Education and Outreach
Far-Reaching Education
Today, was our last day conducting coral reef education programs throughout the Solomon Islands. I can’t believe how quickly time has passed here. It just seems like yesterday when we were conducting our first program. Over this past month, I …
Tools for Science – On Expedition with the Living Oceans Foundation
National Geographic recently featured an article about the Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition and the tools used by the science team to collect and analyze their data. The article is written by Jürgen Freund, Fellow at the International League …
We J.A.M.I.N.!
By Amy Heemsoth In early October we partnered with the University of the West Indies (UWI) Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory to launch a new project as part of our Education program. We called it (J.A.M.I.N.), which stands for Jamaica Awareness …
LOF World Web GIS Map Viewer Wins 1st Place
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation World Web GIS Map Viewer wins 1st place at the ESRI in the Maps and Apps Gallery for electronic submissions. This article is written by former LOF GIS Analyst, Amanda Williams, who now …
A Customary Ceremony
Today both the education and science teams conducted business as usual; however, the afternoon brought about a special welcome ceremony that few get to experience. In order to work in the Solomon Islands, we obtained both a national and provincial …
Solomon Islands – Welcome Ceremony
Diving with Spectators
Currently, the Reef Islands has no airport and barely any visitors make their way to this group of islands in the south eastern Solomon Islands. In fact, our ship is one of only four to make it out this year—with …
Solomon Islands – Diving with Kids
Partners in Education
I am really excited to be aboard the M/Y Golden Shadow for the second half of the Living Oceans Foundation’s (LOF) Solomon Islands mission. I have joined the LOF education team and I am representing a partner organization, OceansWatch. OceansWatch …
