The Celebration of the Sea Foundation is a Florida based 501(C)(3) Not-For-Profit organization which was founded by Patxi Pastor to produce engaging, entertaining and educational programs for children and families focusing on the world's oceans and marine habitats. The Foundation's primary activities are designed to raise public awareness, particularly among children, of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems while simultaneously helping to instill a sense of stewardship towards the animals that inhabit them.
The Foundation's programs focus on ways each of us can make a positive impact on the environment while placing a specific emphasis on the protection of the world's ecological systems. Additionally, special focus is placed on helping children with cancer and special needs in addition to developing and supporting educational and environmental programs for inner city students. A particular emphasis is placed on highlighting minorities and female role models in science.
World Ocean Watch
The Celebration of the Sea Foundation is pleased to announce the development of the World Ocean Watch (WOW) Environmental and Educational Marine Science Program with the Miami-Dade Public School System. The program is currently 
being piloted in Miami and will later be offered to schools and communities around the world with the goal of exciting students and teachers alike to server as ambassadors for our planet's ecosystems. The program has been designed to educate participants about the important relationships that exist between marine and terrestrial habitats and ultimately to foster a greater sense of stewardship towards our planet's eco-systems and the animals that inhabit them.
The principal elements of the program focus on the integration of science and the arts as a primary means to develop a wide variety of practical "life skills" while simultaneously building self-esteem and excitement for the learning process among our Nation's youth.
For a complete overview on the World Ocean Watch Program please Click Here. To view feature articles from the Miami Herald about World Ocean Watch please click the following links: Article #1, Article #2, Article #3.
Celebration Of The Sea Foundation Teams Up With The The U.S. Navy And Miami Beach High School To Launch Innovative Marine Science Educational Program.
The City of Miami Beach and The Celebration Of The Sea Foundation announced today that three Miami Beach High School U.S. Navy Cadets were awarded full SCUBA Certification scholarships though the U.S. Navy’s “2009 Women Divers Hall of Fame & Women’s SCUBA Association Training Grants”. Miami Beach High School students and U.S. Navy cadets Sasha Dyroff (Cadet Petty Officer Third Class), Adriana Chait (Cadet Petty Officer Third Class) and Adrea Orduz (Cadet Seaman) were the lucky recipients of the grants.
The SCUBA certification was conducted as part of Miami Beach High School’s new Academy of Marine & Environmental Sciences (AMES) which launched this past September with over 100 students enrolled. AMES was established through the assistance of The Celebration of the Sea Foundation which helped in the development of the program over the past three years as part of its World Ocean Watch Marine Science and Educational Program which is currently being scheduled to be piloted in the Miami School Systems next year. For the full story please Click Here.
TACTICAL APPROACHThe Celebration Of The Sea Foundation recognizes many fine efforts are presently underway to address growing environmental challenges throughout the world. Individuals as well as private and public organizations continue to make significant positive steps to address pressing environmental and educational issues every day.
Our Foundation's focus is to work with these groups and individuals; call on their expertise; raise public awareness towards measures which are having a positive impact, and then focus attention on what every one of us can do to improve environmental conditions around the world. Our Foundation believes that once exposed to and subsequently further educated about the mystery and beauty of the natural world around us, people will act more responsibly to preserve and protect the world's ecosystems and their inhabitants.
OBJECTIVES
- To promote a sense of global stewardship towards the environment and the living things that inhabit it.
- To produce engaging and educational programs for families, teachers and students.
- To make the world of science, exploration and the arts exciting and interesting to both children and adults.
- To utilize interactive technology and outreach programs to motivate everyone to want to learn about the environment and protect the animals that inhabit it.
STRATEGY
To emphasize ENTERTAINMENT, EDUCATION and TECHNOLOGY in the production of the following - all of which promote the theme of community (how all aspects of the environment, including human activity, are intricately related) and all of which strive to motivate people, particularly children, to improve current environmental conditions:- Educational programs and ancillary support materials for classrooms and families.
- Live and recorded television programming for networks, cable stations, public television as well as web based and direct interactive broadcasts into homes and school systems.
- Traveling exhibits to be showcased at high profile public forums, leading aquariums, maritime centers, museums and entertainment facilities.
- Concerts, film festivals and special events.
- Field expeditions (in-reach/out-reach programs) for schools, individuals and families. (Many expeditions have a diving/snorkeling and exploration component).
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