Ocean Youth Blog
Youth ARE changing the world!
What a fantastic hit of inspiration our recent Ocean Youth Virtual Summit was. Driven and led by youth for youth we got to hear from so many inspiring young people, working really hard to...
Meet the Kaitiaki team!
Kaitiaki Co. is a group of secondary school students that have a huge passion for marine conservation and preserving Aotearoa’s environment on and off land. All of the original team were...
Auckland teens create their own reusable coffee cups
A group of Auckland teenagers is thrilled their reusable coffee cup design might be sold in supermarkets next year. Brianna Marvin, Hollie Craig, Chloe Laurence and Phoebe Meachen created...
Calling young enviro leaders!
NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education) has once again opened the search for 30 game-changing leaders under 30 years old who are using environmental education to...
Coronavirus policy for Ocean Youth
These are very challenging and uncertain times. We want to ensure the wellbeing and safety of our Ocean Youth and wider community. As we host small events for our Ocean Youth participants...
Citizen scientists at work
Our change makers from Sydney embarked on their Ocean Youth journey by participating in a beach clean up event for Clean Up Australia Day, in conjunction with Operation Straw, Clean Up...
Getting back to nature
More and more research is showing us that more nature time reduces stress, increases balance and is good for our physical AND mental health. It’s intuitive, we feel good when we’re...
Jess wins Marine Debris Advocacy Competition!
We're so pleased to announce that Ocean Youth Sunshine Coast Ambassador Jess De-Acetis was recently selected as a winner for the 2019 Bow Seat Marine Debris Creative Advocacy Competition....
Second OY rep accepted to the World Oceans Day Youth Advisory Council!
A second Ocean Youth Ambassador has made it to the global World Oceans Day Youth Advisory Committee! Nicola Tsiolis was one of 12 young people chosen from 1600 other applicants from around...
Student strike for climate 20 Sept
We are in the thick of the climate crisis. Yet we just elected a Government that wants to open the floodgates to new coal, oil and gas projects that put all of us at risk. We are already...
ISLA fighting for wildlife
Isla Barry, an Ocean Youth Sunshine Coast Ambassador making headlines for her passion to have our oceans and wildlife. With incredible young people like Isla taking the reins, we can't...
Turning trash into real treasure
Ocean Youth Sydney participants recently enjoyed a hands on workshop with Defy Design, an innovative new start up that takes plastic waste and turn it into well-designed, functional...