When meeting with Ana Noronha, she’s surrounded by ocean paintings made by her uncle. She points at them, smiling. ‘I’ve loved the sea since I was a kid,’ she says. ‘And I love surrounding myself with it every day. But of course, here in Portugal, our whole culture is very connected to the ocean.’

This article is part of the blog series ‘Meet the members’ in which you’ll get to know the EMSEA members, what drives them and what inspires them. They’ll share their experience, their good practices, their challenges. They’ll talk about what ocean literacy means to them and how they hope to reach it. Today we meet Zacharias Siokouros, CEO of the Cyprus Marine & Maritime Institute (CMMI).

This article is part of the blog series ‘Meet the members’ in which you’ll get to know the EMSEA members, what drives them and what inspires them. They’ll share their experience, their good practices, their challenges. They’ll talk about what ocean literacy means to them and how they hope to reach it. Today we meet Anuschka Miller, head of Communications at the Scottish Association for Marine...

This article is part of the blog series ‘Meet the members’ in which you’ll get to know the EMSEA members, what drives them and what inspires them. They’ll share their experience, their good practices, their challenges. They’ll talk about what ocean literacy means to them and how they hope to reach it. Today we meet Géraldine Fauville, once co-founder of EMSEA and now Associate Professor at the...

Based in Alexandroupolis (Greece), not far from the Evros delta and lagoons, Thanos brings environment into primary education. Persuading future teachers to make their pupils more environmentally conscious is part of his job, he says, ‘especially since technically, they don’t have to’. Since environmental science in general and ocean literacy in particular are all too often absent from school...

This article is part of the blog series ‘Meet the members’ in which you’ll get to know the EMSEA members, what drives them and what inspires them. They’ll share their experience, their good practices, their challenges. They’ll talk about what ocean literacy means to them and how they hope to reach it. Today we meet Diogo Geraldes, manager of education, guest engagement and experience at Oceanário...

With a dual background in marine science and education, Jen is an accomplished educator with 15+ years of experience teaching in a range of diverse settings. Currently, Jen serves as the Education Manager for the Manta Trust, leading education initiatives to promote ocean literacy and marine conservation worldwide.

This article is part of the blog series ‘Meet the members’ in which you’ll get to know the EMSEA members, what drives them and what inspires them. They’ll share their experience, their good practices, their challenges. They’ll talk about what ocean literacy means to them and how they hope to reach it. Today we meet Elisabet (Eli) Bonfill i Molina, co-founder of Plàncton/Plàncton Diving and ProBlue...

A biologist and a retired high school teacher, Giulia Realdon works in education research at the University of Camerino (UNICAMearth workgroup) and within international groups: EMSEA (European Marine Science Educators Association) - Regional Group for the Mediterranean Sea, and COST Action EuroScitizen project on public understanding of evolution.

This article is part of the blog series ‘Meet the members’ in which you’ll get to know the EMSEA members, what drives them and what inspires them. They’ll share their experience, their good practices, their challenges. They’ll talk about what ocean literacy means to them and how they hope to reach it. Today we meet Russell Arnott, the driving force behind the UK-based Incredible Oceans.