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Ocean Matters Teen Leader Social Media Takeover #5: Hannah Miller

January 9, 2021 laura

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

City of Ashes

September 11, 2020 laura

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

Why Utila?

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 laura

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