World Oceans Day

Working together, we can and will protect our shared ocean. Join this growing global celebration on June 8th! A healthy world ocean is critical to our survival. Every year, World Oceans Day provides a unique opportunity to help protect and conserve our oceans. You are encouraged to participate in a World Oceans Day event or activity this year. It’s up to each one of us to help ensure that our ocean is healthy for future generations.

  World Oceans Day allows us to:

• Change perspective – encourage individuals to think about what the ocean means to them and what it has to offer all of us with hopes of conserving it for present and future generations.

• Learn – discover the wealth of diverse and beautiful ocean creatures and habitats, how our daily actions affect them, and how we are all interconnected.

• Change our ways – we are all linked to, and through, the ocean! By taking care of your backyard and helping in your community, you are acting as a caretaker of our ocean. Making small modifications to your everyday habits will make a difference, and involving your family, friends, and community will benefit our blue planet even more!

• Celebrate – whether you live inland or on the coast, we are all connected to the ocean. Take the time to think about how the ocean affects you, how you affect the ocean, and then organize or participate in activities that celebrate our ocean.

Check out the website to plan or find a registered event to attend - or plan your own! There are plenty of free resources available as well. Their website serves as a central coordinating platform for World Oceans Day with ideas for everyone – no matter where you live – to help expand the reach and impact of World Oceans Day on June 8th and year-round. https://www.worldoceansday.org/