V2: Community

stories about culture, heritage, nature, and the sea.

Welcome to Community

Community blends cultural, scientific, and social ideas exploring how communities shape and are shaped by our blue spaces. Ten stories celebrating our shared responsibility for oceans, rivers, and lakes that unravel the impact of community on our connection with the deep blue.

Welcome Article

The Tse-whit-zen disaster: one incomplete dock, millions of dollars, and hundreds of disrupted burial sites

Written by Kara Denner, MSc Archaeology student at the University of Edinburgh The Pacific Northwest, encompassing the U.S. states of...

Mikoko (mangroves): The community efforts to restore a mangrove ecosystem in Mida Creek, Kenya

Written by Imara Bella Thorpe, Mida Creek Conservation Community Journey through the mangroves... You are exploring a secret passage,...

The role of NGOs in coastal communities: a Latin American viewpoint

MarViva's Katherine Arroyo-Arce explores the importance of NGOs learning from coastal communitites, such as the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica.

Expanding biodiversity knowledge through community and collaboration

Written by Emma Bolton and Nadine Greenhalgh, Basecamp Research Oceans and their rich biodiversity have long been integral to humanity’s...

Inside the SCUBA diving community of Egypt’s Red Sea

Written by Alicia Johnson, Centre of Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage, Alexandria, Egypt Experience Egypt Imagine...

Harmonising nature and community through art in Cornwall’s secret underwater gardens

Written by Tara Williams, a marine biologist and PhD postgraduate researcher at the University of Exeter. Photography by Shannon Moran....

Cornwall's seafaring legacy: weaving community bonds for a sustainable future

Written by Rob McDowell, Cornish Maritime Trust I was born in Malawi, where three generations of family trampled the dusty paths before...

Raising the voices of Indonesian women to restore their homeland’s coral reefs

Written by Mélissa Bergeron, slow explorer and gender equality advocate As the world witnesses the alarming global decline of coral...

The circular economy goes beyond how we use plastic

Written by Robert Cobbold, entrepreneur, philosopher and Chief Operating Officer of Climate Tech Platform, Beach Collective One of the...

Voices of the Vezo: community-led filmmaking in Madagascar

Written by marine scientist Amber Carter, University of Edinburgh Along the turquoise waters of southwest Madagascar live the Vezo, a...

From shark fishing to ocean conservation: a sustainable transformation in Baja California Sur

Written by Mariana Vélez Godoy, Tourism Coordinator, ORGCAS It’s 6 a.m., and the sun is rising on the horizon. Alberto* prepares for his...

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