Activating Hope on MLK Day of Service
by Laura Parker Roerden MLK Day of Service celebrates the power that serving others can have in our lives and in our communities. You could say that service is the other side of the coin of giving thanks. Numerous studies that have looked at service as a tool for education enumerate important gains for youth […] Read More
Meet Cheyenne from our Youth Leadership Council
Team Ocean teen leader Cheyenne, age 17, is from our Florida project has found connection and meaning in the ocean her whole life. She exemplifies why youth leadership is important and how the ocean matters. 1) What did you receive from your involvement in Ocean Matters that will stay with you moving forward?I received the […] Read More
Meet Isa from our Youth Leadership Council
What did you receive from your involvement in Ocean Matters that will stay with you moving forward? I think the biggest thing I received from my involvement with Ocean Matters that’s going to stick with me is experience. The whole trip just solidified for me that I want to go into marine biology and that […] Read More
Ocean Matters Teen Leader Takeover #7: Sophie
What have you been up to since attending the Ocean Matters program? Since attending the Ocean Matters program I have been at home in Washington state and I have been trying to do as many water related things as possible! I live near a lake so I go out on our boat all the time! […] Read More
Ocean Matters Teen Leader Social Media Takeover #6: Cadey Ryce
What have you been up too since attending the Ocean Matters program? In 2019 I attended the Ocean Matters program in Florida. I have since graduated high school and moved into an apartment in Charleston, South Carolina where I am studying at the College of Charleston and majoring in Marine Biology on a pre-vet track. […] Read More
Ocean Matters Teen Leader Social Media Takeover #4: Ellie
What have you been up to since attending the Ocean Matters program? In 2019 I attended the Ocean Matters Marine Ecology Expedition in Florida and made some of the best memories I’ve ever made in my life. Since then, I’ve started studying a degree in Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth in Britain’s Ocean […] Read More
Youth Stepping Up for the World’s Coral Reefs
Kudos to Ocean Matters teen Alan N., 16 from Seattle, WA who arranged for his high school to see Chasing Coral last week, after attending our Hawai’i project this spring with the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) where part of the movie was filmed. Alan (left) helping Anders out of the muck on Oahu, […] Read More
Why Utila?
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