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Seas At Risk @seasatrisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At the European Parliament today, during #EUOceanWeek, Sarah Tilkin from Naturpuunt, Seas At Risk’s member, is sharing an important message: fishers can be part of the solution, including supporting a strict protected area in Belgian waters. 🎣💙 #EUFisheries #EUOceanAct #EUBiodiversity #EUOceanWeek

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 30/09/2026

The latest round of informal plastics treaty talks in Bangkok closed with many Member States uniting behind effective multilateralism and rejecting a lowest-common-denominator text.

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Seas At Risk @seasatrisk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tomorrow's 🐋 inauguration shows how deeply intertwined ocean and human health is. It's only by living in harmony with the ocean can humanity thrive. Read to find out how ⤵️ seas-at-risk.org/general-news...

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We Are The Whale - Seas At Risk

The Whale Would Like a Word There is a whale lying outside the European Parliament. It is impossible to miss. And that is precisely the point. As Ocean Week 2026 starts this Monday 28 September, Sea...

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

(1.) "Einer meiner größten Wünsche für die Modeindustrie ist, dass wir einen Schlussstrich ziehen und neu definieren, was Mode wirklich bedeutet – mit der Idee, den Planeten an erste Stelle zu setzen." – Yayra Agbofah, Modedesigner, Gründer The Revival 📸 Saskia Uppenkamp

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

(1) "Wenn die Sachen gut sind, bekommst Du Dein Geld sofort. Aber wenn sie nicht gut sind, leidest du, bevor du sie überhaupt verkaufen kannst." – Zaria, Verkäuferin auf dem Kantamanto Market

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Jede Woche kommen in Accra, Ghana rund 15 Millionen Kleidungsstücke aus dem sogenannten "Globalen Norden" an. Ein Großteil davon ist Ausdruck massiver Überproduktion in der Modeindustrie – hinzu kommt der hohe Anteil an Plastikmode. (1)

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ein Naturparadies vor der Küste Patagoniens – doch jetzt drohen Öl- und Gas-Terminals. Die deutsche Bundesregierung könnte Unternehmen diese Klima- und Naturzerstörung durch eine Staatsgarantie erst ermöglichen. Jetzt dagegen unterzeichnen ✍️ weact.campact.de/petitions/wa...

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Walparadies retten: Kein Gas-Deal mit Argentinien!

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wusstest Du, dass ein AfD-Politiker bei KIKA ungefiltert zu Wort kam? Nun ist ein zweites Interview geplant. Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️ und teilen: Keine Rechtsextreme im Kinderkanal! weact.campact.de/petitions/ki...

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KIKA: Keine Bühne für Rechtsextreme bei logo!

Wusstest Du, dass ein AfD-Politiker bei KIKA ungefiltert zu Wort kam? Nun ist ein zweites Interview geplant. Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️ und teilen: Keine Rechtsextreme im Kinderkanal!

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

(1)📹 Recap: Our Oil Drip Ritual in Brussels This summer, we stood in silence in front of the Textiles Recycling Expo in Brussels, wearing polyester T-shirts coated in a crude oil substitute. 📢 Our message: recycling isn't a solution to the plastic fashion crisis. We need a production cap. Now.

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

(1) 🌾 "Bio-basiert" ist gerade das neue Lieblingswort der Modeindustrie. Klingt nach Lösung, ist aber meistens dasselbe Problem in neuer Verpackung. Bio-PET wird zwar aus pflanzlichem statt fossilem Rohstoff hergestellt–am Ende entsteht aber chemisch exakt dasselbe Polymer wie beim klassischen...

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

(1/5) Recyceltes Polyester klingt nach der Lösung – ist es aber nicht. Eine neue Studie der Changing Markets Foundation (mit der Microplastic Research Group der Çukurova University) hat 51 Kleidungsstücke von adidas, Nike, H&M, Shein und Zara getestet.

