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Our Ocean to Save
- Author
- Emily Cunningham
- Narrator
- Emily Cunningham
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 29 October 2026
- Run Time
- 5 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Read by the author, Emily Cunningham.
How can we save the ocean? And how can the ocean save us?
From protecting nesting sea turtles on the beaches of Sri Lanka and deep-sea diving in the icy waters of Antarctica to taking school children in England to see the sea for the first time, award-winning marine biologist Emily Cunningham has seen and felt the wonder of the ocean. She's also seen it changing.
Our Ocean to Save is an urgent call to action, drawing on her years of experience to paint a global picture of the state of the ocean, what its future may hold and what you can do to meaningfully help our greatest climate ally.
Emily encourages us to rethink our relationship with the ocean, offering practical solutions that we can all incorporate into our busy lives. Our Ocean to Save is packed with sustainability tips to help the ocean at home and work, showing you how to become a citizen marine biologist, as well as offering powerful advice for how to engage with your elected representatives and make your voice heard. Wherever you are on your ocean conservation journey, and no matter where you live, this book will help.
While our seas are in peril, this is a book of hope, a guide to what the future of the ocean, and the future of humanity, could look like, if only we take action. After all, it’s our ocean to save.
Critics Review
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A passionate and urgent must-read.
Nancy Birtwhistle, bestselling author
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A fabulous book: truthful, energising and a joy to read. It shines with belief in the power of you.
Jay Griffiths, author of How Animals Heal Us
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If you or your community want to discover your reserves of hope and will-power to restore the ocean’s health, and thereby our own, read Our Ocean To Save.
His Excellency Peter Thomson OF United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean
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Rigorously researched, carefully told, personal and powerful; this is a book which comes from the heart, and is rooted throughout by Cunningham’s inimitable passion and experience for all that is blue.
Sophie Pavelle, author of To Have Or To Hold and Forget Me Not
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If you are feeling anxious about our future, read this. If you want a shortcut into the world of marine biology without taking a degree, read this. If you want to help but don’t know where to begin, read this. If you are looking for inspiration, read this.
Joanna Ruxton MBE, founder of Ocean Generation and producer of multi-award-winning documentary A Plastic Ocean
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A truly inspiring read, I think that everyone should read this book so we can make a difference and save not just our ocean but our world.
Mary Tetley, CEO of the British Sub-Aqua Club
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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 centre of all life.
Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun
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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
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A must-read for anyone looking to better understand their own role in shaping the future of our big blue planet.
Dr Yolanda Waters, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Divers for Climate
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A tour-de-force review of our ocean crisis and the things we can do to turn the tide.
David Helvarg, author of 50 Ways to Save the Ocean and Forest of the Sea
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An engaging resource that not only educates readers about ocean conservation but also motivates them to become part of the solution.
Edd Moore, climate education consultant, educator and author
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A must-read for anyone who cares about our natural world, and understand that a positive future for our oceans is people-powered.
Dr Rose O'Neil, Chief Executive of Campaign for National Parks
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It's not easy to walk the tightrope between optimism, realism and paralysis. Emily has done this brilliantly - with passion and compassion.
Sandy Luk, CEO of Marine Conservation Society
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Details
- Author
- Emily Cunningham
- Narrator
- Emily Cunningham
- Duration
- 5 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 October 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035065295
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Conservation of the environment, Climate change, Marine biology, Self-sufficiency and sustainable lifestyle(s)
Synopsis
Read by the author, Emily Cunningham. How can we save the ocean? And how can the ocean save us?From protecting nesting sea turtles on the beaches of Sri Lanka and deep-sea diving in the icy waters of Antarctica to taking school children in England to see the sea for the first time, award-winning marine biologist Emily Cunningham has seen and felt the wonder of the ocean. She's also seen it changing.Our Ocean to Save is an urgent call to action, drawing on her years of experience to paint a global picture of the state of the ocean, what its future may hold and what you can do to meaningfully help our greatest climate ally.Emily encourages us to rethink our relationship with the ocean, offering practical solutions that we can all incorporate into our busy lives. Our Ocean to Save is packed with sustainability tips to help the ocean at home and work, showing you how to become a citizen marine biologist, as well as offering powerful advice for how to engage with your elected representatives and make your voice heard. Wherever you are on your ocean conservation journey, and no matter where you live, this book will help.While our seas are in peril, this is a book of hope, a guide to what the future of the ocean, and the future of humanity, could look like, if only we take action. After all, it’s our ocean to save.
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