EVENTS
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It became pretty clear to me that conservation had changed, that it wasn’t about hugging trees and saving sharks and pandas, it was about saving humans.
—Rob Stewart (Summit ’15)
Ocean Days of the Year
Int’l Children’s Book Day 2
ADEX Singapore 2019 11-14
Sustainable Diving Think Tank 12
Sustainable Diving Dialogue 13
Mote Marine Lab OceanFest 13
EarthX Film Festival 19-28
World Fish Migration Day 21
Earth Day 22
World Book Day 23
World Penguin Day 25
Inland Ocean Action Summit 27-28
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Featured Event
$8 Billion Pledged at Our Ocean Conference
The fourth, Our Ocean conference recently held in Malta produced some amazing results, in particular, over $8 billion pledged from international leaders to fight climate change, plastic pollution and other threats to our ocean’s vital marine ecosystems. Top executives...
Youth Leaders offer Hope For Our Ocean
Heather Kuhlken, our Blue Ocean contributor at large, just returned from the Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit held in conjunction with the 2017 Our Ocean Conference that took place in Malta earlier this month. Here is Heather's report Hope For Our Ocean, on the...
DEMA: 2017 Wave Makers Awards
Vote Now for the 2017 Wave Makers Award! ** Deadline to Vote is 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time on October 26, 2017 ** Voting for the inaugural Wave Makers Award is now open to DEMA Members! Log in and cast your vote today! The deadline to vote is 12:00 p.m. Pacific...
Ocean Nomad: Sail the Ocean Making a Difference
Haven’t we all dreamed about catching a ride on a sailboat crossing the ocean and throwing our everyday worries to the wind. Well now there’s a guide that tells you exactly how you can follow your dream. Ocean Nomad’s 400 pages are packed with stories and practical...
Women Divers Hall of Fame, Class of 2018 at DEMA Show 2017
The Women Divers Hall of Fame is proud to announce the newest Members of the Women Divers Hall of Fame, Class of 2018, who will be inducted at Beneath the Sea in New Jersey in March. Many of these ladies will be joining the diving world at DEMA Show 2017. Show-goers...
Richard Attenborough’s Blue Planet II, shows “Heartbreaking” Plastic Pollution
This week we have brought three posts to you on the issue of ocean plastic pollution, please don’t get overwhelmed, think of it this way - how fortunate for the ocean that plastic pollution is finally on the world’s radar and has become a pressing global issue. Sir...
World Food Day 2017 – Oct. 16
The right to food is a basic human right. Three-quarters of the extreme poor base their livelihoods on agriculture or other rural activities and these people are the most vulnerable to being displaced by destruction of these traditional livelihoods, hunger and extreme...
Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit
The Sustainable Oceans Alliance, The European Union, and the University of Malta co-host the Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit in conjunction with the 2017 Our Ocean Conference. 100 young leaders from 50 different countries gather in Malta to propose solutions...
Rapa Nui Marine Park, one of world’s largest MPAs
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is world famous for its inscrutable, monuments, called moai, that dot the island’s landscape. Now the isolated Chilean Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean has another reason to be world famous. The Rapa Nui Marine Park is an...
Misool Marine Reserve Named a Mission Blue Hope Spot
September 15, 2017, Raja Ampat, Indonesia – Mission Blue announced today that it has recognized the 300,000-acre, privately-managed Misool Marine Reserve as a Mission Blue Hope Spot. Led by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue is uniting a global...
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