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

1/4 Do you feel passionate about the ocean, love design, and want to put your social media skills to work for positive change? 🌊 …if your answer is yes, we’re keen to meet you: Social Media Manager (Volunteer) 🌊🙂 📱Your tasks: – Managing our social media channels (approx. 1–2 posts/week)

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🧺 #Microplastic pollution starts in your washing machine…and flows into rivers and the ocean. But we can change our habits! Please check out our petition and sign it here: weact.campact.de/petitions/ad... Thank you 🙏

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Break Free From Plastic @breakfreefromplastic.org · 12/08/2026

After years of negotiations, the 🇪🇺 Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) officially applies as of today! 🎉 Now it's up to national governments to take action📣 #WeChooseReuse #endplasticpollution #ToxicFreeFuture #EU

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

(1/4) 🦐 This #WorldKrillDay, we celebrate Antarctic krill: one of the smallest species with one of the biggest roles on Earth. They're the foundation of the Southern Ocean food web and help move carbon through the ocean, contributing to the health of our planet.

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

(1/3) 🧵 Polyester is everywhere and that's exactly the problem. Since 2000, polyester has overtaken cotton as the world's most-used fibre. Today it makes up 59% of global fibre production, and 88% of that is fossil-based! it's the backbone of fashion's fossil fuel dependency🛢️

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

💪 Wir unterstützen @exitplastik.bsky.social in ihrer Forderung nach einem Angebot an plastikfreien Lebensmitteln. Es ist ein Thema, das uns alle betrifft: Mikroplastik in Lebensmittelverpackungen. ✍️ Unterzeichnet die Petition: exit-plastik.de/lebensmittel...

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

(1/4) 🌍 World Nature Conservation Day: Nature can't recycle its way out of overproduction. Today we're reminded that conservation isn't just about protecting what's left. We must stop what's destroying it in the first place. 🐠 48,000+ species are threatened with extinction (IUCN Red List, 2026)

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

(1/5) 🐋🐬 Welttag der Wale und Delfine – die klügsten Arten des Ozeans essen unsere Garderobe. Wale und Delfine sind Sentinel-Arten. Was in ihren Körpern gefunden wird, zeigt uns, was längst durch das gesamte Nahrungsnetz des Ozeans zirkuliert.

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

(1/7) 🇩🇪🇪🇺 Erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung: Fortschritt oder Ablasshandel? Seit zwei Tagen gilt EU-weit ein Vernichtungsverbot für unverkaufte Textilien. Gleichzeitig arbeitet Deutschland an seinem Textilgesetz zur EPR – Hersteller sollen ab 2027 für Sammlung und Verwertung zahlen.

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Break Free From Plastic @breakfreefromplastic.org · 17/07/2026

Join our #PlasticFreeJuly webinar on the health impacts of toxic plastic exposure on women waste workers and why a just transition must put frontline communities first. 📅 July 22 🕒 3 PM Manila | 12:30 PM Delhi 🔗 bit.ly/BFFPwebinarsjuly2026 #BreakFreeFromPlastic

Webinar flyer with images of speakers, waste pile, and QR code.

Women waste workers on a conveyor with text about plastic pollution.

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

(1/4) Today, Ocean. Now! has joined 30 other civil society organisations in calling on the European Commission to fundamentally reform the Critical Chemicals Alliance. 🤝 Europe needs a resilient chemicals industry, but this cannot be built by preserving business as usual. 📣

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

(1/4)🦈 It’s Shark Awareness Day – but sharks aren’t aware of what's in the water they’re swimming through. Sharks are apex predators. They've survived five mass extinctions. What they haven't evolved defenses against: our synthetic fibres. 🧵

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

(1/4) The #globalplasticstreaty was supposed to be done by 2024. We still don't have one. ⏳ Over 100 countries support a strong treaty 💪💪🏽💪🏿 but 234 fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyists showed up to the last round of negotiations, outnumbering scientists and entire national delegations. ❗ 💸

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

(1/5) 🌍🧠 The plastics crisis isn't just a pollution crisis. It's also a disinformation crisis. A new report by @ciel.org exposes how the plastics industry has spent decades shaping public perception and delaying real solutions.

