How does learning about the future of the ocean impact children's emotional wellbeing? Insights from ocean literacy educators in Aotearoa New Zealand
Linda Murray,
Mary Breheny,
Romilly Cumming
et al.
Abstract:Four decades of research on the health effects of ‘connection to nature’ identifies many wellbeing advantages for young people. Yet this literature has developed largely without reference to biophysical evidence about mass biodiversity loss, the degradation of marine environments and climate change.
As these interlocking planetary crises progress, children will be more likely to witness the marine environments they learn about degrade or disappear as they grow up.
Improving ocean literacy is important to pro… Show more
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