Marine Education | Ocean Matters

Why Utila?

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 laura

by Laura Parker Roerden Ocean Matters Marine Science through Service Learning Programs match young people with endangered marine ecosystems where they can make a real difference. We first brought high school-aged students to Utila, a small island off the mainland of Honduras, in 2016 for a project to address the lionfish invasion, which is decimating […] Read More

What Happens to the Coral Reef During a Hurricane?

September 13, 2017August 29, 2019 laura

by Laura Parker Roerden In the mid-1990s Ocean Matters was in Grand Cayman, British West Indies, when the back-end of a hurricane blew through. Five staff members and twenty students were spread across two large beachfront villas on the north side of the island. The locals were nonplussed about the event. “Hunker down,” they advised […] Read More

Living for the Moments

September 5, 2017December 19, 2022 laura

by Kristen Beidelman, age 17, Holliston, Massachusetts This is Kristen Beidelman’s video of her experience on our 2017 Pacific Program at the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology on Oahu, Hawai’i. Let us tell you more about Ocean Matters and our marine conservation through service adventures. Read More