"when we protect
ouR oceans,
we are protecting
our future."
ALYSSA'S MISSION
Using the power of education, exploration and wonder to empower young people to become ocean champions.
OCEAN LEADERS.
IT STARTS by making ocean education engaging and accessible in THE CLASSROOM
Our ocean is critical for a sustainable future. Protecting it starts with sparking passionate leaders. As a young person, I love inspiring the next generation of young climate champions about our incredible OCEAN, SUSTAINABILITY & YOUTH CLIMATE LEADERSHIP. ​
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Alyssa's Young Ocean Innovators Initiative
Young people directly engaged
Students who've taken part in my Young Ocean Innovators Program, community events and my Ocean Student Leadership Summit 2024
180
Number of schools engaged across Melbourne
5
Number of environmental organisations & experts collaborated with
3
YOUNG PEOPLE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT
EXPLORE MY PAST PROJECTS
Youth Climate Action Resources
Ocean Workshops
2024 Ocean Student Leadership Summit
Melbourne Zoo
"TogetheR,
we can face challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky."
Meet Alyssa.
Alyssa Seckinger-Crow is the developer of Young Ocean Innovators. She has a deep passion for the ocean, yet has seen a lack of education addressing the profound importance of ocean health when working towards a just climate.
The Young Ocean Innovators Program addresses this gap; it educates and inspires young people to become ocean action makers in their local Melbourne community.
As the main coordinator, Alyssa is a young leader that combines a range of skills; with her studies in Marine and Antarctic Science and Mechanical Engineering, consistent involvement in the climate justice sector, 3 years as an educator and a lifelong dedicated to environmental and ocean conservation with organisations such as National Parks NSW and the World Wide Fund for Nature, she is driven to support young people to create innovative solutions to conserve our ocean.
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Alyssa is a recipient of the prestigious University of Melbourne's global environmental leadership Fellowship, the Wattle Fellowship, as well being a 2024 United Nations Millenium Fellow, and Agrifutures Horizon Scholar.
WHY DO WE NEED YOUNG OCEAN INNOVATORS?
WHO WE ARE
OUR MISSION
Young Ocean Innovators focuses on connecting Melbourne youth with our ocean through program, summits and workshops.
Our climate and our ocean is highly interconnected. To build a resilient future, we aim to develop and inspire young leaders to take tangible action for our ocean. We connect youth with ocean experts and focus on hands on learning.
Founded by a University of Melbourne Wattle Fellow to deepen young people's connection and understanding of our precious ocean, it is facilitated together with leading marine scientists, conservationist organisations and University student mentors.
Our mission is to create a generation of passionate young environmental ocean leaders, through establishing a leading young ocean ambassador program for the city of Melbourne.
Our programs aim is to leave students equipped with the skills to innovate, advocate for, and conserve our ocean.
"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves"
Thomas Edison
We acknowledge the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nations, and pay our respects to elders, past, present and emerging on whose lands we deliver our program and form connections with the land and water.