Mission Blue – Resources

The leading actress in our science fiction film SQUID is inspired by Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer, former Chief Scientist of NOAA and the focus of the documentary Mission Blue about her life and mission to protect the incredible diversity of marine life in the ocean, the critical lifeline for all life on Earth. With POW! [Power Our World] we aim to amplify media impact.

Mission Blue trailer 

National Geographic has prepared teaching resources to accompany the film Mission Blue.

With the advent of mass-media technology, the progress of humanity has turned into one big chat in which we are stuck and we’re not going anywhere. Humanity must seriously shape up before going intergalactic. Nature has given us the models we need. ~ Assen Assenov, Master of Urban Design, Harvard

So, rather than missions into space, why aren’t all mission resources focused on MISSION BLUE – saving our oceans? We can’t afford not to focus on rescuing our lifeline.

Resources have been developed by many individuals and organizations working on different aspects of this critical topic.

LIST OF BOOKS BY DR. SYLVIA EARLE

1978. The Call of the Sea. National Geographic Society
1980. Exploring the Deep Frontier. with Al Giddings National Geographic
1995. Sea Change: A Message of the Ocean. G.P. Putnam Sons, NY *1999 Dive: My Adventures in the Deep Frontier. National Geographic
*1999. Hello Fish! with Henry Wolcott. National Geographic
1999. Wild Ocean. with Henry Wolcott. National Geographic *2000. Sea Critters. with Henry Wolcott. National Geographic
2001. Atlas of the Ocean: The Deep Frontier. National Geographic *2003. Coral Reefs. National Geographic
2004. Defying Ocean’s End. with Linda K. Glover, Island Press.
2009. The Ocean. An Illustrated Atlas. with Linda K. Glover. National Geographic
2009. The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One. National Geographic
2014. Blue Hope. National Geographic
*2019. Extreme Ocean. with Glen Phelan. National Geographic
*Primarily for kids

Aquaculture

Aqua-Spark
Blue Ventures
COBI
Fish 2.0
FishWise
Follow E.G.S.
Oceans 5
Sea Web

COASTAL PROTECTION

Coastal Care Foundation
Coastal Impact India
Save The Waves
Surfrider Foundation

CONSERVATION – Global Orgs
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Clinton Foundation – Global Initiative
Drawdown Foundation
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Fauna and Flora International
Global Island Partnership
Greenpeace International
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDCF)
Living Oceans Foundation
Mission Blue & the Sylvia Earle Alliance
National Resources Defense Council
Nature Conservancy
Ocean Geographic Society
The Ocean Foundation
OceanX
Sierra Club
WATER
Waterkeeper Alliance
WildAid
World Wildlife Fund

CONSERVATION – Local Orgs
Cape Research and Diver Development – Capetown South Africa
Bitonga Divers – Bitonga
A Rocha
EAC West Marin
Ecoceanica
Ghost Diving
Great Barrier Reef Legacy
Gulf of California Marine Program
Inland Ocean Coalition
LA Waterkeeper
Lifeline Antarctica
MedSOS – Greece
Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance
Mission Tiburon
NABU – Baltic Sea
Ocean Conservation Research – Antarctica
Ocean Revolution – Bitonga
OceansWatch – Solomon Islands
Pelagios Kakunja Marine Conservation – Mexico
Project Moken – Islands of Burma (Myanmar)
SalvageBlue
Save Mandahl Bay
Save the Med – Mediterranean
Seacology – Island Habitats
Sea Cyprus
SR3 – Pacific Northwest
Sustainable Seas Trust – Africa
Tetiaroa Society – Island of Tetiaroa
Verde Mar – Costa Rica

EXPEDITIONS
EarthWatch Institute
Fins Attached
Fish Eye Project
Ocean Doctor
Oceanic Society
Okeanos Foundation – South Pacific
PADI – Maldives
Peaceboat
Sea Inspiration
Seasynergy
SEDNA
SNUBA International, Inc.

OCEAN Divers
Bitonga Divers
Blue Endeavors
Cape Research and Diver Development
Cristina Zenato –  to view more videos
Dive In
ProTec

OCEAN Education
earthDECKS.org Ocean Network
Online Ocean Symposium
Sea Smart School

OCEAN Kids
Aeon for Ocean
Aqua Kids
Blue Ocean Planet
CELL
Heirs to Our Oceans
I AM WATER
Kids for The Bay
LT & C
Ocean First Education
Ocean First Institute
Ocean Protection Advocacy Kids
Ocean to Eye Level – mini-aquariums
One More Generation
Sharks 4 Kids
Teens4Oceans

OCEAN Institutions
Aquarium of the Bay
Monterey Bay Aquarium
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

OCEAN Law
Earth Law Center

OCEAN Media & Arts
Blue Ocean Film Festival
Christian Vizl
Coral Morphologic
Courtney Mattison
Ellen Cuylaerts
Enzo Pérès-Labourdette
Henley Spiers Photography
The Jellyfish Project
Joakim Odelberg
Keith Ellenbogen
Kristin Hettermann
Living Ocean Productions
Liz Cunningham
Ocean Lovers Festival
Ocean Media Institute
Oceanic Global
Planet Experts
Plankton Productions
Roz Savage
scubashooters.net
SEVENSEAS Media
The Watermen Project
Underwater Earth
Washed Ashore
Wyland Foundation

OCEAN Research
CCMI – Central Caribbean
Charles Darwin Foundation – Galapagos
Marine Applied Research & Exploration (MARE Group)
Oceanic Research Institute – Australia
ORCA – Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Point Blue – Petaluma, CA, USA
Project Manaia – Mediterranean
Worldrise

OCEAN Protection
Antactic Southern Ocean Coalition
Antarctic Ocean Alliance
Asociación Ondine
AWSC
Biosphere Foundation
Blue Marine Foundation
Blue Solutions
COCO – Inland Ocean Coalition
Conservation International
The Coral Triangle
Coral Triangle Center
Daana Blue
Deep Sea Mining Campaign
Force Blue
Future 500
GOES Foundation
Marine Conservation Institute
Mission Blue & the Sylvia Earle Alliance

National Marine Sanctuaries
National Marine Sanctuaries
Dolphin Smart

OCEAN Technology
DOER
LightHawk
OceanX

SPECIES Conservation
Healthy Reefs
Manta Trust – Manta Rays
Marine Life Studies – Whales and Dolphins
Marine Megafauna Foundation – Marine Megafauna
Ocean Care
Oikonos – seabirds and other species
Olive Ridley Project – sea turtles
One World One Ocean – humpbacks and other species
Pacific Whale Foundation
Reef Check
ReefBase
Reef Life Restoration Project
ReefWatch India
Rig2Reef Exploration
Rockfish Foundation
Shark Allies
Shark Team One
Sonar – Whales and Dolphins
Te mana o te moana – Sea Turtles
Turtle Island Restoration Network
Whale Shark & Oceanic Research Center
Whale Shark Mexico
World Federation for Coral Reef Conservation

Sylvia Earle and Liz Taylor on COVID-19.

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