When young children can see and do something spectacular, it creates a lasting impression. When many of them do something spectacular together, it can create a powerful movement and a lasting mindset. This is what Doug Woodring and his colleagues at Ocean Recovery Alliance aim to do with their open water swims, community events, film festivals and human
As Dr. Sylvia Earle famously advocated for society to start thinking blue as well as green. That is quite easy for all open water swimmers to do at various levels. The open water community is led by numerous ocean advocates, individuals who work to represent and speak for the oceans. They encourage, enable and inspire personal, corporate and political
Ocean Recovery Alliance worked with local educators, Graham Uden and Wolfgang Bern to plan, execute and film human aerial art on Kids Ocean Day Hong Kong. The group of over 800 children, teachers and volunteers created a Chinese White Dolphin along the Hong Kong coastline on Repulse Bay Beach in November 2012 in order to help create a real bond between the
