BLUE MEADOWS SEAGRASS RESTORATION PROJECT

Last year the Ocean Conservation Trust launched it’s most ambitious project yet, to protect and restore 700 hectares of seagrass meadows in the South West of England. Blue Meadows doesn’t just plant seagrass beds (although that is pretty amazing work), we also engage people with seagrass, teaching them about it’s importance and encouraging and empowering them to help protect it.

This year we wanted to find out what people thought about seagrass in the first place.

Seagrass meadows are found across the globe. They are biodiversity hotspots, they capture carbon, reduce coastal erosion and improve water quality. Pick two words that you think best describe seagrass:

Diverse

52% of people think seagrass is important which is really good news!

Percentage of the 235 people

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NEXT?

For our Shoals: Bring on the Ocean optimism!

Building our shoals and sharing success stories. Supporting our shoals to ask their local government to adopt a motion for the Ocean.

Passing on the best sustainability tips that we find!

Challenge time!

Create competitions between the shoals to showcase how people are taking positive action for the Ocean. Making sure that we connect the dots between the Ocean and Climate. Finding out what people think are the most important benefits that society gains from the marine environment.

Global Participation

Starting in Plymouth, our shoal has grown into a global movement, with people all over the world taking part and making choices with the Ocean in mind, but we don't want to stop there.

Regional

These maps show all the individuals from year one and two who have taken part in the #thinkocean challenge. From the South West, across the UK and around the world, the #thinkocean challenge is really taking off!