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The Canadian Museum of Nature has some new aquatic residents: live anemones, urchins, sea cucumbers, sea stars and more are now on view in a newly-unveiled interactive feature in the […]
Humankind has been captivated by the ocean for thousands of years. Over time, we have invented many ways to help us explore ocean depths and understand the creatures that live […]
Live It Earth’s hybrid learning resources connect kids with people working in different fields and real-world subject matter experts—no matter where they live! Live It Earth has created 8 ocean […]
RELIGIONS FOR PEACE Interfaith Youth Climate Forum celebrates United Nations World Oceans Day on 8 June 2022. Calling All Creative Youth at Schools (Grade R to Grade 7) for Artwork […]
Oceans Week Victoria is a collaboration among local community organizations to help people learn and care about their big blue backyard. Oceans Week events include educational and recreational activities that […]
This year, to celebrate World Ocean Day, we teamed up with National Spring Clean to give away clean-up kits for communities, groups and individuals to organise a beach clean between 5th and […]
35 of Hong Kong’s and Macau’s leading restaurants and hotels commit to serving sustainable and responsibly sourced seafood between 6-12 June for United Nations World Oceans Day, joining the urgent call of the Hong […]
The Explorers Club has brought together nearly 20 virtual events for students to meet up with and learn from those on the frontlines of exploring, documenting, understanding, and protecting the […]
Irish environmental charity Clean Coasts joined forces with National Spring Clean, to provide communities around Ireland with free clean-up kits to host a clean-up during the week around World Ocean […]
Come enjoy sea safaris, fishing trips, marine sports, surfing and swimming, local seafood menus, and RNLI lifeboats on show. Learn more here
Discover an ocean of opportunities to protect the water that connects us all. From rivers and streams to the Great Lakes, our daily actions have an impact on the aquatic […]
Ready for a day of creative learning like no other? World Ocean Day for Schools is back with an exciting, celebratory day of free, ocean-based activities and resources for educators […]
Join us for the 3rd annual People of the Sea Global Clean Up. Wherever you may be – a dock, beach, forest, river, town or city, everywhere leads to the […]
As a part of the Birth Centenary celebration of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Golden Jubilee of the independence of Bangladesh, the Maritime Affairs Unit (MAU), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic […]
Event to promote awareness of our ocean to the Seaton High School community.
Join us from June 8th to June 12th as we celebrate our oceans and the important role they play in the health and survival for all living things! During this […]
Children in the service at PE4K Childcare will wear blue to raise awareness for World Ocean day. Learn more about this event through our social media: https://www.facebook.com/Pe4kEarlyLearning Or our website: https://www.pe4k.com.au/
A Bears for Cares Book ‘Billie the Octopus’ Book Encourages Young Ones to Care About What’s Under the Sea With World Oceans Day coming Wednesday, June 8, the children’s book […]
Searious Business has teamed up with its Youth Advisory Board in making an inspirational video for World Oceans Day. We want to celebrate the ocean and the things we can do to protect it from […]
In response to the United Nations Ocean Decade (2021-2030), as well as celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, UNESCO Hong Kong Association, […]
The New England Aquarium is celebrating World Ocean Day on June 8 with activities that bring attention to the importance of protecting our ocean for future generations. People of all […]
The Live Ocean Winter Dip is back to celebrate World Ocean Day and raise awareness around the need for collective action to protect and restore the ocean. So gather your […]
The Clean Coasts programme works with over 1,800 communities and 37,000 volunteers to help protect and care for Ireland’s waterways, coastline, seas, ocean and marine life, by organizing hundreds of […]
World Ocean Day - 8 June Let's celebrate together! The e-books of Pesho and Popoto are free on 8-9-10 June! The Fish who Wanted to Dance With the Stars […]
Join us for an @OceanWise World Oceans Day cleanup! We are excited to share that we are hosting cleanups in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal, so join in or drop by […]
This year we are having a celebration for World Ocean Day at Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium located in Springfield, MO. There will be crafts, pledges, and scavenger […]
Party for the Planet at OdySea Aquarium! We are celebrating Endangered Species Day and World Ocean Day via our Conservation Crafts Event! Guests 12 and under are encouraged to get […]
Young People’s Theatre’s production of ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ is proudly supporting and participating in World Ocean Day. As suggested for World Ocean Day, the cast of ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ visited […]
BC Marine Trails strives to secure water access for public recreation for present and future generations and links coastal communities together by water. To show our love of the coast, […]
Interactive Summer Reading Program. We have stem activities, story times, crafts, take home crafts, education on ocean environment, paid performers, ocean trivia parties and more! Check out our Facebook for more […]
