Parley Foundation

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROTECT THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE MEXICAN CARIBBEAN BY IMPLEMENTING THE PARLEY'S AIR STRATEGY TO AVOID, INTERCEPT AND REDESIGN, CREATING END TO END SOLUTIONS FOR MARINE DEBRIS WITH A FOCUS ON FISHING GEAR IN ORDER TO PREVENT IT FROM ENTERING THE GULF OF MEXICO AND TO REMOVE EXISTING MARINE DEBRIS. THERE WILL BE 3 PROJECT COMPONENTS: (1) FISHING GEAR COLLECTION AND NET UPCYCLING, (2) CLEANUPS IN REMOTE AREAS (3) EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT. THE INITIATIVE WILL REMOVE AN EXPECTED 500,000 POUNDS OF FISHING GEAR AND MARINE DEBRIS, UPCYCLE 150,000 POUNDS OF NYLON NETS, ENGAGE APPROXIMATELY 1,300 FISHERS AND EDUCATE OVER 20,000 PEOPLE DIRECTLY THROUGHOUT MEXICO. THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT A FISHING GEAR COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR ALL FISHING GEAR AND AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR NYLON FISHING NETS IN ORDER TO PREVENT NEW DERELICT FISHING GEAR. PARLEY WILL INSTALL AND OPERATE A NET UPCYCLING STATION FOR MONOFILAMENT NYLON NETS IN ORDER TO T

THIS PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON INCREASING THE AWARENESS AND AVOIDANCE OF PLASTIC CONSUMPTION IN THE HOLBOX AND COZUMEL PLASTIC EXCLUSION ZONES. PARLEY AIR IS A SCALABLE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF PLASTIC POLLUTION AND OTHER OCEAN THREATS THROUGH THREE PILLARS OF ACTION: AVOID. INTERCEPT. REDESIGN. WITH CERTIFIED AIR HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES, A COMMUNITY AND TOURIST AIR AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND A HOLISTIC COMMUNITY COLLABORATION & MONITORING PROGRAM, LOCAL RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, COMMERCE NETWORKS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITIES WILL ALL BE CONSULTED AND SUPPORTED BY THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE ONBOARDING 20 BUSINESSES FOR AN IN-DEPTH PARLEY AIR HOSPITALITY PROGRAM, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE BUSINESSES' PLASTIC WASTE BY AN ESTIMATED 50% AND INCREASE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION IN 80% OF THE HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES ON THE ISLANDS. FURTHERMORE, THE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM WILL IMPROVE AWARENESS IN THE MAJORITY OF ARRIVING TOURISTS BY USING IN

THE PARLEY FOUNDATION WILL BE CONDUCTING IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH COMPLEMENTED WITH OCEAN STEWARDSHIP CLINICS. THESE CLINICS FOCUS ON CREATING A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND DISADVANTAGED AND UNDERSERVED YOUTH. SIXTEEN OCEAN STEWARDSHIP CLINICS WILL TAKE PLACE FOCUSING ON BRINGING AT LEAST 250 UNDERSERVED YOUTH TO THE OCEAN. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE ACTIVATIONS AT OR IN COORDINATION WITH THE PARLEY AIR (AVOID, INTERCEPT, AND REDESIGN) STATION, A COMMUNITY HUB DEDICATED TO INSPIRING ACTION FOR THE OCEANS AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL. THE STATION IS COMPOSED OF AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, UPCYCLING WORKSHOP, MEETING SPACE, AND IMMERSIVE ART EXHIBITS. THE PROJECT HOPES TO REACH AT LEAST 30,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OVER 600 EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS AND WILL UPCYCLE AND REPURPOSE AT LEAST 2500 POUNDS OF MARINE DEBRIS AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.