Take Action

Everyone can be a conservationist! Our choices decide our future. With so many options, it’s hard to know where to start.

Choose conservation every day by taking ACTION:

• Advocate for conservation
• Conserve our resources
• Transition to sustainable
• Invest in conservation
• Organize action groups
• Normalize conservation action

Check out below for specific examples of ACTIONs.

Advocate for Conservation

• Talk to your friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors about living more sustainably.
• Share posts about conservation on social media.
• Check out WAVE Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Conserve our Resources

• Refuse, Reduce, Repurpose, Reuse, and Recycle.
• Turn off the water when not in use. Stop leaky faucets!
• Turn off and unplug electronics when not in use.
• Recycle at home, work, and school.
• Ask for no straw or plastic ware with takeout.
• Wash clothes in cold water.
• Compost yard and kitchen waste.

Transition to Sustainable

• Use sustainably produced products and reusable alternatives to disposables.
  • Reusable bags, straws, and water bottles
  • Sustainable palm oil
  • Coffee
  • Seafood
  • Bar shampoo and conditioner, bamboo toothbrushes, silk floss
  • WAVE Foundation’s Turtle Squad has made reusable utensil conservation kits.
• Check out all the products WAVE Foundation staff uses by visiting our Amazon store page. As Amazon Associates, when you make purchases through this link, WAVE Foundation earns a small commission.

Invest in Conservation

• Volunteer or donate to conservation focused organizations.
• Participate in your school or work’s recycling or green team.
• You can support WAVE Foundation by rounding up your purchase in Newport Aquarium’s gift shop or clicking the donate button above.
• Offset your carbon footprint from travelling or donate to projects that support human health and carbon reductions.

Organize Action Groups

• Join forces with neighbors, friends, family or colleagues to clean your neighborhood.
  • Participate in large clean ups such as Riversweep with WAVE Foundation each June.
• Form a carpool group with co-workers or neighbors.
• Form a group of like-minded individuals to promote conservation like WAVE Foundation’s Turtle Squad.
• Start a recycling program at your school or work.
• Join conservation minded groups.
  • WAVE Foundation hosts Gills Club to engage young women in shark conservation.

Normalize Conservation Action

• Make conservation part of your and your family’s daily life.
• Include your friends, children, and colleagues in your daily behaviors.
• Share your actions with others and encourage them to make changes.