Ocean Education Hub

A Handbook for Increasing Ocean Literacy: Tools for Educators and Ocean Literacy Advocates was developed by the National Marine Educators Association, with the support of NOAA, to help educators and other ocean advocates teach, learn, and communicate about the ocean.

How to engage society to regenerate the most valuable ecosystem on our Planet

As mandated by the Oceans Act of 2000, this report contains balanced and practical proposals for the establishment of acomprehensive and coordinated ocean policy for our nation.

Proven, workable solutions to the crisis in our oceans exist but such successes will remain the exception rather than the rule until we chart a new course for ocean management.

New Statement Says: You Can’t Be Scientifically or Environmentally Literate Without Being Ocean Literate

Navigating the Future is a blueprint to guide both the research and the science policy agendas at European and national level.

This document is divided into three sections. The first one describes Ocean Literacy and its potential contribution to the Ocean Decade. The second one presents a framework for the Decade Actions on Ocean Literacy. The third section outlines the participation opportunities for potential partners and stakeholders, as well as the linkages between existing Ocean Literacy tools and participation mechanisms for Ocean Decade stakeholders.

Ocean Literacy is a major opportunity to highlight importance of the ocean to general public, inspire a new generation of ocean scientists and marine practitioners.

In creating the Takao Declaration, we aim to support a global emphasis on promoting Ocean Literacy with TEK as a central element.

The IOC-UNESCO ‘A new blue curriculum’ Toolkit for Policy-makers is the result of a collaborative effort between IOC-UNESCO, AXA, and many other partners. It aims to achieve the targets proposed by the strategic vision of ‘Ocean Literacy within the Decade: A Framework for Action’, which establishes ‘mainstreaming Ocean Literacy in education policy formulation’ and ‘enhancing Ocean Literacy in formal education’ as a priority for the Ocean Decade.