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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

International Year of Sustainable Tourism
The UN has affirmed that 2017 is International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development and has set 17 goals as targets for sustainable tourism and development. Achieving these goals not only furthers growth, but improves the quality of life, protects the...

World Maritime Day, September 28
We are all aware of the enormous contribution that global maritime shipping makes to the world economy, however there is a downside. So it is entirely fitting that the theme for 2017 World Maritime Day is multifaceted, addressing many issues including maritime...

Wildlife in the path of Hurricane Irma; manatees, dolphins, lemurs and Hemingway’s cats
The news reports that have been following the destructive path of Hurricane Irma as it crossed the Caribbean and then moved up Florida necessarily focused on the human toll taken by the massive storm, but what about the wildlife that could not escape? There were...

57th NOGI Awards at DEMA 2017
The Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences will be presenting the 57th NOGI Awards on Thursday November 2 at the Rosen Center Hotel in conjunction with the DEMA Show in Orlando Florida. Often considered the "Oscars of the Ocean", this annual black-tie gala is an...

Ocean Conservation Through Art
The worlds of marine conservation and ocean art will be joining forces in Chicago this coming Spring 2018 in an effort to raise funds for citizen submarines and to bring ocean awareness to an urban, Midwestern community. Marine Mural by Wyland "Globally...

Our Ocean Conference 2017 Takes Action with a Sea of Solutions
My Ocean is Our Ocean Over 3 billion people depend directly on our seas for their livelihoods. But in reality, all of us depend on the ocean: for our water, our food, our climate and our air. Human action has left our ocean heavily affected by pollution, over...

Reef Life Restoration joins the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Catalyst Program
July 18, 2018 UPDATE!!! Buckminster Fuller Science Challenge 2017 chose Reef Life Restoration out of 460 submittals from over 100 countries to be in the top 17% and included in Catalyst Program. "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change...

International Whale Shark Day
Maybe it has something to do with their size. Is that why we love whales and whale sharks? Certainly, there is a majesty and grace to the way they move, maybe it’s because they also seem to be gentle, although whales can certainly be aggressive when they need to be....

Planet Earth Blew It’s Natural Resource Budget on Aug 1, 2018
Wait, what? Yes, you read that right. As of August 1, 2017, the world overshot its annual resources budget for 2018 in just seven months, according to the Global Footprint Network, which means that people are consuming nature’s resources 1.7 times faster than the...

Mangroves: Super Forests We Must Protect
"If there are no mangrove forests, then the sea will have no meaning. It is like having a tree with no roots, for the mangroves are the roots of the sea." -- Fisherman, Trang Province, southern Thailand July 26 marks the second celebration of International Day for...
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