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Start Planning for Seaweek 2019
Start Planning for Seaweek 2019
The New Zealand Association for Environmental Education (NZAEE) is delighted to announce the dates and theme for its flagship event Seaweek, to take place from Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 March 2019.
The theme will be
“Tiakina o Tātou Mōana - Care for our
Seas”, highlighting the impact of plastic, litter
and other pollutants on our coasts and seas.
NZAEE
executive member and Seaweek Programme Manager, Pam Crisp
says:
“We’re using the current push to ban
single-use plastics as an opportunity to foster critical
thinking around the connections between land and sea and
ways our actions and choices affect the health of the marine
environment. We want everyone to be an ocean champion, and
to understand that everything is connected and everything we
do makes a difference.”
“Our supporters can see
benefit in the educational outcomes we’re achieving from
having an annual focus on issues affecting the oceans and
ways that communities and schools can get involved. We are
delighted that councils and agencies around the country are
supporting Seaweek by providing Regional Coordinators who
are essential in enabling rich events programmes to be
developed for their regions.”
“It’s wonderful
that we are able to plan early to grow the event and engage
more people in this fun and informative week about the sea.
Many thanks to our supporters for their continued commitment
to Seaweek.”
Seaweek 2019 is once again supported by
Department of Conservation, NZ Marine Studies Centre
University of Otago, Greater Wellington Regional Council,
The National Aquarium of New Zealand - Napier City Council,
Environment Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand Coastal
Society and many local sponsors. Other major sponsors are
yet to be confirmed.
The Seaweek team would love to
hear what your school or group is doing to explore this
year’s theme of “Tiakina o Tātou Mōana -
Care for our Seas” and can help you with
publicity and resources. Please let National Coordinator,
Mels Barton know your ideas and plans on mels@subliminal.co.nz and visit the
Seaweek website at www.seaweek.org.nz to explore the many
free resources available.
If you are interested in
organising an event contact the Seaweek Regional Coordinator
for your area to discuss how they can support you. Their
contact details are available on the Seaweek website.
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