Unwrapping holiday Wish-cycling
What is wish-cycling and why is it particularly topical around the holiday season? Tineasha Brenot, an ambassador with Ocean Wise's national youth service initiative Ocean Bridge, explains in the article below...
There’s something for everyone in this ocean-friendly holiday book guide
Need a last-minute gift idea? Or maybe a new book to curl up with? Melina Stokes, an ambassador with Ocean Wise's youth service program Ocean Bridge, shares her list of ocean-friendly reads for this holiday se...
Ocean Wise young leaders named to Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25
Some good news to come out of 2020 as two members of the Ocean Wise family have been named among this year’s Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 by The Starfish Canada!
Taylor Maton and Siobhan Takala have be...
Trick-or-Trash: Ocean Bridge youth creates national Halloween clean-up initiative
With trick-or-treating on the backburner this year for some folks, a youth with Ocean Wise's Ocean Bridge program has created a Halloween campaign to encourage people in her community and across Canada to “Tri...
Ocean Bridge ambassador using platform to allow others to explore, share wonders of North Shore
Cayley Elcombe has called West Vancouver home for the past 11 years, after spending the first decade of her life growing up in Winnipeg. Her love for conservation and biodiversity on the North Shore led her to...
Ocean Bridge ambassador pushing for carbon labels on Canadian products
Eli Lusty is the founder of Carbon Labels Canada, and lives and works in Halifax, N.S. He earned his Bachelor of Economics at Carleton University, where he says he learned about the power of aggregat...
Youth immersed in Ocean Bridge learning journeys across Canada
You may have noticed over the past few weeks – particularly if you’ve kept an eye on our @OceanWiseYouth Instagram account – young Canadians with Ocean Wise’s Ocean Bridge program taking part in 'learning jou...
When ‘clean energy’ comes up short: Wind farms threaten Taiwanese white dolphins
By Amber Dearden
In the Eastern Taiwan Strait, between China and Taiwan, 22 large wind turbines stand tall above the waters. Now in operation, these giants generate 128 MW of “green” energy, of which Taiwan...