EarthEcho Int'l

We are less than a month away from World Water Monitoring Day 🌍 🧪 Check out our Water Challenge Guide to will walk you through every step from start to splash! 🌊 🔗 Download the guide today: cdn.prod.website-files.com/576a95db81c75a…

Teachers! 📚 Ready to make a splash this school year? Explore Water by Design: a FREE, self-paced course to bring water + sustainability into your classroom. 💧 Sign up: mailchi.mp/earthecho/wate…

🌊MJ, a 2024 Blue Carbon Ambassador, hosted a film screening at her university, sparking conversations about protecting blue carbon ecosystems. Want to host your own screening and join the GenSea Blue Carbon Challenge? Sign up by August 28th at joingensea.org!

The second session of the #BBNJ PrepCom opened today at UNHQ. Over the next two weeks, delegations will continue their critical discussions to prepare for the entry into force of the Agreement and the first BBNJ Conference of the Parties.

What happens when a high schooler with a passion for birds gets access to world-class science labs? Lillian Williams, 2025 #OurEchoChallenge winner, spent 4 days at Cornell exploring bird research, tech, and conservation. Read her story: earthecho.org/news/microbird…

🌍 This #InternationalYouthDay2025, meet Sabine — a 2025 Marine Plastics Ambassador making waves at the UN, just like her great-great-grandfather. “I’ve inherited a responsibility to act.” Read more: earthecho.org/news/fighting-…

Youth leaders+bold ideas=real change. Yesterday we sharpened skills, set big goals for coastal restoration, and shared powerful stories. Thank you to our Youth Leadership Council, Blue Carbon Ambassadors, @WaittInstitute, and the EarthEcho board for inspiring us all!

Yesterday in San Diego was action-packed! Thank you to @Scripps_Ocean, @WILDCOAST and more for hosting our youth leaders.

This week, EarthEcho is taking action on two continents. In San Diego, youth leaders gather for our Youth Ambassador Retreat. In Geneva, our delegation is at INC-5.2 pushing for a strong Global Plastics Treaty. Two continents. One focus. Zero time to waste.

Meet the 2025 Blue Carbon Ambassadors! 14 young leaders from coastal communities across North America are diving into hands-on ocean restoration, protecting blue carbon ecosystems like seagrass, mangroves, and kelp to fight the climate crisis.

This is what a fair and just #PlasticsTreaty looks like: ✅ No incineration ✅ No greenwashing ✅ No corporate control @AzulDotOrg's new policy proposal shows the path forward: bit.ly/AzulPlasticsPo…

EarthEcho is heading to Geneva for the UN Global Plastic Treaty talks (INC-5.2) from Aug 5-14! 🌍✈️ We're bringing youth voices, science-based solutions, and bold calls to end plastic pollution at the source. See you there!

Team Fungi Frogs from Longmont, CO, are raising 🐸 Northern Leopard Frogs to restore the St. Vrain Watershed! With ~200 frogs raised + hundreds of students reached, this #OurEchoChallenge team continues to make waves in conservation. 👏 🌿💧

🚨 Action Alert: The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) is under threat! Call your Representative and Senators, and let them know you oppose ANY effort to weaken marine mammal protections.

Philippe Cousteau addressing the Marine Plastics Ambassadors Advocacy Workshop today. Tomorrow, these young leaders will take to Capitol Hill and the National Mall to meet with Senators, Representatives, and ocean partners about reducing plastic waste in their communities.

Today is a double celebration in the ocean world – it's both World Orca Day and World Shark Day! 🖤🤍🦈 Today, we celebrate these beautiful animals and reflect on the need to protect them from habitat loss, pollution, and climate change.

"By encouraging kids to see plastic as a problem, we can also start conservation habits at a young age…" Jack Benson, a 2024 Marine Plastics Ambassador, recently wrote for us about his experiences hosting education and cleanup events in Chicago: earthecho.org/news/clear-cre…

Thank you to EarthEcho’s 2024 #BlueCarbon Ambassadors! We were honored to receive their positive feedback on the program, and we’ll be carrying those positive vibes forward with this year’s cohort. Stay tuned for the announcement of the 2025 cohort.

The 2025-2026 Water Challenge Ambassador Application deadline is almost here! U.S. youth ages 14-22 can apply by July 6 at monitorwater.org/apply

It's #PlasticFreeJuly! This annual campaign encourages people everywhere to reduce unnecessary single-use plastics and plastic waste to help prevent the negative impacts of plastic pollution on the environment. Our Marine Plastics Ambassador Sadie Call has a few tips to share: