One World One Ocean Unveils New Animated Video to Celebrate World Oceans Day

June 8, 2012

To celebrate World Oceans Day, our friends at One World One Ocean have unveiled an animated tale of two young ocean explorers who circle the globe exploring some of the ocean’s most exotic places while featuring an original song set to the tune of Gotye’s popular “Somebody That I Used to Know.”

“The Ocean We Want To Know” follows Mitzi and Ferdie as they make intriguing discoveries, weaving their way through amazing ocean ecosystems, before returning to their school, where they share what they learned with their class.

“Our goal in making this video was to truly celebrate the wonders of the ocean with stunning facts about our connection to the planet’s lifeline, specifically targeting younger audiences, the majority of whom have never heard of World Oceans Day,” said Managing Director of One World One Ocean and the video’s Executive Producer Shaun MacGillivray. “The question we asked ourselves was, How can we motivate the next generation to protect the ocean if they don’t know why it’s worth protecting?”

From Yosemite to the Mariana Trench to the Arctic, “The Ocean We Want To Know” reveals stunning facts that celebrate the wonders of the ocean and our fierce connection to it.

“The Ocean We Want To Know” joins an arsenal of original online video content created by the One World One Ocean campaign – a project of Oscar-nominated MacGillivray Freeman Films that is harnessing the power of media –from IMAX to iPhone—to get people talking about the ocean and inspire them to take action on its behalf.

Here’s to getting to know our ocean a little better!

A sneak peak of fun facts that you’ll see in the video:

• While Everest soars in the Himalaya, Mauna Kea rises even farther from the ocean floor.

• Also rising from the sea floor is kelp — the fastest growing thing on earth, growing up to two feet per day.

• From surface to seafloor the ocean makes up 99% of our planet’s livable space, yet 95% of it is still unexplored.