The ocean is not a backdrop. It is a living thing — and someone has to protect it.
Our Mission
We protect what we cannot live without.
Ondine works across the North Sea and Mediterranean — and, in time, every coast that will have us. We clean. We rescue. We study, and we teach. Not out of fear, but out of love for a system older and wiser than any of us.
Three quiet kinds of work.
We remove what doesn't belong.
Plastic, ghost nets, abandoned gear. Hauled out by hand and by boat, sorted, weighed, and kept out of the water for good.
We give animals a second tide.
Seals, turtles, seabirds — found tangled or stranded, treated by our marine vets, and released back to where they belong.
We learn, then we teach.
Coastal biodiversity surveys feed open data and classroom programs. Protection lasts longest when people understand what they're protecting.
The Reality
One garbage truck every minute.
That is roughly how much plastic enters the sea, all day, every day. We don't say it to frighten you. We say it because it's true — and because it's reversible.
"The ocean asks for so little. Mostly, it asks us to stop making it worse." — Dr. Mara Vinke, Marine Ecologist
Impact So Far
Lend a Hand
Protection has a price. It's a kind one.
Every gift goes to boats, vets, and survey kit — not noise. Choose what feels right. There's no wrong amount, and no follow-up you didn't ask for.
Ondine is a registered nonprofit. 91 cents of every euro reaches the water.