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CleanOceansProject.org
Circular Logo of the ocean, featuring a wave and a fish, appears in the top left corner of every page.
(When not specified, header image is art of a plain view of ocean and sky horizon, with gentle waves)
- About Us
- Who We Are
- Our Mission
- Our Origin
- Our Vision
- Our Team
- Board Members
- Additional Volunteers
- Financial Disclosure
- Budget 2015
- Annual Report 2014
- Research
- Research Repository
- Research Grants
- Petition to Ban Plastic Fishing Nets
- Proposed UN Legislation
- Cited Supporting Research
- General Official Petition
- Official EU Petition
- Pledged Supporters
- Get Involved
- Organize Local Beach & Watershed Cleanups
- How to Contact your Representative
- Contact
- Donate
- News
- Newsletter (Quarterly)
- Upcoming Events
- Other News
- Bottom of Website
- Social Media link
- Copyright 2015 as Nonprofit organization,
- Translations: Spanish, German, Japanese, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Italian
- Who We Are
About Us
Who We Are
(Header Image: art of a beautiful coral reef with many fish swimming around it)
- Our Mission: The Clean Oceans Project is a registered nonprofit organization dedicated to battling ocean pollution, especially the problem of plastic pollution.
- Our Origin: The Clean Oceans Project was founded in 2014 by Olympic Gold-Medalist Swimmer Percy Jackson-Wayne, with support from Wayne Trident, a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises primarily owned by Percy Jackson-Wayne.
- Our Vision: We aim to promote research on environmental issues affecting the oceans, support cleanup efforts, and look towards advocating to reduce ongoing pollution.
Our Team
(Header Image: Photo of Percy, Tim, & other board members)
Board Members:
- Founder: Percy Jackson-Wayne
- Olympic Gold-Medalist Swimmer, Marine & Environmental Science Major at Gotham University, owner of Wayne Trident
- Director of Operations: Darius Burke
- Masters in Ocean Engineering, R&D Scientist at Wayne Enterprises
- Director of Science: Erin Gill
- PHD in Oceanography, professor at Gotham University
- Director of Finance: Harriet Talley
- S. in Finance & Accounting, Accountant for Wayne Enterprises
- Director of Communications: Susan Boone
- S. in Communications, Secretary at Wayne Enterprises
- Webmaster: Timothy Drake-Wayne
- Engineering major at Gotham University, programmed software that was released under Drake Enterprises, which he owns; current primary heir to Wayne Enterprises
Additional Volunteers:
- Farah Spencer: Social Media Coordinator
- Damian Wayne: Artist/Graphic Design
- Jason Jackson-Wayne: Translator – Spanish
- Richard Grayson: Translator – Other Languages
Financial Disclosure
Planned Budget 2015:
Income (through Q1): $28,500
- $10,000: donation from Percy Jackson-Wayne at start of year
- $13,000: % of profits for certain items from Wayne Trident brand, more info here (link)
- $5,500: Individual Donations, more info here (link)
Expenses:
- Organizational Overhead - $1000 minimum, or up to 10% of total budget
- Webhosting expenses and other basic operating fees
- Travel & related expenses as part of work (such as attending a conference)
- Advertisement & Advocacy – 10%-20%
- Tabling Expenses and materials
- Online advertisements
- Branding, T-shirts for donors, members and volunteers
- Research – 60% - 70%
- Research Grants for environmental and ocean-related research
- Lobbying – max of 10% of budget
- Advocating in support of our mission to politicians
- Up to 20% of annual income can be saved to rollover to next year
Annual Report 2014
- Income: $1000
- Expenses: $985
- $500 – Webhosting & domain costs
- $350 – Nonprofit Registration
- $275 federal
- $75 New Jersey
- $135 – miscellaneous small expenses
- Other startup fees and costs
- Small print expenses (Business cards, pamphlets, etc)
Research
Research Repository
- A searchable collection of relevant peer-reviewed research pertaining to environmentalism issues affecting the ocean that can be freely viewed by the public without paywalls
Research Grants
- Information for applying for a research grant for research or experiments relating to trying to clean up the ocean
- Open to professors affiliated with a university, senior design projects affiliated with a university, or graduate students
- Currently, small-money grants of $1000 to $5000, larger grants may be offered in the future
Proposal to Ban Plastic Fishing Nets
- (Header Image: Art of sad Dolphin trapped in plastic fishing net on the left, mess of trash wrapped in a net on the right)
Proposed UN Legislation
- Proposed wording of suggested UN legislation to ban the production and usage of plastic fishing nets, to be replaced by affordable nets made of natural fibers
- Mention that Wayne Enterprises/Wayne Earth R&D is working on a new method for affordable nets made by natural & recycled materials with intent to make it easily available
Cited Supporting Research
- Multiple studies about the amount of trash in the ocean, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and the percentage of oceanic plastic pollution estimated to be from plastic fishing nets
- Research about why plastic fishing nets end up in ocean, that it isn’t as simple as telling fishermen to stop leaving their nets behind
- Research about microplastics found in waterways and in fish, the way plastic fishing nets breakdown into microplastics
General Official Petition
- Link to petition form that any adult from anywhere can fill out
Official EU Petition
- Link to official European Union petition that adults in EU countries can fill out
Pledged Supporters
List of important people who have pledged support for proposed legislation/signed the petition
- Politicians: Al Gore (former US President), Molly Finnegan (UN Representative from Ireland)………, Bella Real (Mayor of Gotham)
- Scientists: Arthur Curry, Bailey Robinson, Aspen Wright, Michael Carr, Shannon Green,.....(Over 100 people with relevant PHDs)
- Other: Bruce Wayne, Michael Phelps, Kory Anders………(many celebrities)…., Clark Kent
Get Involved
(Header Image: art, a sliding image between a beach covered in plastic trash and a clean beach)
Organize Local Beach & Watershed Cleanups
- Organizing local cleanup events to remove trash from beaches or other watershed environments is a great hands-on way to make a direct impact on preventing plastic from ending up in the ocean
- Learn how to safely organize an environmentally friendly clean-up event
- Share pictures (ex: before & after) on social media with the hashtag #CleanOceanProject and we might share it!
- Register here to purchase 100% cotton-fabric t-shirts for your event (Link, more info)
- $50 for 10 generic CleanOceanProject shirts
- $100 for 30 CleanOceanProject shirts customized with your group/location
How to Contact Your Representative
- In order to enact structural, legislative change to protect our environment, we need political support from elected officials. We’ve made a how-to guide for how to do this.
- Form Letter templates
- How to Contact Representative in: United States, European Union, Australia
Contact Us
- Would you like your research included in our repository? Questions about Research Grants? Organizing a cleanup event? Journalist with questions? Politician interested in supporting us? Please contact us here!
- Form for email contact
Donate
- Donate here (link)
- For one time donation of $25 or more, get a CleanOceansProject T-shirt (made of 100% cotton fabric)
- For a monthly subscription of $10, get a quarterly newsletter and blank postcard mailed to you (Example photo of one of postcards shown)
- For annual total donation over $100, get a calendar mailed to you (Sent out start of December, for 2016 year)
News
Newsletter
- Subscribe to our Newsletter, to be emailed quarterly
- Past Newsletters
- Plastic in the Oceans, and How We Can Fight It (Published April 1st, 2015)
- Introducing the Clean Oceans Project (Published January 1st, 2015)
Upcoming Events
- Gotham Earth Convention (April 22nd-26th): We will be tabling in the vendor hall and presenting
Other News
- Shares news articles by other sources about the CleanOceansProject or related topics