By Raina, Dakota, Shiv, Latifah, and Charley, 2022 H2OO Interns “Youth leaders rise! Heirs To Our Oceans joyously offers 1:1 direct services to youth leaders who want to go deeper in real-world learning and empowerment skill building. This year’s interns share their experiences and thoughts –”

By April Peebler, H2OO Executive Director and Volunteer; Charley, H2OO Co-Founder and Board Member and; Latifah, H2OO Youth Leader & Board Member “While the youth of H2OO have always had an advisory role to the Board of Directors, two of H2OO’s youth leaders — an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old —…

By April Peebler, H2OO Executive Director and Volunteer and; Carrie Maloney, Director of Revenue and Mobilization “I am excited to share that Heirs To Our Oceans hired Carrie Maloney as its Director of Revenue and Mobilization. …

By April Peebler, H2OO Executive Director and Volunteer “When Covid hit in March 2020, organizations like Heirs To Our Oceans — young and entering the next phase of their life cycle — were deeply affected. …

By April Peebler, H2OO Executive Director and Volunteer “Beyond a honor! Mahalo to Papalii Dr. Failautusi Avegalio, Director of Pacific Business Center of the University of Hawai’i, for nominating Heirs To Our Oceans as a recipient of a 2022 Star of Oceania Award. …

By Dakota, H2OO Co-Founder Artistic outlets are a great way to create real-world change! They allow me to use something I love, dance, as a way to spread a message that I care about. Therefore, I was thrilled to be invited as a guest speaker to The World Needs Clean…

By Latifah, H2OO Board Member and Youth Leader “Forced child marriage is NOT a solution to the climate crisis. To call attention to this, I spoke at the UN Association’s Mutually Assured Survival Climate Action panel that took place in October. …

By Emily, H2OO Program Coordinator “International Coastal Cleanup Day is one of the world’s largest annual preservation and protection volunteer events for our ocean’s coasts. But did you know that the plastic crisis can’t be “cleaned up”? Unfortunately, plastic does not biodegrade but instead breaks down into very small pieces…

By Catarina, Youth Leader H2OO, Bahia Brazil “On the 25th of September, together with 3 other youth from around the world, I had the opportunity to speak on the Reef Futures panel hosted by International Coral Reef Initiative. …