Mission 2.Ocean

05/11/2017

Join Clean Ocean Access on World Oceans Day for a fundraiser in honor of Michael Brown. Clean Ocean Access will kick off their 2017 annual appeal and honor an outstanding volunteer with the first “Clean Ocean Access - Michael Brown Mission2.Ocean Award.”
More info and to purchase tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/clean-ocean-access-fundraiser-on-world-oceans-day-tickets-34435591782

06/08/2016

Happy World Oceans Day! No matter where you live, you are connected to the sea. If you're in the Newport area, meet at First Beach from 6-7pm tonight for a beach cleanup. We're celebrating our blue planet today!

05/26/2016

Join us for World Oceans Day on June 8, 2016 for the inaugural Clean the State! We're joining forces with 11th Hour Racing, Clean Ocean Access and 6 Square Design & Communications for the cleanup, which will be held at various locations around RI in memory of Michael Brown. Sign up for a location or volunteer as a beach captain via this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3WBBNSB.

05/04/2016

Last week at Social Enterprise Greenhouse's annual SEEED conference, the Michael Brown Be Better Fund was announced. Congrats to Kevin Cunningham of Spirare Surfboards, who is the first recipient of the award. Learn more about it tomorrow night at Green Drinks Newport.
http://segreenhouse.org/bebetter

The Michael Brown Be Better Fund was created to honor the legacy of Michael Brown, founder of Packaging 2.0, Rhode Island's first benefit corporation and B

05/02/2016

Please join us on Thursday evening at Clean Ocean Access for a special dedication to Michael, his work and his Mission2.Ocean.

Please join us for a special night of Green Drinks, with dedication to Michael Brown who passed away last month. Michael was a big supporter of Green Drinks and Clean Ocean Access, and his energy and passion for taking care of the environment continue to guide us forward to work together to improve ocean health. Speakers include RI State Representative Teresa Tanzi, Kelly Ramirez from Social Enterprise Greenhouse and several others.

03/21/2016

Thanks so much to The Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean for sharing this - an amazing innovative concept created by our founder Michael Brown. Check it out next time you're in Whole Foods Market.

“Innovation! No more gross soaker pads (chicken diapers) at the bottom of your meat tray. Yay Packaging 2.0”

03/17/2016

As many of you may know, our leader, friend and visionary, Michael Brown, passed away on March 12 after his ten year ‘dance’ with cancer.

Michael was an avid sailor, and his love of the ocean influenced his life tremendously. As he became more aware of the downstream issues related to his business and the packaging industry, and how these issues specifically impacted his love of the ocean, he started Packaging2.0, RI’s first Benefit Corporation. It bridges the worlds of plastic design, manufacturing, reuse, recycling and sustainability by working to connect activists, educators and scientists to the plastics industry and end users.

Michael did something that few people on this planet ever achieve. He managed to align his business - packaging - with a deep sense of accountability for how we treat our planet and its stewardships, with his passion of the ocean. With that he launched Mission2.Ocean. Michael created such awareness to everyone around him on three fronts - that to enjoy life, be responsible and to make a living need not be rationalized and that they are and should be tied together.

Michael’s infectious energy and passion for the environment, in particular plastic pollution in our oceans, and his determination to cause change by educating about recycling, technology and research led to his involvement with organizations such as 5 Gyres, The Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, Sailors for the Sea and Clean Ocean Access. The world is a better place because of him.

As we move forward without Michael, we will follow his path and honor his dream by doing all we can to spread and grow Mission2.Ocean. We hope you’ll join us. In Michael’s memory, donations can be made to the wonderful organizations on the Mission2.Ocean site below.

Mission2.Ocean supports Operation Clean Sweep, Ocean Conservancy, 5 Gyres, Rozalia Project, Surfrider Foundation, Clean Ocean Access, Save the Bay and Sailors for the Sea.

03/08/2016

In celebration of International Women's Day, the Ocean Conservancy honors women who fight for the ocean.

In honor of Women’s History Month, Ocean Conservancy will be publishing a three-part blog series highlighting some of the amazing female scientists who study and protect our ocean. Dr. Sylvia Earle...

03/03/2016

These students dedicate their time each week to clean up marine debris in the Hudson River. They are leaders already!

This past Monday was so warm that students in the Ocean Literacy program were able to do their marine debris collection from the dinghy. Each week students collect marine debris from the river and then log it by type of item.

02/29/2016

17 dazzling underwater photos to get you through your Monday: ocean.ly/1KKeMpk

It’s often said that we know less about the deep ocean than we do about the surface of Mars. Looking at the 2016 winners of the UK’s Underwater Photography Contest, I can’t help but agree. Life beneath the sea is as alien and entrancing as any ancient, dust-blown crater on the Red Planet.

02/24/2016

Product innovation and design has been a core element of adidas' work with Parley for the Oceans. The partnership has led to the elimination of microbeads body care products, the co-creation of new fabrics, a concept shoe made from ocean plastic, and more.

Leading up to her trip to the Maldives, desinger Jasmin Bynoe was unsure of what to expect. She was about to take to the seas for a 5 day adventure alongside 17 of her colleagues from adidas Group; they would be learning about plastic pollution and what they could do to help from Parley for the Ocea…

02/10/2016

Looking towards warmer days and beautiful oceans right about now!