Good to Go
$24.95
We want to change the world…
Kids And Planet
by inspiring the kids who'll inherit it
Teacher's Totes Initiative
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Where your support goes
We travel on our own dime, partner with people already trusted on the ground, and deliver. They're the heroes; we're the supply line.
Backpacks that kept school kids dry in the monsoon
Indian Himalayas, spring 2023
Mangroves planted to protect the coast
Sundarbans, India, with Prameya Foundation, 2023
Books that help kids meet kids a world away
Reading to Siloé students, El Salvador, October 2026
Our Books
Stories about real children, from Uganda to the Sundarbans to the Austin streets, written to spark generosity.
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My Tiny Tiger
$24.95
Here
$24.95
A Little Something
$24.95
The Do Who
$24.95
Our Bags
The Como
Champagne
$35
The Hudson
Black
$60
The Sunderban
Sand
$70
The Sunderban
Black
$70
The Sunderban
Green
$70
The Yangtze
Pink
$40
The Yangtze
Green
$40
The Yangtze
Black
$40
The Austin
Green
$40
The Austin
Black
$40
The Austin
Blue
$40
Our bags make a difference, while also looking great and lasting a lifetime
Carry Your CauseOut of the same conviction that built the books, we make the bags. Every backpack repurposes about 26 one-liter bottles of plastic recovered before they reached the sea. For every backpack purchased, we give one to a child at risk somewhere in the world. And for every backpack given, we plant two mangrove trees — because the same coastlines the plastic threatens are the same ones that need replanting.
~26About 26 plastic bottles in every backpack
1 for 1A backpack given for every backpack bought
~$25About $25 sends a backpack, fully delivered, to a kid in crisis
A Note From the Three of Us
Hi everyone,
Mark, Toni, and Zane here. We're "retired" (well, two of us are), and in 2023 we founded the Oceanbags Foundation for one simple reason: plastic bottles into backpacks, backpacks into the hands of kids who need them. That's the work.
We travel — on our own dime — to the places where the need is real, and we partner with teachers, relief workers, and local organizations already embedded and trusted there. We don't parachute in with cameras and press releases. We show up, deliver, listen, and try to amplify what people are already doing. They're the heroes; we're the supply line.
There are two threads to what we do, and they belong on the same cover. One is bags: each is made from certified Ocean Bound Plastic™ — about 26 bottles pulled from the environment — and built to take a beating, because life in a refugee camp or a foster system is hard. For a child who has almost nothing, that's practical dignity. The other is books: stories about kids at risk written to inform and spark generosity in kids who have plenty. We write so that a child under your roof can meet a child in a camp. Different kids, different "worlds" — and generosity is the thread that ties them together.
We're a small outfit. No overhead staff, no fundraising salaries, no offices — what comes in goes to the work and getting it to kids.
There are four ways to walk with us, and every one of them counts:
- Buy a bag — then we send one to a child in crisis, and plant a mangrove tree.
- Buy our books — to meet the kids the world-over and ignite generosity.
- Donate — about $25 sends a backpack, fully delivered to a kid in crisis.
- Follow along — share what we're doing, and stay close.
If that kind of tangible, boots-on-the-ground work matters to you, we'd be honored to have you with us.
Warmly, Mark, Toni & Zane