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2019 Ocean Awareness Contest Theme: Presence of Future

Climate change requires that we think about the past, present, and future simultaneously. Because of earlier human actions, our ocean is facing real and imminent threats today; our every action—or inaction—now impacts the future of our communities and our blue planet. The effects of climate change are not something that will happen to faraway generations—it is happening now; it is happening to us. What do we stand to lose? What can we gain from learning from our past and taking steps now to create a sustainable and just future?

Students were invited to create work–visual art, films, music, poetry, or prose–about a coastal/marine species, place, or system that will be threatened, altered, or lost due to climate change.