World Ocean Day is unofficial celebrated every June 8 since year 1992 by Canada at Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was officially recognized in year 2008 by United Nation. Since it is coordinated internationally by The Ocean Project and with greater success and global participation every year.
World Ocean Day is an opportunity to honor the ocean for providing us natural creation such as seafood, as well as marine life itself for aquariums, pets, and also a time to appreciate its own intrinsic value.
The Ocean Project recently launched a new site for WOD 2011 (http://www.worldoceanday.org).
The World Oceans Day 2011 & 2012 theme is Youth: the Next Wave for Change. World Ocean Day - The Ocean Project.
The aim is to challenge participants to view ocean protection as a way of life, with a special emphasis around World Oceans Day each year.
This focus on youth is based on market research by The Ocean Project and others which clearly shows that youth are the most promising members of the public to reach out to if you want to effect lasting change.
Young people are the most knowledgeable and motivated segment of the population when it comes to the environment and its protection. Youth generally have the free time, familiarity with current issues, and the motivation to go out of their way to take environmental actions. Furthermore, the research shows that parents are increasingly looking to their tween and teenage (i.e. ages 12-17) children for information and advice on these issues.
We hope that event organizers will make a concerted effort to reach out to and collaborate with young people, helping inspire them to care for our world’s ocean, now and throughout their lives.
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