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    SEA BEYOND: BLUE FUTURE

    To protect our ocean, we need to understand it. From the unexpected kinds of pollution in the Arctic Circle to the creatures and ecosystems off the coast of Mexico, education could be the greatest tool to help save our fragile ocean.

    MEXICO

    An ancient species and an ancient underwater forest are both under threat as our ocean changes. Understanding the issues they face is the first step in turning the tide and helping them fight back.

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    Marine engineers: Five species that shape underwater ecosystems

    Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms of life.

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    Forgotten forests: Regenerating the kelp forest highway

    The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they need our help to recover.

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    Pollution, both seen and heard, is changing the way both humans and our ocean’s creatures are living. We can make a difference if we understand the challenge this fragile ecosystem is up against.

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    Circular currents: Stemming the plastic tide in the Arctic

    Once considered remote and pristine, the Arctic is now succumbing to a tide of plastic. In Norway, a monumental effort is underway to curb its spread.

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    Sound waves and sea creatures

    Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have evolved unique oral and aural adaptations. Understanding them better could help us reduce the impact of anthropogenic noises from shipping and marine industry.

    SEA BEYOND
    1% of the proceeds from the Prada Re-Nylon for SEA BEYOND Collection benefit SEA BEYOND, the project by Prada Group conducted in partnership with UNESCO-IOC to raise awareness of sustainability and ocean preservation.
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    Learn more from PRADA and their mission to educate the world about our oceans.
    WHAT WE CARRY FORWARD
    To protect our ocean, we need to understand it. Join three National Geographic Explorers as they discover the role education plays in saving our ocean in three unique environments.
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    An invasive species explosion threatens an entire way of life

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    An invasive species explosion threatens an entire way of life
    An invasive species explosion threatens an entire way of life

    Indigenous lessons in reconnecting with nature

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    Indigenous lessons in reconnecting with nature
    Indigenous lessons in reconnecting with nature

    Can coral reefs survive the Anthropocene epoch?

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    Can coral reefs survive the Anthropocene epoch?
    Can coral reefs survive the Anthropocene epoch?
    THE PRADA RE-NYLON PROJECT
    WHAT WE CARRY
    Travel around the world to 5 incredible locations as we find out more about how the Re-Nylon collection is created through the recycling and purification of plastic collected from the ocean, as well as textile fiber waste from all over the world.

    EUROPE

    LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

    Trash to treasure – is this the end of the thread?

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    Trash to treasure – is this the end of the thread?
    Trash to treasure – is this the end of the thread?

    How Slovenia is helping to shape fashion’s future

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    How Slovenia is helping to shape fashion’s future
    How Slovenia is helping to shape fashion’s future

    Four pioneers closing the sustainability loop

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    Four pioneers closing the sustainability loop
    Four pioneers closing the sustainability loop

    ASIA

    GANZHOU, CHINA

    Why fashion offcuts don’t have to end up in landfill

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    Why fashion offcuts don’t have to end up in landfill
    Why fashion offcuts don’t have to end up in landfill

    The clothing factory that’s changing the pattern

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    The clothing factory that’s changing the pattern
    The clothing factory that’s changing the pattern

    Five initiatives fuelling the fight for sustainable fashion

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    Five initiatives fuelling the fight for sustainable fashion
    Five initiatives fuelling the fight for sustainable fashion

    OCEANIA

    WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND

    Meet the volunteers removing the ghosts from our haunted oceans

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    Meet the volunteers removing the ghosts from our haunted oceans
    Meet the volunteers removing the ghosts from our haunted oceans

    Dive with us on a mission to capture ghost nets from the ocean

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    Dive with us on a mission to capture ghost nets from the ocean
    Dive with us on a mission to capture ghost nets from the ocean

    Four ways humans are tackling the crisis in our oceans

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    Four ways humans are tackling the crisis in our oceans
    Four ways humans are tackling the crisis in our oceans

    AFRICA

    LAKE OSSA, CAMEROON

    How Cameroonians are turning nets into opportunity

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    How Cameroonians are turning nets into opportunity
    How Cameroonians are turning nets into opportunity

    Lake Ossa: where wildlife and humans live side by side

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    Lake Ossa: where wildlife and humans live side by side
    Lake Ossa: where wildlife and humans live side by side

    Four communities that are protecting nature around them

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    Four communities that are protecting nature around them
    Four communities that are protecting nature around them

    NORTH AMERICA

    ARIZONA, USA

    The alchemy that is bringing life to old carpets

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    The alchemy that is bringing life to old carpets
    The alchemy that is bringing life to old carpets

    Taking steps to recovering Arizona’s rugs

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    Taking steps to recovering Arizona’s rugs
    Taking steps to recovering Arizona’s rugs

    Four surprising things that are made from old carpet

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    Four surprising things that are made from old carpet
    Four surprising things that are made from old carpet
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