Mission Aquarius nominated for a Webby!

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Woo hoo! The Mission Aquarius video series we made at One World One Ocean was nominated for a Webby Award in News & Politics!

A big honor, considering the company we are in: NY Times, Washington Post, ABC News, the Daily Beast, etc. This couldn’t have been done without incredible teams (both OWOO, and Aquarius Reef Base), and an incredible story. Read about Mission Aquarius here, and watch the video series:

Mission Aquarius: Mission Accomplished

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Aquarius Reef Base is an incredible resource for ocean exploration and understanding of our planet and we almost lost it. After budget cuts it was slated to be shut down, but after a ton of effort by numerous teams and individuals, to bring attention to the issue, new leadership has stepped in with funding to keep it open. While this is due to numerous factors, we’d like to think our team at One World One Ocean had a good deal to do with it.

Read the post on our blog, The Water Column, here.

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