The industry is happy to shift responsibility onto consumers, but recycling is futile when €200bn is being invested in increasing output, say Lili Fuhr and Jane Patton We have…
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Communities in action
Feb 28, 2018
Okeanos Marshall Islands Brings Educational Partnerships to RMI’s Most Remote Communities
On February 10th, the traditionally designed, fossil fuel-free sailing canoe Okeanos Marshall Islands set sail for a two week voyage for the Nuclear Legacy/Marshallese Arts Project bringing much needed…
Mar 13, 2017
PROJECT WAYFINDER Educator Training
Aloha, We are pleased to share information about Project Wayfinder, an education initiative developed by Stanford University’s d.school. Inspired by Polynesian wayfinding, the Project Wayfinder Team is piloting a…
Fijian Prime Minister and incoming COP23 President, Voreqe Bainimarama, says he intends to use his position to reach out to US President Donald Trump to find common ground and…
Jan 12, 2017
Moanas in real life: Samoan man teaches his daughters traditional Pacific voyaging skills
An ocean-crossing, island-saving teenager is the Disney heroine kids are likely to be playing these school holidays, but for three Samoan sisters the fantasy is not so far from…
Jan 2, 2017
Samoa Voyaging Society Partners with Disney’s Moana for an Unprecedented Education Program
On December 14, Samoa Voyaging Society (SVS), Conservation International (CI) & Walt Disney Animation Studios, announced a “first-of-its kind” collaboration to bring conservation education to Samoan coastal communities on Okeanos’…
The international community has a “serious ethical and moral responsibility to act without delay” in combating climate change, Pope Francis said in a message to COP22, the UN climate…
Jul 11, 2016
Vaka Motu Aotearoa Travel Blog 5: Tongan Legacy
Our final day of sailing greeted us with a glittering morning amid the Vava’u Island group. A whale fluke breached the water as we passed our first island, preparing…
Jun 5, 2016