Posts in: Convening for Solutions

We are seeing the implications of a changing climate more everyday, and the ocean plays a critical role. Recent studies and research including Restore America’s Estuaries recently published Blue Carbon National Action Plan have identified the potential of the ocean as not a “victim” of climate change, but a source of solutions  to help close gaps in strategi...

COMPASS's Regional Engagement Fellow, Victoria Moreno, shares her experience working on the Oregon Marine Reserves workshop series. Tell us about the Oregon Marine Reserves and COMPASS’s workshop series surrounding the reserve process. From 2008 to 2016, Oregon designed and implemented five marine reserves throughout the state’s coast to protect marine ha...

Between June and November 2020, COMPASS and the California Ocean Science Trust (OST), with funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, convened twenty leaders in ocean and climate science, conservation, and society to discuss pressing issues at the intersections of their collective expertise. This group of ocean-climate science leaders came together to mo...

At COMPASS, we believe that science doesn’t only teach us about how and why our planet is changing. It also provides a way for us to learn about potential solutions. This belief is a guiding principle for the COMPASS policy team and we always have our proverbial ear to the ground (or water!) to see where science can help inform effective, ecologically focused, sc...

Practice is core to our work. Our trainings revolve around hands-on exercises and feedback in a supportive setting, and are unique in that the practice and feedback comes from trusted partners from other fields, such as journalism, policy, and community leadership. These experts work closely with scientists in small groups and one-on-one as they practice communicat...

At the dawn of the 21st century, I had the privilege of serving as the Founding President of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. It was clear to me then that ocean issues weren’t getting the attention they needed or deserved, but I truly never imagined that the inaugural event—then known as Congressional Ocean Day (COD)—would resonate so strongly in the...