by Emily Cunningham
Chelsea Green Publishing Company
10/27/2026, paperback
SKU: 9781645024095
Our Ocean to Save makes clear the urgency of ocean conservation--and our own unique role in protecting our greatest climate ally.
From the beaches of her home in the UK to the blisteringly beautiful Antarctic to the coastline of Sri Lanka, acclaimed environmentalist and marine biologist Emily Cunningham grapples with the beauty and horror she's encountered around the world in Our Ocean to Save. With precise prose and a passionate voice, Cunningham calls upon us to defend an ecosystem on the brink of collapse.
"We all depend on a healthy ocean - for food, for our health and wellbeing, for resources, for a stable climate, even for the air we breathe," she reminds readers in this ultimately inspirational and optimistic call to action.
Our Ocean to Save takes readers from "Ocean Emergency," delving into the threats both large and small, to "Ocean of Possibility," arguing why we must resist doomerism and what the future could look like if we all took a stand.
Offering practical tools and information needed to take action to protect the ocean, Our Ocean to Save is both uplifting and realistic, making clear that while we cannot recover all we have lost, there is still so much to save.
Reviews:
"Were we being entirely honest, we would have named our home planet Ocean, not Earth. And in this fine book, Emily Cunningham reminds us of the implications of that fact: We have to fight to protect the sea that lies at the center of all life." -- Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun
"Emily's passion for the ocean splashes out with every page turn of this book. Emily reminds us about the important role we as humans have if we are to protect our own blue backyard." -- Dr. Vanessa Pirotta, Australian whale scientist
"Cunningham turns fifteen years of hard-won marine science into something rare: a book about ocean collapse that leaves you energized rather than despairing. Our Ocean to Save is essential reading for anyone who wants to help but doesn't know where to start." -- Pete Malinowski, president and CEO, Billion Oyster Project
About the Author:
Emily Cunningham is a marine biologist, and an award-winning ocean conservationist from the UK. She has worked in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Antarctica. She was named a global 30 under 30 environmental leader by the North American Association for Environmental Education. She serves on the Board of the UK's leading marine conservation organization where she focuses on making conservation work more inclusive, inviting in voices which are typically left out of the conversation. She's been named a national Rising Star and won a UK Women of the Future Award. She recently gave a joint address with the UN Special Envoy for the Ocean. In addition to her conservation work, she has extensive experience as a marine researcher.