift.
Right now, as you read this
kilograms of plastic have entered the ocean since you opened this page.
That's the equivalent of a full garbage truck tipped into the sea every single minute — roughly 11 million tonnes a year.
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2020
This is what's at stake
The same reef. Two futures.
Move your cursor across the reef to glimpse the bleached future — then lift it, and watch the colour flood back.Touch and drag across the reef to glimpse the bleached future — then lift your finger, and watch the colour flood back.
Illustrative composite · coral-loss figure: Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
What the ocean is up against
Four pressures, one ocean
The threats are real and measured — but none of them are beyond us. Hover over each to find the way back. Tap each card to find the way back.
The ocean keeps us alive
By the numbers
is produced by the ocean, chiefly by phytoplankton.
NOAA
are absorbed by the ocean each year.
NOAA / IPCC
has been taken up by the ocean.
IPCC / NASA
rely on marine biodiversity for their livelihoods.
UN
You don't have to be a scientist
What one diver can do
Tick the promises you're ready to make. Small habits, multiplied by every diver, rewrite the ocean's story.
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My mission
You protect what you love. You love what you've seen.
My mission is to ignite a fire in people's hearts — to help them truly feel that the ocean's survival is bound up with our own. The ocean breathes life into this planet, and every dive is a chance to become its guardian. Conservation isn't a module bolted onto my courses; it's woven through every breath underwater. Come see it for yourself, and you'll never look at the ocean the same way again.
