Early in 2024, The Ocean Project will be running two of our annual super collaborative 4-week virtual “Advocacy Training” programs, designed for youth ages 16-23 (although any ages are welcome). The content for both will be similar but we will have different presenters each time, including youth leaders and seasoned professionals. The first four-week training The post 2024 Free Youth Advocacy Training Programs for Ocean & Climate Action appeared first on World Ocean Project.

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Our planet – our home – is overwhelmed with plastic pollution; it’s everywhere: from the highest mountains to the deepest ocean trenches, in our food, and in our bodies. Most of us are aware that plastic pollution is awash in our ocean and killing its life. A lot don’t fully understand how much it’s also The post You Can Help Create a Strong Global Plastics Treaty appeared first on World Ocean Project.

World Ocean Day is much more than a day: It’s a lifestyle, it’s a way of life, it’s a mindset. Together, we are helping grow the global movement for a healthy blue planet! The 8th of June is the annual crescendo of celebration and action, and throughout World Ocean Day month there will be thousands The post 12 Months of Action for Blue Planet appeared first on World Ocean Project.

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– Written by Sophia Skarpis, World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council member from Australia It was sun and fun in Brisbane on 24 January 2024 to launch the inaugural World Ocean Day Down Under, a collaborative effort in a first-ever National Partnership between The Ocean Project | World Ocean Day and Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA). During CVA’s season of action for the ocean, The post World Ocean Day Down Under appeared first on World Ocean Project.

In today’s world, the fight for environmental justice is more critical than ever. As communities around the globe grapple with the devastating impacts of climate change, it’s essential to recognize that these effects are not distributed equally. From marginalized neighborhoods to indigenous lands, the burden of environmental degradation falls disproportionately on those who are least The post Championing Environmental Justice: A Short Letter from Kevin J. Patel, Climate Justice Activist, Age 23 appeared first on World Ocean Project.

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