Day 2 – Onwards to Nelson, BC.

After a small delay to get a new water pump for the Big Red Van, we headed south-wast past Big White Ski Resort towards the Nelson, BC. Situated on picturesque Kootenay Lake on South-East BC, Nelson is famous for being a very sustainable and environmentally aware...

OceanGybe Documentary Trailer wins C Blue Film Festival !

Huge congratulations to Andrew Naysmith of Oak Bay Johnny Productions for editting and creating the OceanGybe trailer that won the C Blue Film Festival last Thursday evening. A huge thanks goes out to Andrew of Oak Bay Johnny and Arwen of Gamut Productions for their...

OceanGybe School Tour presented by MEC

As the sailing portion of the Oceangybe Expedition  has now come to a close, we are preparing to start to begin the next chapter for OceanGybe: The OceanGybe Youth Plastic Awareness Campaign, proudly supported by Mountain Equipment Co-op. Our goal is to inspire and...

The 5th International Marine Debris Conference…

I spend the last week in Hawaii attending the 5th International Marine Debris Conference. This conference brought together almost 300 scientific experts, activists, educators, policy makers, and artists from all over the world to share and learn from each other. It...

Kids are Fantastic

OceanGybe has recently teamed up with Ocean Networks Canada and the Neptune and Venus Projects to help raise the level of awareness about ocean conservation. As part of their campaign, Ocean Networks Canada has been heading out across Vancouver and Vancouver Island...