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

1/3 Der Ozean und das Klima stehen direkt miteinander in Verbindung. 💙 Wie wir täglich das Klima schützen können, zeigt jetzt diese großartige Idee: Der Klimakalender 2027 widmet jeden Monat einem wichtigen Zukunftsthema und stellt Initiativen, Künstler:innen und Organisationen vor, die sich für

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

(1/6) Plastic fashion has us in its oily grip. And it’s harming our health and our environment. We can choose not to buy cheaply-produced synthetic clothing, but real impact requires systemic change. We urgently need action from our politicians and industry leaders❗️

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Africa's highest court is about to hear something historic. For the first time, we're arguing that the climate crisis is a violation of African people's rights and that polluters must be held accountable under African law. Add your name: act.gp/4lCrlH4

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African Court to put climate justice into law

This is your moment to be part of history. Let’s tell the African Court to put climate justice into law.

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Break Free From Plastic @breakfreefromplastic.org · 23/06/2026

Every year, millions of tonnes of used clothing are shipped from developed nations to the Global South - most of it synthetic or fossil-fuel-based! #FastFashion #TextileWaste #BreakFreeFromPlastic #WasteTrade #WasteColonialism [1/3]

Text about clothing waste and environmental impact over a background of bagged clothes.

Clothing label reads: 'What if clothing labels were honest? 100% Made with Plastic'.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 23/06/2026

For decades, the plastics industry has framed the way we think about plastics to protect its own legitimacy and deflect responsibility for the crisis it created. A new brief exposes the disinformation tactics behind the plastics crisis — and what they mean for policymaking. READ: bit.ly/4eySgAq

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 23/06/2026

Plastic pollution is the predictable result of a decades-long industry disinformation campaign. New brief: The Plastics Plot maps the nine frames the plastics industry uses to delay action and shape the terms of debate. 🧵

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 26/06/2026

What harmful chemicals are people exposed to through the air they breathe, the water they drink or the food they eat? UNEP & @thegef.bsky.social are working to strengthen monitoring of mercury and persistent organic pollutants to better understand and address chemical pollution: bit.ly/4oGirJY

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

1/5 💧Drip by drip, plastic fashion has taken over our lives, our bodies, and our environment. Of all the synthetics harming human health and the ecosystems that sustain life on this planet, polyester reigns supreme. ☠️ Today, in front of the Brussels Expo where the Textiles

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

(1/2) 📢 It’s nearly time! Tomorrow, we’re revealing fast fashion’s oily nature in the heart of #Brussels. Join us for the Oil Drip Ritual: a living public art intervention exposing the hidden fossil-fuel origins of #syntheticfashion. Join us there or amplify online! Together, we’re stronger 💪

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

👋 Next week, our Oil Drip Ritual takes place in Brussels! Join us in exposing #FossilFashion 1️⃣ 24.06 | 11 am - 12 pm | Brussels Expo 2️⃣ 27.06 | 1 pm - 2:30 pm | Place de la Monnaie 📩 Email meike.schuetzek@ocean-now.org to sign up 🔊 ’Serene Singing Bowls’: Pixabay Free Sound Comm. #UnderOurSkin

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

1/6 16 junge Menschen. 10 Porträts. 10 Botschaften. Verbundenheit mit der Natur. 🌎 🌊 Diese Porträts sind mehr als nur Fotos. Sie sind Ausdruck dessen, wie junge Menschen den Ozean sehen, wie sie zur Plastikverschmutzung stehen und was sie sich für die Zukunft wünschen.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 17/06/2026

Deep Pockets, Dirty Profits 💸☠️ The global financial system plays a pivotal role in funding the petrochemical industry — the fossil fuel engine behind plastics, fertilizers, and synthetic fibers. Our new brief exposes the scale of these systemic investments. 👇🧵

