Instructional Video4:07
Curated Video

Plastic's Path: From Convenience to Crisis

3rd - 8th
Discover the vital role of sea turtles in marine ecosystems, where they act as keystone species influencing their environment profoundly. This video shows how their dietary habits benefit other marine life and ocean health,...
Instructional Video3:12
Curated Video

Unraveling the Plastic Threat to Sea Turtles

3rd - 8th
Join host Bobby Donohue at HOPE Headquarters as he explores the impact of plastic pollution on ocean life, especially sea turtles. Learn how plastic waste travels from everyday use to the ocean, posing dangers to marine species like...
Instructional Video3:40
Curated Video

Plastic Muddled Ocean Turtles - Part 2

3rd - 8th
The reality of Bonehead's mission is radically different than his heroic daydream, but he and his team still manage to board JP's airship and stop his cronies from dumping the plastic bags into the ocean. As usual, T-Bone gets all the...
Instructional Video5:54
Wonderscape

The Impact of Climate Change and Pollution on the Octopus

K - 5th
This video addresses the critical environmental challenges facing octopuses, including the effects of climate change, ocean pollution, and noise pollution on their survival. It explores how rising ocean temperatures, plastic waste, and...
Instructional Video1:34
Curated Video

Discovering the World of Sea Turtles

Pre-K - 3rd
This video is an engaging exploration of sea turtles. It provides information about various aspects of sea turtles, such as their habitat, physical characteristics, behavior, and diet. The video highlights the unique features of sea...
Instructional Video1:30
Next Animation Studio

The Ocean Cleanup to step up production of floating plastic collector for rivers

12th - Higher Ed
The Ocean Cleanup is ramping up production of its Interceptor, an autonomous system that removes plastic waste from rivers.
Instructional Video1:06
Next Animation Studio

Ocean Cleanup’s redesigned system successfully collects plastic

12th - Higher Ed
The Ocean Cleanup’s plastic-catching system is now collecting and retaining plastic debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the first time, the non-profit organization announced on Wednesday. <br/>
Instructional Video1:10
Next Animation Studio

Tiny magnetic coils could be used to clean up microplastics in the ocean

12th - Higher Ed
A University of Adelaide-led research team has created a carbon nanotube that could help fight microplastic pollution in our oceans.
Instructional Video0:48
Next Animation Studio

Recycled boat sails to bring awareness about pollution

12th - Higher Ed
A recycled boat is ready to sail to raise awareness about marine plastic pollution.
Instructional Video8:50
The Wall Street Journal

Pew Charitable Trusts Scientist Responds to Plastic Packaging Waste Di

Higher Ed
Winnie Lau of the Pew Charitable Trust's preventing ocean plastics project presents a response to the discussion with Nestlé CEO Mark Schneider on the issue of packaging and plastic waste at Global Food Forum.
Instructional Video0:52
Next Animation Studio

Plastic waste traps hermit 560,000 crabs on remote islands

12th - Higher Ed
A new study led by the University of Tasmania has found that more than 560,000 hermit crabs have died from being trapped in plastic waste on the remote Cocos Keeling and Henderson Islands. <br/>
Instructional Video6:38
EarthEcho International

PlasticSeas: Exploring the Impact of Plastic Pollution on Australia's Marine Ecosystems

9th - 12th
The EarthEcho Expedition team explores the impact of plastic pollution on the marine ecosystems of Port Phillip Bay in Southern Australia. They visit Marine Protected Areas and interview experts to understand the unique ecosystem and the...
Instructional Video0:51
Next Animation Studio

Volvo builds a sustainable sea wall to fight plastic pollution

12th - Higher Ed
Volvo is working on what it calls Living Seawalls which mimic the structure of mangrove roots, to recreate habitats for marine life that were once supported by mangrove trees.
Instructional Video0:47
Next Animation Studio

New study finds microplastics in 90% of salt

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers from South Korea and Greenpeace East Asia have found that 90% of table salt sold around the world are contaminated with microplastics.
Instructional Video3:05
The EcoHero Show

Plastic Surgery

K - 5th
Environmental Rap Superhero Mr. Eco travels to St Lucia to uncover that our "paradises" need plastic surgery.
Instructional Video3:06
EarthEcho International

STEM Career Closeup: Marine Biologist, Author, and Documentary Filmmaker

9th - 12th
This video features a marine biologist who shares her experiences in collecting venomous stonefish, communicating science to the public, and discovering sea slugs. She also talks about the impact of plastic pollution on marine life and...
Instructional Video2:04
EarthEcho International

STEM Career Closeup: Plastic Pollution Educator

9th - 12th
Growing up by the beach in Coffs Harbour, northern New South Wales, Anthony Hill has always been a keen surfer and ocean enthusiast. After discovering plastic floating in the fjords of Norway in 2011, Anthony began raising awareness...
Instructional Video1:18
Next Animation Studio

The Ocean Cleanup system isn't capturing plastic as planned

12th - Higher Ed
A system designed to reduce the amount of plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean has not been collecting plastic.
Instructional Video2:31
EarthEcho International

STEM Career Closeup: Founder of Environment Center

9th - 12th
The video features someone who shares his journey from being a railway Slipper Cutter to becoming the founding director of an inner urban environment center. He emphasizes the importance of community involvement and citizen science in...
Instructional Video1:04
Next Animation Studio

Ocean Cleanup to deploy updated version of its plastic-catching barriers

12th - Higher Ed
The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization developing technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, has launched the second version of its cleanup system.
Instructional Video0:54
Next Animation Studio

How plastic straw ban negatively affects people with disabilities

12th - Higher Ed
The recent crackdown down on plastic straws may be good for the environment, but it's not doing the disabled any favors.
Instructional Video2:56
EarthEcho International

Youth in Action: Fighting Marine Pollution

9th - 12th
Shalise Leesfield, a 12-year-old from Australia, saw the problem of discarded fishing line polluting nearby beaches and decided to take action. She installed fishing line collection bins and turned the collected line into bracelets to...
Instructional Video2:47
EarthEcho International

STEM Career Closeup: Founder of Marine Debris Initiative

9th - 12th
The director of the Blue Foundation coordinates the Australian marine debris initiative, a national network working on removing and preventing plastic pollution and marine debris. With 20 years of experience as a driving instructor, the...
Instructional Video2:23
EarthEcho International

STEM Career Closeup: A Day in the Life of a Marine Biologist and Conservationist

9th - 12th
Dr. Kate Charlton-Robb is the Founding Director and Head of Research at the Marine Mammal Foundation. With over 16 years experience researching dolphins across southern Australia, Kate achieved a Bachelor of Science with a double major...