Algalita Marine Research and Education

Algalita is internationally known as the organization that started the movement to end plastic pollution nearly 20 years ago.    We were the first to discover and bring attention to the swirling soup of plastic pollution in the Pacific – now known by many as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.    Today, we exist to empower a new generation of critical thinkers who will shift the broken systems that have caused the plastic pollution crisis. Our programs take students and teachers beyond short-term solutions giving them an opportunity to dig into the complexities of long-term systemic change.