Education United States Project #38051

Educate Future Environmental Stewards

by Marine Education Initiative

Project Report | Jul 28, 2020
COVID-19 Update

By Nicholas Metropulos | Executive Director

2020 has been quite the interesting year. As schools around the country started to shift their curriculums online, we began to transition our extracurricular programs to distancing learning concurrently with schools in South Florida and the Caribbean. Additionally, our team set out on a mission to capture the changes occurring in our marine ecosystems due to the lack of human impact as well as how the stay at home orders were affecting local marine related businesses and the industry as a whole. This docuseries was featured in the Palm Beach International Boat Show and can be viewed by clicking the link below.

We plan to resume our Responsible Angling Education Programs as soon as the school calendar begins in the fall. Whether it be in-person or online, our students will continue to receive a high-quality education about their local marine ecosystems. Whatever the case may be, our students will come out of this pandemic with a greater appreciation for their marine environments and desire to get back on the water and fish responsibly.

We hope you will join us by making a gift today to support our continued efforts in promoting environmental education and marine conservation.

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Watch our COVID-19 Docuseries

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Apr 10, 2020
Our COVID-19 Response

By Nicholas Metropulos | Executive Director

Field Trip prior to COVID-19 Pandemic

We are now living in unpredictable times. Many people are feeling helpless, isolated, and anxious. At the same time, so many are reaching out on social media and asking how Marine Education Initiative is doing during these times and if we are offering any special programs.

Because we care about the safety and wellbeing of those we serve as well as our volunteers, staff, and local communities, we are following protocol and cooperating with current measures in place.

We didn’t expect to be considered “nonessential,” but here we are practicing social distancing, working from home, and creating a virtual community to offer educational resources to educate the next generation of environmental stewards.

As much of our attention is focused, rightly so, on those needing critical services like health care, food, and shelter, we want to continue to inspire, encourage, and empower our community during this precarious time.

I want to take a moment to share what Marine Education Initiative is doing during these trying times:

We are hosting distance learning programs with our students throughout South Florida in place of our in-person educational programs.
We are working with local restaurants, fish markets, and grocery stores to continue to provide meals of fresh fish to those in need.
We will be hosting online Facebook live sessions with individuals in the marine industry who are seeing first-hand the impacts of COVID-19 on the environment and their business.

We look forward to the moment our programs resume. Until then, we will work to make up for lost time where we can and set a course for the future. We hope that you will join us in making sure that our mission remains sustainable as we navigate this unknown territory.

We will get through this -- together while apart. We will adapt. We will learn lessons. On behalf of Marine Education Initiative and all those we serve, I want to thank you for your support. We couldn’t do this without you.

Be safe,

Nicholas C. Metropulos, Executive Director

Distance Learning with Miami Students

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Dec 30, 2019
2019 Recap

By Nicholas C. Metropulos | Executive Director

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