One Ocean, One Climate, One Future – Together A semi-annual newsletter for partners and friends of The Ocean Project as we advance collaborative conservation for our blue planet Click here for our newsletter that provides updates and opportunities to help you advance your mission for conservation. It’s part of our efforts to catalyze and support collaborative action for conservation in partnership with […]
Choosing Your Own Adventure in 30×30
September’s webinar — our 41st webinar in the ‘First Friday Webinar Series” supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation — covered some of the questions and concerns that can arise as different zoos, aquariums and museums “choose their own adventure” in 30×30. The webinar was hosted by Douglas Meyer, coordinator of the working group for The Ocean Project, while […]
And what do you think?
Three members of the zoo, aquarium and museum working group on 30×30 were recently joined by two other sites in piloting a promising new approach to documenting public interest in advancing conservation efforts. The participating members included the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, Philadelphia Zoo, and Seattle Aquarium, joined by Mystic Aquarium and Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science […]
Add Your Museum, Aquarium, or Zoo to Join the 200 Others on a Letter of Support for 30×30
The national and global push to protect at least 30% of nature – lands, waters and ocean – by 2030 (“30×30”) provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to collaborate in unprecedented ways both nationally and globally to ensure that our planet’s life support systems are conserved and restored, including the climate and biodiversity. Together, we can create a better future! Last year […]
Beneath the Headlines: Three April Announcements in Support of 30×30
On this Earth Day, I am taking a quick break from my everyday efforts coordinating The Ocean Project’s Zoo, Aquarium and Museum Working Group on 30×30 to reflect on some recent announcements that may not have generated a lot of headlines but were quite important to all of us who support that goal of 30×30, and especially those of us […]
Get Ready for Party for the Planet and World Ocean Day
The March webinar (see recording below) featured: Heidi Faris, Connecting to Nature Coordinator at the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, who provided an overview of Party for the Planet for 2022 Samantha Gibb, the (new as January!) World Ocean Day Coordinator who provided an overview of exciting opportunities around World Ocean Day on June 8, including new resources and tools […]
Youth organizations unite for 30×30!
Calling all Youth Groups and Organizations! Tell the Biden Administration to Protect 30% of our Lands and Ocean! We wanted to let you know about an opportunity for youth groups, student clubs and youth-serving organizations across the United States to join together in signing a letter to the Biden Administration in support of protecting at least 30% of our lands, waters, and […]
30×30 Annual Report: Engaging the public and informing policymakers
Collaboration on to protecting at least 30% of our blue planet, including its lands, waters and ocean, by 2030 (“30×30”) has been our top organizational priority for two years, through our campaigns with zoos, aquariums and museums; youth engagement and leadership initiative; and the World Ocean Day network. Together, working with hundreds of organizations worldwide in 2021, we helped to […]
Kicking off the New Year with a 30×30 Progress Update with Dr. Enric Sala and Craig Hoover
On this special edition of the First Friday Webinar Series, held on Friday, January 7, we welcomed special guests Enric Sala, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, and Craig Hoover, Executive Vice President of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, for an update and discussion of 30×30. During the webinar, Enric reflects back on a presentation he made during the 2019 AZA Annual […]
How to leverage your commitment and encourage support for “America the Beautiful” and 30×30
The First Friday Webinar for December featured a discussion of the ways that zoos, aquariums and museums can continue to build support for the goal of 30×30 as envisioned under the America the Beautiful initiative. Last month, more than 180 zoos, aquariums and museums representing all 50 states joined with AZA, AAM and ASTC in signing a letter of support […]