#OceanOptimism

A global collaborative marine conservation movement

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#OceanOptimism has inspired an international outpouring of marine conservation success stories.
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Inspiring Hope

Creating a new narrative of hope for our oceans
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#OceanOptimism, a Twitter initiative launched in June 2014, spread widely as a flag for stories reporting progress in solving marine conservation challenges. Reaching over 60 million Twitter users since it’s inception, #OceanOptimism has inspired an international outpouring of marine conservation success stories.

#OceanOptimism, a Twitter initiative launched in June 2014, spread widely as a flag for stories reporting progress in solving marine conservation challenges. Reaching over 60 million Twitter users since it’s inception, #OceanOptimism has inspired an international outpouring of marine conservation success stories.

#OceanOptimism has spread over Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, uniting all with a renewed sense of hope for our oceans

 

ABOUT OCEAN OPTIMISM

What is ocean optimism, how did it begin
and why is it so important?

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Explore stories, websites, events and more to inspire hope, share solutions and ignite action.

#OceanOptimism does not ignore the issues facing our environment, but instead seeks to highlight and support those that are reporting progress in solving today’s challenges

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By celebrating conservation successes
we will ignite hope and inspire
the next generation of thinkers and change-makers

Celebrate our Oceans

Take a look at upcoming conservation events and conferences worldwide.

Events

And remember, small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can change the world.
– Howard Zinn

You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop.

-RUMI

With every breath we take, every drop of water we drink, we are connected to the ocean.

-SYLVIA EARLE

The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: We are all in the same boat.

-JACQUES COUSTEAU

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, commited citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

-MARGARET MEAD

In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.

-RACHEL CARSON

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

-MOTHER TERESA

If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.

-BARACK OBAMA

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came.

-JOHN F KENNEDY

Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky.

-SONIA GANDHI