Summer is the best! There’s so many great things to dive into. If you’re looking for something to do, there’s an Ocean of Possibilities at your local library! Whether you […]
Celebrate Endangered Species Day and World Ocean Day at OdySea Aquarium by partaking in Conservation Crafts! Guests 12 and under are encouraged to get creative and make an art project […]
Océan21 pour faire découvrir à travers animations pour le jeune public, conférences, conférences, débats, projections, expositions de photos … le patrimoine naturel et culturel marin et sensibiliser le public aux […]
RISE UP would like to use the occasion of World Ocean Day to raise awareness with its school and youth members to promote how amazing our ocean is and how […]
Come to the L.C.Bates Museum to learn about sea shells and make shell crafts. Learn more here
First published over ten years ago, Ian Churchill’s Marineman returns to help spread the word about Prevented Ocean Plastic and encourage people to #ChooseRecycled as part of this year’s UN […]
In connection with World Oceans Day 2022 (June 8) Celebrations, the Research Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture is conducting a Photography Competition on two categories (1) Seascapes, life and human […]
This is a 2 hours events to involve residents of Akure, Ondo state (one of the coastal states in Nigeria), in cleaning up plastics and other wastes discarded improperly around […]
The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo invites guests to help us celebrate World Ocean Day. This family fun, Kids for Nature World Oceans Day event will help educate kids and guests […]
The St. Lucie County Aquarium will celebrate World Oceans Day Wednesday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a family-friendly event featuring activities, crafts, a beach clean-up, behind […]
Ocean Academy, by Ocean Generation brings the Ocean and its importance to the classroom. Learn more here!
Grand nettoyage de plage pour célébrer la journée internationale de l’Océan! Ouvert à tout le monde, petits et grands, on vous attend donc nombreux sous le soleil et dans […]
The Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation Department, in partnership with Beach Bucket Foundation, Blowing Rocks Preserve, Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area and Visit Palm Beach, is celebrating World […]
Morning Fran🤙 For sure - Our favorite day of the year is right around the corner🌊🌍🌎🌏 In honor of this year’s #WorldOceanDay (Wednesday June 8th) we’ve partnered up with our […]
Join us at the National Aquarium as we celebrate World Oceans Day! Special activities will take place throughout the day, including Aquarium bingo and a pledge to our dolphins. Together […]
Kids Dive program and Sesimbra Municipality will celebrate World Oceans Day – a day for humanity to celebrate the ocean - by providing experiential learning to 60 local students. All […]
Demain, 8 juin, joignez-vous à nous et la Commune de NGOR pour célébrer la Journée mondiale de l'océan. Dès 9h le matin, nous débuterons un grand nettoyage sous-marin et de […]
On World Ocean Day 2022, the Stop Funding Overfishing Coalition representing leading non-governmental organization (NGOs) will place an installation of an ice sculpture in the shape of a fish at Place des […]
Each year on World Ocean Day, we pick a stretch of Tybee Island to clean up and celebrate the Ocean. This year we’ll be be meeting up at North Beach […]
Join the Runaway Play team for a LIVE broadcast beach clean and nature walk. Follow this link for your local LIVE event time: https://fb.me/e/1VjFFSW8w Then donate to show your support: […]
Ocean Life, a children's and family program that will explore the varied wildlife that live in the oceans and the issues of climate change. From Tuna to calms and crabs […]
This a clean up exercise to retrieve discarded plastics in a coastal Community (Okiama) in Bayelsa state, Nigeria with major focus on the bank if freshwater flowing along the coast […]
We will meet guests and team members at 10.00 to walk all together to the ground beside the resort and down Montaña Roja. We will clean this area. At the […]
Come join the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in celebrating World Oceans Day! The day will be full of interactive activities from a World Oceans Day themed word search to informational […]
World Ocean Day, June 8th, is an internationally celebrated day for people everywhere to unite, celebrate and take action for our shared blue planet. This annual event at the Greensboro […]
The Cox Science Center and Aquarium is holding its annual Festival Del Mar event taking place on June 8th from 10am-3pm to celebrate World Oceans Day! Guests can dive into […]
We are back to celebrating and sharing our responsibility to protect the oceans in person! Join us for our flagship, annual #WorldOceansDay event at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic! […]
On June 8, 2022 from 10 am to 4 pm, the Lehigh Valley Zoo along with countless other zoos and aquariums around the world will be celebrating World Ocean Day! […]
Join us at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon Georgia to celebrate Ocean Day. Come try out an ROV and touch a sea creature! See the calendar of […]
We welcome the community to join us on World Oceans Day to celebrate the environment from the wetlands to the oceans and learn about what we, as individuals can do […]
Join us for some fun and music with Tyler and Bailey Thompson as we shake up waves of fun during our Story Time. Copy the even to your calendar!
