Earle’s Hope Spots wish became a collaborative effort called the Mission Blue project.

In 2009, Earle recognized the ability of the Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) Prize to raise awareness of need to protect the ocean, and obtain support of communities for that purpose. With TED’s support of $100,000 and a million-dollar grant from IT business executive benefactor Addison Fischer, the Mission Blue project provided the means to begin establishing the all-important marine protected areas.

Wikipedia has described the scope of the project:

With Mission Blue and its partners, Earle led expeditions to prospective hope spots: Cuba in 2009,[25] Belize in January 2010, the Galápagos Islands in April 2010,[26] and the Mesoamerican Reef in July 2011.

. . . As of 2013, there were 51 Hope Spots around the world.

In 2014, a Netflix documentary entitled ‘Mission Blue’ was released which focused on Earle’s life and career as well as the Mission Blue project.

Source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Earle Leads Mission Blue Expeditions.

A video trailer with information from the documentary may be found at the NetFlix website.

Once you have investigated the scope of Mission Blue, and perhaps marked the longer video for viewing when convenient, read about how you can see the ocean and explore its protected areas yourself, by reading Earle’s article on Google Earth, on the next page.