by Wayfinder Admin | Sep 11, 2024 | Insight
There are moments in life when everything feels like it has come full circle, and Algalita’s 30th Anniversary Garden Gala was one of those moments. Hosting the event at our founder’s original urban farm, the very place where Captain Charles Moore first nurtured his...
by Wayfinder Admin | Aug 28, 2024 | Community News, Insight, Program Updates
This summer, we celebrated a full first year of our new program, Wayfinder Society for Environmental Education! Since it launched in May 2023, students and educators from 112 countries were empowered by our diverse ecosystem of support including classroom toolkits,...
by Wayfinder Admin | Jul 10, 2024 | Community News, Insight, Program Updates
Last month, we had the privilege of ending the school year with our dedicated community of students and educators from across the globe during our 2024 Wayfinder Society Community Awards Celebration! To accommodate our international audience, we hosted two identical...
by Wayfinder Admin | Jun 5, 2024 | Community News, Insight, Program Updates, Student Spotlight
Introducing the 2024 Wayfinder Society Student Mini-Grant Cohort Every year, non-profit Algalita, through the Wayfinder Society program, awards $15,000 in mini-grants to students aged 11-25 from around the world who are tackling plastic pollution and related...
by Katie Allen | Apr 5, 2024 | Insight
It was a typical Thursday morning. I arrived at the office and began sorting through a stack of envelopes on my desk. Categorizing them into piles, I came across an ordinary looking envelope with the return address of one of our long-time donors. Thinking it was our...
by Wayfinder Admin | Mar 29, 2024 | Insight
Join us for an epic evening at Algalita headquarters celebrating Capt. Charles Moore and our sister nonprofit, Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research. The Moore Institute Lab is on track to become the first certified lab to test for microplastics in drinking...