Stories
Sleeping with the enemy – if we don’t learn to live with climate change we are doomed!
By Nirmal Jivan Shah of Nature Seychelles and TOF Advisory Board Member This blog originally appeared in the International Coalition of Tourism Partners Member News It is the biggest story …
Part 1: Storm Surge: When the Ocean Comes Ashore
By Angel Braestrup, Chair, Board of Advisors, The Ocean Foundation We’ve all seen the pictures and videos. Some of us have even witnessed it firsthand. A big storm pushes water …
In Gratitude with Optimism
Every friend of the ocean is important, of course, and so are the donations they make. And sometimes, we get a donation that is accompanied by a note that makes …
Stop the Trash
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation This blog originally appeared on NatGeo’s Ocean Views We once believed that the ocean was too big to fail, that we could …
From Lisbon to Leyte
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation History majors such as me are often asked how we wound up working on ocean governance and conservation. Sitting here in the …
A Struggle To Capture Whale Footage
By Chris Palmer, TOF Advisory Board Member We only had two days left and the weather was closing in and getting stormy. We hadn’t gotten the footage we needed yet …
Sea Turtles of the Yucatan Peninsula
By Brad Nahill, Co-founder and Director of SEEtheWild.org “We may have to walk a ways to see a sea turtle,” I told my daughter Karina as we stood on X’cacel …
What do the Grand Canyon and New York City have in common?
By Caroline Coogan, Research Intern, The Ocean Foundation Each time I travel to New York I am struck – and often overwhelmed – by the towering buildings and bustling life. …
Building a Blue Print for Coastal Community Conservation
Imagine … a cadre of youth educated and dedicated to protecting and nurturing their environment and sharing that knowledge with family and friends … Imagine … a group of …
Keep Your Friends Close, And Your Anemones Closer
I grew up in Mauritius, an island off the east coast of Madagascar, with the ocean as my playground. I did not know I wanted it to also be my …
