Building Capacity
Our Comments on the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Submitted to NOAA on 2 April 2021 In response to the recent Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad NOAA has been instructed to collect recommendations …
Real and Raw Reflections: Jordan Williams’ Story
Jordan Alexander Williams, is a Queer Hoodoo, earth tender & future ancestor, moving towards life and shaping change. Not only is Jordan all of the things above and more, but …
Real and Raw Reflections: Personal Experiences with D.E.I.J.
To encourage normalizing D.E.I.J. conversations across the environmental sector, I interviewed and invited a number of powerful individuals in the sector to share the challenges they’ve faced, current issues they’ve experienced, and offer words of inspiration for others who identify with them. These stories are meant to raise awareness, inform, and inspire our collective industry to know better, be better, and do better.
Marine Science is Real (Part Two of Two)
In my opening blog of 2021, I laid out the task list for ocean conservation in 2021. That list began with including everyone equitably. Frankly, it is a goal of …
Marine Science is Real (Part One of Two)
In my opening blog of 2021, I laid out the task list for ocean conservation in 2021. That list began with including everyone equitably. Of course, it is a goal …
World Women’s Day
March is women’s history month. Today is International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is Choose to Challenge—based on the premise “A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge …
Rockefeller Asset Management Launches Rockefeller Climate Solutions UCITS Driven by Nordic Region Institutional and Professional Investors
4 February 2021 On December 9, 2020, Rockefeller Asset Management (RAM), a division of Rockefeller Capital Management, launched its third equity UCITS fund, the Rockefeller Climate Solutions Fund. This expands …
Presentation of the results: “Economic Valuation of the Ecosystem Services of the Mesoamerican Reef System”
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS or MAR) is the largest reef ecosystem in America and the second largest in the world, measuring almost 1,000 km from the extreme north …
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Efforts of 2020
The Ocean Foundation has long been committed to the principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (D.E.I.J.). Our Board of Directors has acknowledged that D.E.I.J. is a journey, and we …
The Ocean Foundation Mobilizes International Organizations for the Third Annual Ocean Acidification Day of Action
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 8, 2021 – Today, on the third annual Ocean Acidification Day of Action, The Ocean Foundation is proud to stand with its global network of partners in …
NOAA, The Ocean Foundation team up to advance ocean science
Partnership aims to boost public understanding of the global ocean January 5, 2021: NOAA today announced a partnership with The Ocean Foundation to cooperate on international and national scientific efforts …
The Tasks Ahead
As we start the new year, we are also heading into the third decade of The Ocean Foundation, so we have spent a lot of time thinking about the future. …
