“Emily in Paris” actor Lucas Bravo is heading to the United Nations Thursday because the organization hosts World’s Oceans Day.

Bravo, an ocean activist who will attend because the keynote speaker, told WWD that while he cared in regards to the Earth’s resources and climate change from a young age, as each his parents were vegans, it took time for him to study ocean conservation.

“I desired to be involved for a very long time, but you never know where to begin,” he said, recommending others begin by educating themselves. “It is advisable to start being curious at first, follow the essential issues and mostly follow the difficulty that vibrates together with your heart, that creates an actual injustice that makes you must do something about it and educate your folks. Start the conversation.”

Bravo pointed to organizations like Look Down Motion as places for people to begin, as they provide pre-written emails to send to leaders.

“Everybody’s invited to the table when it’s about climate, when it’s about Mother Earth,” said Bravo, who flew in from Paris for the event. “It’s nearly being curious at first and communicate and educate people around you after which things will come naturally. That is the way it began for me.”

He might be joined by “Aquaman” star Jason Momoa on the event, the theme of which this yr is “Planet Ocean: Tides Are Changing,” meant to reflect that the Earth is made up of 70 percent water and directly impacts all humans.

“We wanted to attach each person back to the ocean and highlight the amazing opportunities that the ocean holds…really highlighting humanity’s reliance on it,” said Lea d’Auriol, founding father of Oceanic Global, which is cohosting the event with the U.N.

While the event will span topics including ocean literacy, human connection and industry responsibility, d’Auriol shared more details on the non-public care category’s role when it comes to ocean preservation, in addition to the impact on overall wellness.

“The narrative that we wish to take is the ocean impacts us in each way. As humans, we’re also impacting that ocean in all of those ways, so really highlighting the interconnectivity of it,” said d’Auriol, noting the ocean’s advantages on mental health. “While you see blue, you see water, your nervous system comes down. There’s all these amazing stats related to it and we have now a scientific advisory board that we work with around communicating the advantages of the ocean on human and mental health.”

While the ocean can have significant advantages on mental health, additionally it is being impacted by product development inside the non-public care category.

First off, ingredients present in the ocean, like algae, kelp and deep sea minerals, are driving product development in each the sweetness and wellness category.

“We’re beginning to utilize resources essentially from the ocean in the sweetness industry, but the opposite side of things which is de facto essential to also convey is what we’re sourcing, what we’re putting on our skin and the proven fact that it’s finding its way back into the ocean,” d’Auriol said.

With this in mind, sourcing nontoxic and nonpolluting ingredients is important, as particles from personal care products ultimately make their way back to the ocean.

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