The Blue Water EduFest returns for its second edition with talks, events and activities championing ways to think and rethink how we can protect our oceans and coastlines
The ocean makes up more than 70 percent of the earth’s surface area and has a direct impact on the climate, the air we breathe, the land we live on and the food we eat. But while we know this, our actions often reflect otherwise.
Due to human activities, such as overfishing and poor disposal of waste, populations of marine life have nearly halved in size between 1970 and 2012. Other activities that pollute our waters are creating major health risks to coastal communities that depend on the oceans for survival.
One country’s ocean problem isn’t usually theirs alone to tackle. Only through cross-border, cross-industry and private-public collaborations can impact be made sustainably and at scale.
Read more: Meet the advocates who are saving our oceans
Creating a platform for connections to be made
The idea of fostering valuable partnerships among various stakeholders and communities serves as the driving force of the upcoming Blue Water EduFest, a non-profit marine conservation event organised by One15 Events Management, taking place from November 2 to 4.
“By embracing the mindset of ‘leaving it to others’, we can never be a catalyst for change,” says Arthur Tay, the CEO and executive director of SUTL Enterprise, One15 Event Management’s parent company. He adds that with the Blue Water EduFest, he hopes to “rally our business collaborators, stakeholders and the yachting community to unite and take action, to protect our oceans and coastlines for the well-being of future generations”.
