We Need Your Help!
Are you worried about the environmental challenges facing us: from global warming to plastic pollution to habitat loss to overfishing? We are too. The next generation is inheriting an ocean that is very different from the one we did. Time and again, Ocean Matters youth show us that there is hope—for our young people and […] 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
A Coral Key in Hawai’i
by Laura Parker Roerden Ocean Matters high school-aged volunteers will be lending a hand this March 2019 at the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) in creating and ground-truthing a color coded key for researchers to more accurately assess levels of health of Hawaiian coral species. This first ever Hawaiian color key will replace one […] Read More
Everything We Need
by Laura Parker Roerden One of the best things about spending time doing science and service with teenagers around the world through Ocean Matters is the people you meet along the way, especially around meals or music. I never underestimate the magic of bringing people together in these ways, but I am often still humbled […] Read More
Why the Ocean Matters
by our Ocean Matters Ohana (family) featuring voices as widespread as Hawai’i, Florida, New York, Nevada, and Massachachusetts. In honor of the March for the Ocean today!! The oceans are rising, and so are we. Read More
Join Us in Welcoming Danielle Stone!
We are thrilled to announce Danielle Stone is joining the board of directors of Ocean Matters. Please join us in providing oceans of gratitude to her for her service. Ms. Stone is a native New Englander with a fondness for ice coffee and travel. Growing up on the coast of Connecticut, the ocean has always […] Read More
Choose a Reef Safe Sunscreen: Because What You Do Matters!
by Laura Parker Roerden If you’re heading to the tropics this winter, along with visions of palm trees and tropical sunsets, you might have plans to snorkel or scuba dive on the coral reef. But did you know that the sunscreen you wear could be damaging to this beautiful, yet threatened […] Read More
