Watch for Impact: Protect Our Ocean

Watch for Impact: Protect Our Ocean

11 Episodes

Every minute watched of this campaign’s content will prevent a plastic bottle from reaching the ocean, thanks to the work of The Ocean Cleanup.

Watch for Impact: Protect Our Ocean
  • In Love with a Problem

    Episode 12

    Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao were still in high school when they discovered plastic-eating bacteria in Vancouver’s Fraser River. Passionate about the problem of plastic waste, the two millennial innovators are now on an inspiring journey to solve it. Their dedication has taken them all the way fro...

  • The Whale Who Saved Me

    Episode 11

    In 2017, whale biologist Nan Hauser had an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind experience. While snorkelling in the pristine waters of the Cook Islands, a Humpback Whale approached her and for 10 minutes pushed her around with its mouth and fin.

  • When Prey Becomes Poison

    Episode 9

    🐺🦦Wolves eating sea otters?

    As sea otter populations rebound, some coastal wolves have shifted their diets in a surprising way, targeting marine mammals. On Pleasant Island, Alaska, sea otters now make up over 80% of some wolves' diets.

    ⚠️ But this adaptation comes at a cost: scientists found ...

  • Big Little Fish

    Episode 8

    Pacific herring are small, but their ecological importance is immense. Herring remain at the very heart of coastal ecosystems and Indigenous cultures. For millennia, communities have gathered herring eggs off of hemlock boughs to share and trade locally.

    Herring are foundational to the British C...

  • What is Ocean Justice?

    Episode 7

    Working in ocean conservation means recognizing the ways ocean climate challenges disproportionately certain communities, and using ocean justice principles to inform your work.

  • Rising Up

    In a world facing a changing climate and a degrading ocean, particularly impacting young people, 23-year-old Australian changemaker and Take 3 For the Sea ambassador Kal Glanznig embarks on a global journey to uncover the untold stories of hope and solutions to the climate and ocean plastic crisi...

  • BAKELITE

    Episode 5

    An underwater ballet filmed in the Mediterranean Sea and set to Rone's music 'Brest', BAKELITE uses dance to depict the encounter and confrontation between a giant made of plastic, manufactured by the artist Hortense le Calvez, and a Naiad, the spirit of the ocean, played by Julie Gautier. The ci...

  • The Great Ocean Cleanup

    Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean — now, he’s stopping the pollution at its source: rivers where plastic is easier to catch, like those in Jamaica’s Kingston Harbor.

  • The Black Mermaid

    Episode 3

    Throughout history, Black communities have had a treacherous relationship with water, depicted as a powerful yet destructive entity by African folklore. This is a story never told before, but necessary now more than ever: a modern day tale of the Black Mermaid, Zandile Ndhlovu, who is changing th...

  • Watch for Impact with Zandile Ndhlovu

    Episode 2

    When you watch my film, The Black Mermaid, every minute you watch prevents one more plastic bottle from reaching the ocean. Follow my journey as a freediver exploring the beliefs we hold about water in my community, releasing the fears we carry around the ocean, and celebrating the beautiful wond...

  • The Journey of Young Ocean Explorers

    Episode 1

    Young Ocean Explorers is a New Zealand based initiative inspiring children to cherish and safeguard the moana - the ocean. Join SeaLegacy founders Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier on a journey down under to discover what led father-daughter duo Steve and Riley Hathaway to create this program...