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 #5: Hannah Miller
What have you been up to since attending the Ocean Matters program? I attended the Ocean Matters program at Hawai’i during the summer of 2017. I not only met some amazing people and established some lasting friendships, but I also reinforced my love for the ocean! I am now a student at Emory University studying […] 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
Ocean Matters Teen Leader Social Media Takeover #3: Patrik Rollefson
What have you been up to since attending the Ocean Matters program in Hawai’i? Since my Ocean Matters experience at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at Coconut Island I was admitted to the Rider University Marine Science Program and compete as a Diver for their Men’s Swim and Dive team. I was also inspired […] Read More
Ocean Matters Teen Leader Social Media Takeover #2: Kelsey Yap
What have you been up to since attending the Ocean Matters program? I first joined Ocean Matters in 2017 (Hawaiʻi) and participated again in 2019 (Honduras). Since then, I have just completed my AA degree in Liberal Arts at Leeward Community College and am transferring to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to major in […] Read More
Ocean Matters Teen Leader Social Media Takeover #1: Jina Malone!
For the next several weeks, Team Ocean Teen Leaders will be taking over the Ocean Matters social media feed. First up, is Alaskan Jina Malone, who will be posting on our behalf from December 7-11. Don’t miss it! Follow her on Instagram at Ocean_Matters and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/oceanmatters What have I been up to since […] Read More
City of Ashes
This poem by Team Ocean Teen Leader Connor Webb, 17, about his experience doing coral restoration in our Florida Marine Ecology Expedition project, resounds as we think about making meaning from rubble and ashes on the anniversary of 9/11 while wildfires rage. Read More
Join us for the World Wide Premier of the Team Ocean Teen Leaders FILM!
I’m writing to you at a very concerning time in our world to share a ray of hope. We are proud to announce that our of Ocean Matters Team Ocean Teen Leaders (TOTL) FILM is scheduled for a world-wide Premier THIS SUNDAY, June 7, 2:00 pm ET online on the Ocean Matters YouTube Channel and on the Ocean […] Read More