Meet and Greet - World Ocean Day pledges. The Thanet Coast Project will have a outdoor display where local people and visitors can meet volunteers and staff about how they […]
As part of the “Ocean of Possibilities” summer theme at public libraries across the US, you’re invited to join your local library in a variety of activities – from movies, […]
Volunteer beach cleanup in Bray, Ireland. Event starts at 12pm. The meeting point is at the entrance of Sea Life Bray Aquarium. Beach clean, games and activities for all ages […]
Go treasure hunting! Beach Art! Talk to an expert! A marine environmental education event for KS2 children (7-11) using the flotsam and jetsam on Pakefield Beach. The Centre for the […]
The exhibition opens at 1 pm and features a giant octopus and fantastical sea creatures hanging above the ground as if floating in the sea. These imagined strange and bizarre […]
Atlantic Healthy Oceans Initiative (AHOI) will be joined by its partners, Gros Morne National Park and the Gros Morne Cooperating Association, to host a beach cleanup, as well as a […]
We are students who want to take immediate action to help the ocean. Our purpose is to be a medium of action to help the ocean as a community by […]
Zoo Basel is organising a special programme for the world ocean day. Learn more about the fish in the vivarium. Learn more here Agenda: Afternoon activities 1.30 p.m. – 5.30 […]
West Lafayette Public Library presents an Ocean of Possibilities summer reading program. On June 8, children are invited to the library to learn about keeping our oceans clean and to […]
Join the Gwinnett County Public Library at the Dacula Branch for our 5th annual participation in World Ocean Day: SHARKS! and get inspired to help save the world's oceans and […]
Project Rescue Ocean & Nomads Surfing vous préparent une après midi engagée avec un grand nettoyage de plage pour célébrer la journée internationale de l'Océan! Ouvert à tout le […]
@Project Rescue Ocean & @Nomads Surfing vous préparent une après midi engagée avec un grand nettoyage de plage pour célébrer la journée internationale de l'Océan! Ouvert à tout le monde, […]
As part of the “Ocean of Possibilities” summer theme at public libraries across the USA, you’re invited to join your local library in a variety of activities – from movies, […]
Join the global celebration of World Ocean Day with a special event full of art exhibitions, kids activities, ocean inspired poetry and more at Esperance Community Arts. Free event and […]
Join Us On Kaua'i For World Oceans Day Performances & Rainbow Costume Parade Special Guests, Inflatable Marine Creatures & Costumes At Dolphin Touch Wellness Center in Kapa'a! Live Family Programs […]
Ocean Missions in collaboration with the Húsavík Whale Museum is organising different events next week to celebrate world ocean day and gather like minded people to help and protect the […]
Expedition Drenched will be sharing their love and passion for the ocean this coming “World Oceans Day.” Captain Nate Porter and the crew that live full time on their Expedition […]
Join us to kick-off the 2022 Summer Reading Program: "Oceans of Possibilities" with the launch of the Library's very own STORYWALK® at the Los Fresnos Community Park!! What is […]
Join us LIVE online to learn how to draw an orca on June 8th with artist @Kellyofthewild to celebrate world ocean day! Mark your calendars for 6pm ET/ 3pm PT; […]
Artscape is a street art festival and this year it is based in Strömstad, Sweden. They have gathered artists from all over the world to paint murals around the city […]
Join us for Life Below Water 2022 to help celebrate World Ocean Day - with Murky Waters Studio and PechaKucha Night Townsville on Wednesday June 8, 2022 The Feel Good […]
Sunset Whale and Marine Life Cruise! 6:00 – 8:30 pm Join our crew for an experience you will never forget! Your 2-1/2-hour adventure aboard the RV Sea Explorer, Ocean Institute’s […]
The Hub Sea Swimmers are hosting a “pick and dip” event to celebrate World Ocean Day. Did you know that oceans absorb about 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans, […]
Go under the (red) sea with us! Hear OceanX scientists on board the OceanXplorer answer kid-submitted questions about sea life, coral reefs, brine pools, and how the way we see […]
An evening of magical tales, sea shanties, octopus stories and show-stopping entertainment, an exhibition of artwork by local schools and artists, and drop-in workshops that explore the science of the […]
Ocean Youth Eco International Film Festival (OYEIFF) is an annual film festival for young filmmakers focusing on raising awareness about ocean protection. Short films (no longer than 30 minutes) made […]
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