Oceanic Preservation Society


The Oceanic Preservation Society is a California-based 501 non-profit organization that promotes marine conservation and environmental protection by combating complex global issues such as biodiversity loss, climate change, illegal wildlife trading, deforestation, and unsustainable fishing through documentary and media. It was founded in 2005 by photographer and current award-winning Executive Director Louie Psihoyos and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jim Clark. In 2009, OPS released The Cove, an Academy® Award-winning documentary film that describes the annual mass slaughter of dolphins in a national park at Taiji, Wakayama.
The organization's second project, Emmy-nominated documentary, Racing Extinction focuses on the mass extinction of species, disappearance of coral reefs, and the rise of toxins in the ocean.

Mission statement

Oceanic Preservation Society exposes complex, global environmental issues, inspire movements, and promote advocacy using film, photography, social media, and collaboration.

Films

Utilizing state-of-the-art technology, OPS's project "" highlights environmental beauty and biodiversity fragility through the projection of images onto iconic buildings and other structures with creative partner Obscura Digita. To date, OPS global projection events have achieved over 5.3 Billion impressions.