Stories From the Sea

The Ocean Cleanup's mission is to develop advanced technologies to rid the world's oceans of plastic. Find out more about why and who we are here.

These are real young people whom we have met or heard from on the Ocean Portal in the past few months. They are kids who know that the ocean (along with the rest of our blue planet) needs our help.

Peter J. Sheehan was born in Newport, RI, the oldest of six. He built his first boat at the age of 13 and has been owned by numerous boats ever since. When rough seas hit his life years ago, had a dream which said, The ocean is truth. Sheehan spent the next ten years trying to understand his dream. Despite his severe dyslexia, Sheehan wrote a book about this phase of his life, called Embrace The Power of Truth. Listen to this Transformative Talk Radio interview from 2010 to get a deeper understanding of where Peter's ideas come from and how he views his world.