Ocean Matters Teen Leader Social Media Takeover #2: Kelsey Yap
What have you been up to since attending the Ocean Matters program? I first joined Ocean Matters in 2017 (Hawaiʻi) and participated again in 2019 (Honduras). Since then, I have just completed my AA degree in Liberal Arts at Leeward Community College and am transferring to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to major in […] Read More
Ocean Matters Teen Leader Social Media Takeover #1: Jina Malone!
For the next several weeks, Team Ocean Teen Leaders will be taking over the Ocean Matters social media feed. First up, is Alaskan Jina Malone, who will be posting on our behalf from December 7-11. Don’t miss it! Follow her on Instagram at Ocean_Matters and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/oceanmatters What have I been up to since […] Read More
City of Ashes
This poem by Team Ocean Teen Leader Connor Webb, 17, about his experience doing coral restoration in our Florida Marine Ecology Expedition project, resounds as we think about making meaning from rubble and ashes on the anniversary of 9/11 while wildfires rage. Read More
Join us for the World Wide Premier of the Team Ocean Teen Leaders FILM!
I’m writing to you at a very concerning time in our world to share a ray of hope. We are proud to announce that our of Ocean Matters Team Ocean Teen Leaders (TOTL) FILM is scheduled for a world-wide Premier THIS SUNDAY, June 7, 2:00 pm ET online on the Ocean Matters YouTube Channel and on the Ocean […] Read More
2020 Vision: Profiles of Team Ocean Teen Leaders Who Are Graduating
Congratulations to Ellie Siney! Ellie Siney, 18, is from London, England and attended our Florida Marine Ecology Expedition in 2019, where she became PADI Open Water scuba certified and participated in a coral restoration project in the Florida Keys. Ellie also serves on our Youth Ocean Stewardship Committee and is graduating from secondary school this year. […] Read More
2020 Vision: Profiles of Team Ocean Teen Leaders Who Are Graduating
Congratulations to Cadey Ryce! Cadey Ryce, 18, is from Maryland and attended our Florida Marine Ecology Expedition in 2019, where she became PADI Open Water scuba certified and participated in a coral restoration project in the Florida Keys. Cadey serves on our Youth Ocean Stewardship Committee and is graduating from high school this year. How […] Read More
COVID 19 Things You Can Do to Connect Kids to the Ocean
#19 Ocean Voyage: Learning about the world’s five oceans The world’s oceans cover more than 70 percent of our planet’s surface. No matter where in the world we live, our lives are everyday impacted by the ocean. We rely on the ocean for food, oxygen, travel, climate regulation, and resources such as medicine. But it […] Read More
COVID 19 Things You Can Do to Connect Kids to the Ocean
#18 Orca Families: Mother’s Day Edition In honor of Mother’s Day this past Sunday, today’s activity is about orca’s matriarchal family dynamics, one of the most intricate family systems of any animal species. Much like humans (and unlike many other animal species), orcas or killer whales as they are commonly known, stay in the same […] Read More