This year on World Oceans Day, Habilin and Reef Check Philippines have launched ALON: A children’s diving manual!

Alon tells the story of a young boy and his newfound passion for the ocean upon learning how to dive. The storybook-style booklet acts as a guide to teach children the basic information, instructions, and importance of diving, while aiming to encourage the youth to take action in preserving our natural world.

Currently accepting pre-orders, for every purchase from Alon’s donation packages, you will be putting one copy of this book in the hands of a young future diver from coastal communities in Batangas!

Thus far into our pre-orders period, we have been able to sell close to 100 copies of Alon, with half of these to be donated to the children in our coastal communities!

Along with this, we have also been able to gather several donations for our scuba scholars, which will help fund Reef Check Philippines’ diving programs for children! This will give several kids in our partner community to explore our oceans and see how they can help preserve our environment firsthand.

Through this project, we hope to empower young children to seek out a passion for diving, as well as for our oceans and marine life.

You can learn more about Alon here: bit.ly/ALON-Catalogue

And you can order Alon here: bit.ly/ALON-PreOrderForm

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World Ocean Week 2021
8-11 June
Global Webcast

https://www.adex.asia/adex-wow-world-ocean-week-2021/

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JCI Zugbuana hosts Project 30×30 which aims to support worldoceanday.org‘s cause and the global movement called 30×30.

See project details here.

#WorldOceanDay #Protect30x30

Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative- Panay Hub is excited to present the Conversations on Ocean Conservation Webinar Series focused on The Role of Youth in Ocean Conservation. This will be a series of four webinars centered around four separate ocean conservation issues including plastic pollution, marine protected areas, sustainable tourism, and deep-sea mining in Southeast Asia.

Tune in on 27 June for Session 4: Mine-ful Living: Status of Deep-Sea Mining in Southeast Asia

Topics to be discussed:

• Effects of Deep-Sea Mining on our seas
• Status of Deep-Sea Mining in ASEAN and the world
• A focus group discussion: “What are the possible socio-ecological, political, and cultural effects of Deep-Sea Mining?“

Partners for the webinar series include:

• Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (Panay) and (Siargao) Hubs
• US Government Alumni Association- Panay and Guimaras
• Sustainable Ocean Alliance- Philippines
• Asia-Pacific Climate Project
• World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council

Photo credit: Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative- Panay Hub

Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative- Panay Hub is excited to present the Conversations on Ocean Conservation Webinar Series focused on The Role of Youth in Ocean Conservation. This will be a series of four webinars centered around four separate ocean conservation issues including plastic pollution, marine protected areas, sustainable tourism, and deep-sea mining in Southeast Asia.

Tune in on 20 June for Session 3: Ocean Conservation and Sustainable Tourism

Topics to be discussed:

• Conservation and tourism: a dialogue on government initiative prioritization
• Sustainable Ecotourism: Narratives of Tourism and Conservation
• A focus group discussion: “How can youth promote ocean conservation in the eyes of a tourism hub?”

Partners for the webinar series include:

• Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (Panay) and (Siargao) Hubs
• US Government Alumni Association- Panay and Guimaras
• Sustainable Ocean Alliance- Philippines
• Asia-Pacific Climate Project
• World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council

Photo credit: Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative- Panay Hub

Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative- Panay Hub is excited to present the Conversations on Ocean Conservation Webinar Series focused on The Role of Youth in Ocean Conservation. This will be a series of four webinars centered around four separate ocean conservation issues including plastic pollution, marine protected areas, sustainable tourism, and deep-sea mining in Southeast Asia.

Tune in on 13 June for Session 2: How Protected are Marine Protected Areas?

Topics to be discussed:

• Purposes of Marine Protected Areas
• Network of Marine Protected Areas in the Philippines
• Coral Triangle Network
• A focus group discussion: “How can youth partake in the protection of MPAs?”

Partners for the webinar series include:

• Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (Panay) and (Siargao) Hubs
• US Government Alumni Association- Panay and Guimaras
• Sustainable Ocean Alliance- Philippines
• Asia-Pacific Climate Project
• World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council

Photo credit: Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative- Panay Hub

Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative- Panay Hub is excited to present the Conversations on Ocean Conservation Webinar Series focused on The Role of Youth in Ocean Conservation. This will be a series of four webinars centered around four separate ocean conservation issues including plastic pollution, marine protected areas, sustainable tourism, and deep-sea mining in Southeast Asia.

Tune in on 6 June for Session 1: Role of Youth Combatting Plastic Pollution in ASEAN!

Topics to be discussed:

• Combatting plastic pollution in shared spaces
• Youth initiatives in addressing marine debris
• A focus group discussion: “What can you contribute towards promoting ocean conservation and combatting plastic pollution?”

Partners for the webinar series include:

• Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (Panay) and (Siargao) Hubs
• US Government Alumni Association- Panay and Guimaras
• Sustainable Ocean Alliance- Philippines
• Asia-Pacific Climate Project
• World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council

Photo credit: Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative- Panay Hub