About Ocean Plastic Awareness
Our Mission and Vision
Ocean Plastic Awareness stands at the forefront of environmental preservation. Our mission is embodied in our name – to create awareness of the scale of plastic pollution in our oceans and raises collective consciousness to sweep forward solutions. Our vision is a world inspired by best practices related to plastic use and engages dedicatedly in the preservation of our oceans.
We envision a future free from the destructive impact of ocean plastic pollution. By sharing the most reliable, recent, and actionable information sources on this urgent global predicament, we aim to educate, motivate, and galvanize individuals, academicians, entrepreneurs, businesses, and legislative bodies with measurable action plans.
Our Inception and Journey
Ocean Plastic Awareness (OPA) is born merely not out of secondary research or blind passion but through the lived experiences of our founder and a primary realization demand substantial systemic changes.
Our story began with Andrew Smith in 2005. An avid traveller, keen marine conservation enthusiast and a renowned oceanologist, Andrew while on marine explorations, cottoned to the nightmarish reality of the worldwide trail of plastic debris. Touched by the firsthand observation and the devastating consequences it is dishing out to intricate underwater life, Andrew knew it had to be his dormant life's pursuit sprung to life.
The road to create a globally cohesive strategy to attenuate plastic waste in our oceans was distressing and demanding so much so that incorporative forums must be thick on the ground. This momentous directional shift led to the birth of Ocean Plastics Awareness website in 2010.
The Essence of Our Website
OPA aims to bridge a lasting association between knowledge providers and assiduous eco-warriors, committed to resuscitating our ailing oceans. We see ourselves not merely as a website but also a supportive network, a vast resource hub, plotting diverse initiatives combating ocean plastics from across the globe.
Who We Serve
Our organization caters to everyone who possesses an essential sense of community responsibility, care and concern about our marine environment, and the drive tocourse-correct the deleterious impacts of human-induced neglect on underwater life.
Environmentalists, students, researchers, policy broachers, businesses striving towards sustainability, non-profit organizations, community groups, and anyone else spurred on by the cause are all welcome to tap into our sanctuary of resources.
Our Unique Offering
Our badge of distinction rests on our unswerving dedication and trusted resources our team scrupulously puts together. Our meticulous compilation of research articles, news insights, solutions matrices for businesses and homeowners alike, programs, engagement avenues make OPA a one-stop destination for whoever pursued conservation, restoration, and stewardship of marine life.
Our Team
Warranting the fluid propagation of cogent and groundbreaking blue economy approached content on our panacea of invaders, is our enthusiastic team of a seasoned corps of precinct researchers, skilled writers, and determined team members who burn the midnight oil for consciousness turnaround and holistic solutions incitement.
Collaboratively, we are more than an organization – we are an impassioned band of warriors seeking to give our oceans the urgent attention they deserve. Please join us on this journey.