Webinar- Sustaining Blue Horizons: Protecting Our Oceans’ Future

Join us to learn about how we can build resilience and use oceans as a part of the solution to the climate crisis. This webinar will be led by two renowned speakers in marine conservation efforts.

Covering 71% of the Earth’s surface, our planet depends on oceans for the future survival of the planet because we need healthy oceans to have a healthy planet. However, climate change has been warming the oceans, causing detrimental effects including sea level rise, biodiversity loss, and marine heatwaves. The warming oceans have dramatically impacted coral reef ecosystems, contributing to coral bleaching and driving coral reefs on a path toward near extinction. 

The stakes have never been higher! We need to act now to protect the ocean’s health and to reduce the risks of climate change. The oceans may be vast and never ending, but when we all work together with local organizations, learn from various ocean experts, and spread awareness around marine issues, we can make a difference. Because… together we are stronger!

Speakers:

Sean Hastings – NOAA Federal

Sean Hastings has 20+ years of experience with NOAA’s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary as the Policy, Information and Management Officer.
He is responsible for the development of policies and programs to address industrial, military, commercial and recreational uses and impacts in and around the sanctuary. He also handles emergency response, enforcement, permits, community relations, and is a liaison to the media.
Sean helped to create the marine protected area network to restore local fish and invertebrate populations and habitats in the sanctuary, and helped the state of California to do the same in state waters on the mainland. In addition, with a multi-agency coalition and community support he moved international shipping lanes to protect endangered whales.

Doug Marcy: Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc.

Doug traveled from the Sandhills of Nebraska through the mountains of Colorado to explore the Caribbean in the early 2000’s. For the last 16 years, he has called the islands of Bocas del Toro, Panama his home. As a naturalist and environmentalist, when he saw what was happening to the coral reefs around him, he combined his passion with his civil and mechanical engineering experience, founded Caribbean Coral Restoration Center and became an Active marine ecosystem reconstructionist.

Register now below for our webinar with our two amazing speakers! We would love to see you there!