World Ocean Radio
Short audio essays examining ocean issues, policy, culture and the relationship between humanity and the sea.
- Host
- Peter Neill
- Published by
- World Ocean Observatory
- Topic
- Oceans & Blue Economy
- Format
- Opinion / Commentary
- Orientation
- Systems Change
- Themes
- Systems Thinking, Nature Positive
- Made for
- Professional / Practitioner, General Public, Policymaker / Public Sector
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6 Oct 2026 · 5 min
The Hard Reality of Our Time
John Walter recently shared an "inventory of possibilities" to Substack describing conditions, in five regions of the United States, where vulnerabilities and a convergence of failures might trigger a cascade of disaster in which existing conditions could be forced beyond their limits. The susceptible regions and concerns discussed are: Northeastern density, California's agriculture, Florida's sea level rise, the heat of the desert Southwest, and the seasonal demands of the industrial Midwest. WORLD OCEAN RADIO World Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for synd
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29 Sept 2026 · 5 min
Floating Solar
This week on World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill is discussing solar energy, in his opinion, a pure opportunity at every level of scale and application. He shares examples of floating solar projects around the world--arrays placed on the surface of reservoirs, abandoned sandpits, and other passive bodies of water--that are providing substantial contributions and annual outputs in places like India, China, the Netherlands, and Africa. WORLD OCEAN RADIO World Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college and community radio stations
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22 Sept 2026 · 5 min
Don't Need to Greenwash Anymore
This week, inspired by a recent post by journalist Andrew Lewin for The Daily Ocean Brief, we are discussing the "greenwashing phenomenon” and the investigation and prosecution of more than 400 companies worldwide that have been found fraudulent in their product claims, deliberate and disingenuous compromise of the Environmental Sustainability Standards (ESGs) intended to protect consumers. And we share details of a resultant new phenomenon, corporate “green-hushing”, where product sustainability claims are being dropped rather than facing the risks of litigation over claims companies cannot p