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Tell us, what is one thing you love about the ocea

Tell us, what is one thing you love about the ocean? ⁠
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Share in the comments below! 🐟 🌊 🐚 🌎

As one of the largest animals on Earth, humpback w

As one of the largest animals on Earth, humpback whales grow up to 60 feet and 80,000 pounds. They can live between 80 - 90 years and male humpbacks create and sing songs that can be heard from 20 miles away. 🐋

Simply, they are spectacular! When we look to be part of the solution on plastic pollution, it’s important to remember animals like the humpback whale and just how worth protecting they are. 💙

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Today we are spotlighting our second impact partne

Today we are spotlighting our second impact partner – The Ocean Cleanup. ⁠⁠
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The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands that uses their advanced technologies to remove plastic from the ocean, as well as intercept plastic from the most polluted rivers before it has a chance to reach the ocean. They hope to reduce floating ocean plastic by 90% by 2040. ⁠⁠
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The Ocean Cleanup’s mission focuses on cleaning the most polluted areas of our world’s oceans (think the Great Pacific Garbage patch! 🤮) and also the world’s most polluting rivers in Asia and Latin America. However, their long-term focus is plastic removal all around the globe. ⁠⁠
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Free the Ocean is proud to partner with The Ocean Cleanup and offer a free way to support their efforts to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. We know it can be hard to be part of the physical solution if you do not live near the coast or have funds to donate, which is why we hope you’ll join the #ClicktoClean movement! Link in our bio 🌊

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We’re believers in small actions adding up to meaningful change. Small actions can mean many things – learning something new, changing behaviors, sharing your findings with friends – whatever forward action you can take has a reaction. ⁠
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For example, answering our daily trivia question funds the removal of 1 piece of plastic from the ocean. 1 piece may sound small, but when you play every day, it really adds up. As of today, we’ve helped our impact partners remove over 15.5 million pieces of plastic with your help! Taking this easy, free action adds up and allows you to contribute to something much larger. ⁠
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Yes, we need corporations to change their ways, laws to be passed, bans to be put in place, systemic change to occur… BUT we as individuals are also a piece of this puzzle 🧩 We have a lot more power than we realize! We all play a role in creating impact – whether that is negative or positive – and have to understand and tap into the power of our actions. ⁠
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How you spend your time, what you spend it on, and the actions you take - it all adds up. We can all be part of the solution, every day.

How exactly have you (and the FTO global community

How exactly have you (and the FTO global community as a whole) helped remove over 15.5 MILLION pieces of plastic from the ocean and coastlines? The ads you see on FreeTheOcean.com generate revenue that allow us to fund our impact partners – the one’s physically removing the plastic.⁠⁠
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Today we are spotlighting our first impact partner – Sustainable Coastlines Hawai’i (SCH). ⁠⁠
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SCH is an incredible grassroots non-profit organization run by a small, dedicated team on the island of O’ahu. They work tirelessly protecting treasured coastlines throughout the Hawaiian islands by removing plastic debris thousands of pounds at a time, getting the community involved, and educating the next generation on how to kokua (care for) our planet and create a more regenerative future. ⁠⁠
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In addition to removing tons of plastic, they focus a lot of their energy coordinating educational programs, waste diversion services, public awareness campaigns, and helping others organize their own beach cleanups. The lessons we at FTO have learned from them have been invaluable and we are so honored to be in partnership with their organization! These images show the SCH crew hard at work trying to alleviate the weight of plastic pollution burdening the Kalaupapa National Park. ⁠⁠
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Have any questions for the SCH team or about plastic pollution in general? Drop them below! ⁠

There are multiple ways we can be part of the solu

There are multiple ways we can be part of the solution to tackle plastic pollution. ⁠⁠
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Step 1: educating ourselves on the issues at hand and our role in contributing and then spreading awareness about what we’re learning to our communities. ⁠⁠
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Step 2: immediately implementing quick and easy actions into our lives like refusing single-use plastic and answering our daily trivia question on FreeTheOccean.com. ⁠⁠
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Step 3: Making long-term sustainable swaps for things we use repeatedly. Then repeat steps 1-3 – this is a continual process! ⁠⁠
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What are some of the ways you are contributing to the solution? ⁠⁠

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