BROWSE EDUCATOR RESOURCES

Join filmmaker and explorer Philippe Cousteau alongside journalist Ashlan Cousteau as they discuss their extensive work in international ocean and environmental advocacy. During this live event, hosted by EarthEcho International, participants will be able to ask questions via video and chat. Philippe is the founder of EarthEcho International, a leading nonprofit founded on Philippe Cousteau, Sr.'s belief that youth have the power to change our planet. Through EarthEcho, Philippe and Ashlan, now with their daughter Vivienne, support the activation of the world's youth in tackling the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Join us to find out how YOU can take action TODAY to change the world!

Join EarthEcho international and Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Program as we highlight how students are using art to raise awareness of marine life conservation. Learn how the Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Program is activating the next wave of ocean leaders through the arts, science, and advocacy!

Sea turtles are a keystone species for ocean ecosystems. They are telling us the health of the ocean, which in turn tells us the health of the planet. At The Sea Turtle Hospital at Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC), the number of sea turtle patients coming in has not slowed down. Many of the sea turtles that are treated in the hospital have injuries or illnesses that are human-related including unintentional boat strikes, constriction injuries due to fishing gear, and ingestion of marine debris. Through water quality monitoring and other citizen science programs, LMC is able to tie in ocean health with education and encourage guests to take action to protect our local ecosystems. In this session, Caroline will discuss LMC's work to protect threatened and endangered sea turtles by promoting conservation of ocean ecosystems.

Use the student-ready Action Plan to identify threats to the local ecosystems and biodiversity in your community. This will help young leaders brainstorm and propose a solution to enter the UK OurEcho Challenge.

Use the student-ready Action Plan to identify threats to the local ecosystems and biodiversity in your community. This will help young leaders brainstorm and propose a solution to enter the US OurEcho Challenge.

Official UK Terms & Conditions for the OurEcho Challenge 2023-24

Commercial trawling has a devastating effect on biodiversity in areas where it has been used. Large commercial trawlers have been historically decimating both marine environments and significantly decreasing stock levels to a level at which they are unable to recuperate. The impact on communities sitting on the seafloor, known as benthic communities is devastating, the primary culprit being drag trawlers with beams of up to 12 meters, and several beams often deployed at the same time. This lesson looks at the effect of commercial trawling on both fish stocks and benthic community biodiversity. Students will understand relative sizes and impacts of large-scale fishing operations, and devise a plan to reduce the impacts of trawling. Students perform percentage calculations and analyze graphs.

A resource developed by EarthEcho International's Youth Leadership Council for their youth peers to initiate single-use plastic bag reduction strategies in their home communities.

A fishery is a geographic region that contains a population of aquatic species which are a natural resource that needs to be managed. This management requires people from different backgrounds and in different fields, such as stakeholders, scientists, fisherpeople, government groups, and citizens. The goal of managing fisheries is to ensure that the different fish populations will be sustainable and a resource for now and future use. It can be a difficult thing to manage since people in different roles will have different priorities. Students will re-enact a fisheries management meeting by adopting the roles of various stakeholders in Plymouth (commercial fishers, recreational fishers, environmental groups, citizens, scientists, etc.) and advocate for a certain policy based on their role as a stakeholder.