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This journal is an ongoing log of our collective movement — a record of the people, projects and ideas that inspire our mission and move us forward. To keep up with the latest, check in here, follow our social media channels and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Wavelengths.
Parley AIR: Bottom Trawling
Every year, heavy trawling nets scrape an area of the ocean floor larger than the size of Canada – disturbing carbon stored in the seabed, destroying corals and sponges and decimating marine life.
Field Notes
This month, we check in with a landmark new program in the Maldives, plant some native beach vegetation in Seychelles and join two massive sea, surf and education events in Brazil.
In Focus: Rick Miskiv
We catch up with Rick Miskiv, whose underwater photography journey has taken him to capture incredible images in Palau, Baja, Tahiti, Belize and beyond.
How Making Wetlands Wet Again Can Help Change The Fashion Industry
We spent a day harvesting bulrush with Ponda, getting a close look at their revolutionary biomaterial.
Field Notes – August 2025
This month, we return to the far north of Australia, check in on the Parley Hawaiʻi island-wide cleanup and rappel down a ravine in Chile to intercept plastic waste.
How Wood Waste Is Being Used To Make The Color Black Safer
We speak with Jane Palmer about her company Nature Coatings and its mission to replace fossil fuel-based materials in every industry.
In Focus: Cristina Mittermeier
We speak to one of the most important photographers of our time about her journey from “housewife” to pioneering environmentalist.
An Ocean of Hope and Fear
With new global plastic treaty talks in Geneva now underway, Eddy Frank Vásquez of Parley Dominican Republic shares his thoughts from the frontlines of the negotiations.
Parley AIR: Ways to Ingest Less Plastic
Microplastics and plastic chemicals are in our food and in our water. Is there any way to avoid them?
Dr. Shanna Swan: Hormone-hacking chemicals, the fertility crisis and the forces of inertia
A leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologist on her career investigating the health impacts of common plastic chemicals.
PARLEY X POSITIVE MATERIALS: FUTURE FABRICS 2025
This year at Magazine London, we collaborated with the Portugal-based company on an exhibit exploring the future of color.
FIELD NOTES FROM WORLD OCEANS DAY
In this very special edition, we ask Parley’s teams to share their thoughts and firsthand observations from an inspiring global week of action.
In Focus: Lena C. Emery
Lena C. Emery describes diving with sperm whales in Dominica and documenting their beauty.
FIELD NOTES – May 2025
This month, we join a unique river raft cleanup in Chile, celebrate Earth Day in Sri Lanka and journey to the northern edge of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Protecting Wāwāmalu
In Hawaiʻi, our teams and volunteers are working to restore coastal vegetation, clear out invasive species and clean up the shoreline at Wāwāmalu. Join them on June 1 to continue the work.