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

1/6 Was passiert, wenn junge Menschen, Fotografie und das Meer aufeinandertreffen? 🌊📸 Letzte Woche nahmen 16 Kinder und Jugendliche im Alter von 9 bis 18 Jahren an „shout out loud – stoppt die Plastikflut“ teil, einem gemeinsamen Workshop von Ocean. Now!, Glaesersglobe, der Emanuel-Lasker-Schule

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Berliners! Would you like to join us for a “Yoga Ocean Flow”? On Friday, June 19 at Yoga on the Move’s studio, with Stefanie Cloos. It is a charity session and we thank everyone for their support very much. 🙏🏽😌💙 www.eversports.de/org/activity...

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

1/7 📢 BRUSSELS OPEN CALL: We’re joining forces to say no to fast fashion!🚨 Recycling isn’t a blanket solution for the plastic fashion crisis. As the fashion industry ramps up its production of petroleum-based synthetic fibers like polyester, it’s waterways, the ocean, and our health paying the

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Maja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

“Die Shitshow tut weh. Anständige Regeln des Miteinanders werden bewusst zerstört und das Versprechen verunglimpft, menschliche Würde gelte auch unabhängig vom Bankkonto.” taz.de/Maja-Goepel-...

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Maja Göpel über Wege aus dem Wahnsinn: Gegen die Shitshow

Das Grundgefühl des Niedergangs ist strategischer Bestandteil einer autokratischen Zeitenwende. Deshalb gilt es, sich der meckernd-kapitulierenden Brandbeschleunigung zu verweigern.

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Jutta Paulus @juttapaulus.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🛑Stoppt PFAS! Das ist die Botschaft von sieben mutigen Bürger:innen, aus ganz verschiedenen Alltagsberufen und aus ganz Deutschland. Sie haben sich am Dienstag in Brüssel auf PFAS in ihrem Blut testen lassen. Hört ihnen zu, teilt ihre Nachricht, denn #PFAS sind überall - auch in unseren Körpern!

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

1/8 🌊 UN Welttag des Ozeans 2026 Eine kleine Anmerkung vorweg: Während die Vereinten Nationen vom „Tag der Ozeane“ sprechen, verwenden wir bei Ocean. Now! bewusst den Singular. Denn auch wenn wir verschiedene Ozeanbecken benennen, bilden sie gemeinsam einen einzigen, miteinander verbundenen Ozean.

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

1/5 🌊Mikroplastik aus Kleidung bleibt eine der größten blinden Stellen der europäischen Umweltpolitik. In den vergangenen Monaten hat Ocean. Now! Mitglieder des Europäischen Parlaments sowie die Europäische Kommission zu den Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrisiken von Mikrofasern aus synthetischen Textilien

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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 28/05/2026

15 organisations express concern at the European Commission's lack of #ecodesign measures to reduce #microplastic emissions from #apparel – despite hotspots of #pollution and existing techniques that can reduce microplastics shedding from #clothing. ecostandard.org/publications...

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EU ecodesign rules must address microplastics in clothing - ECOS

EU ecodesign rules can help limit microplastic pollution from clothing - but the European Commission's proposed measures fall short

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

1/6 As one of 15 organisations Ocean. Now! is joining an initiative by ECOS, addressing the European Commission expressing concern at the lack of proposed measures to address #microplastic emissions from apparel. 👕 Our concrete ask is to ddress the release of microfibers from clothing in the EU’s

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Ocean. Now! @oceannow.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In recent months, you may have heard about the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz – and its consequences for global trade and oil prices. But you probably haven’t heard about its impact on the dugongs that call these waters home. (1)

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 21/05/2026

What #Nestlé & #Danone are feeding to babies will shock you. A Greenpeace International report found microplastics in the plastic-pouched baby food of 2 popular Nestlé & Danone brands, Gerber & Happy Baby Organics. ❌ No amount of #microplastics should be in a CHILD'S FOOD. Share if you agree.

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