Place-Based Programmes
Understanding the Ocean. Strengthening communities.
We work with communities, organisations and partners around the world to bring Ocean literacy into the places where people live, work and make decisions.
Through place-based learning and collaboration, we connect ocean science with local knowledge, culture and livelihoods, supporting meaningful, locally relevant action.
What are place-based programmes?
Our place-based programmes are designed to embed Ocean literacy within real-world settings through partnership and collaboration.
Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model, we work with local partners to co-create programmes that reflect the social, cultural and environmental realities of each place.
This approach ensures that Ocean literacy is:
- relevant
- accessible
- and connected to everyday life and decision-making
How we work
We collaborate across sectors to integrate Ocean literacy into:
Education and capacity building
Tourism and coastal livelihoods
Health and wellbeing initiatives
Arts, storytelling and cultural engagement
Policy and governance
Each programme is shaped by local context, while aligned with global Ocean literacy frameworks and scientific understanding.
Our partnerships and projects
What this enables
Our place-based approach supports:
stronger connections between people and the Ocean
locally relevant education and capacity building
more resilient communities and livelihoods
integration of ocean knowledge into local and organisational decision-making
By connecting science with place, these programmes help translate understanding into action where it matters most.
Our approach
We combine:
rigorous ocean science
systems thinking
and collaborative, place-based learning
By connecting science with place, these programmes help translate understanding into action where it matters most.
Work with us in your region or sector
We partner with organisations, communities and networks to co-develop place-based Ocean literacy programmes.
