"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - Maya Angelou
Young people are creative and they are not only the leaders of tomorrow, but also today! We are equipping young people with the knowledge, skills, and networks to grow the movement for a healthy ocean, a stable climate, and a just and sustainable society. We continually engage with a wide range of youth-led and youth-serving organizations to help develop a broad, diverse, active, and united constituency for our blue planet.
We support young people to create transformative change by providing environmental literacy and leadership training as well as connections and opportunities to engage with decision makers. Many of our youth leaders have directly shared their stories and messages for stronger conservation policies with national and world leaders and decisionmakers, including at the United Nations General Assembly, global summits and conferences, the U.S. Congress and the White House, with major corporate leaders, the media, and with their peers around our blue planet.
The impetus for launching our youth initiative in 2009 was the result of comprehensive research we undertook across North America and in seven other regions of the world that underscored the importance of engaging younger generations and a wide range of diverse communities in conservation.
