Wildbluesea is an emerging non-profit organization (501c3) based in Jupiter, Florida with partners in the Mid-Atlantic states, North Carolina, Bahamas and UK.
Founded in 2013, the organization is based on insight from a diversity of sources- scientific research, field studies, collaborative discussion, piloting creative initiatives, the power of the arts to nurture connection to nature and blue mind: the neuroscience behind our physical, mental and emotional well-being when we are close to nature, especially water.
We believe that by linking locations around the North Atlantic Ocean through regular common activities designed to observe, care for and enjoy the coast with others and by engaging an online community and providing a place to interact, collaborate and support each other, we can begin to make a difference in restoring healthy oceans. As research, policy and education address marine plastic pollution, our own perceptions and behavior are also key components to the solution.
About the Founder
Linda Emerson pursued her education during the 1970s when the first Earth Day became a call for environmental responsibility. When there was no formal environmental program, she created her own course of study at University of Delaware graduating 1975/BA Physical Geography. She trail-blazed further, developing some of the first environmental field trips in Palm Beach County, FL, starting the first Marine Science department at the Science Museum of West Palm Beach and initiating environmental education programs at the Jupiter Marine Science Center, Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and The Nature Conservancy.She was FLDEP sea turtle permitted for 4 years, developed and led over 100 sea turtle nesting walks and along with Dr. Larry Wood, was one of the two original staff at Loggerhead Marinelife Center.
In 1997, she established one of 20 marine debris data collection sites on the US east coast in a ground breaking 5-year study led by the Center for Marine Conservation/Ocean Conservancy.She stayed active in studying the evolving marine debris crisis and in 2013, renewed a lifelong commitment to championing healthy coastal ecosystems by founding Wildbluesea.Her vision is to grow a multi-generational, multi-cultural movement to shift away from single-use plastic and towards healthy oceans and healthy communities.
From Linda-
“Science has shied away from valuing emotions which has led to feeling separate from nature. Wildbluesea is being developed to nourish and restore our relationship to the ocean and each other. To reconnect with the water planet. Dive deep into our blue mind. And to inspire us to live ocean-friendly and plastic-free. To create a new path to a new practice: compassionate conservation.”
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Wildbluesea is an emerging non-profit organization (501c3) based in Jupiter, Florida with partners in the Mid-Atlantic states, North Carolina, Bahamas and UK.
Founded in 2013, the organization is based on insight from a diversity of sources- scientific research, field studies, collaborative discussion, piloting creative initiatives, the power of the arts to nurture connection to nature and blue mind: the neuroscience behind our physical, mental and emotional well-being when we are close to nature, especially water.
We believe that by linking locations around the North Atlantic Ocean through regular common activities designed to observe, care for and enjoy the coast with others and by engaging an online community and providing a place to interact, collaborate and support each other, we can begin to make a difference in restoring healthy oceans. As research, policy and education address marine plastic pollution, our own perceptions and behavior are also key components to the solution.
About the Founder
Linda Emerson pursued her education during the 1970s when the first Earth Day became a call for environmental responsibility. When there was no formal environmental program, she created her own course of study at University of Delaware graduating 1975/BA Physical Geography. She trail-blazed further, developing some of the first environmental field trips in Palm Beach County, FL, starting the first Marine Science department at the Science Museum of West Palm Beach and initiating environmental education programs at the Jupiter Marine Science Center, Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and The Nature Conservancy. She was FLDEP sea turtle permitted for 4 years, developed and led over 100 sea turtle nesting walks and along with Dr. Larry Wood, was one of the two original staff at Loggerhead Marinelife Center.
In 1997, she established one of 20 marine debris data collection sites on the US east coast in a ground breaking 5-year study led by the Center for Marine Conservation/Ocean Conservancy. She stayed active in studying the evolving marine debris crisis and in 2013, renewed a lifelong commitment to championing healthy coastal ecosystems by founding Wildbluesea. Her vision is to grow a multi-generational, multi-cultural movement to shift away from single-use plastic and towards healthy oceans and healthy communities.
From Linda-
“Science has shied away from valuing emotions which has led to feeling separate from nature. Wildbluesea is being developed to nourish and restore our relationship to the ocean and each other. To reconnect with the water planet. Dive deep into our blue mind. And to inspire us to live ocean-friendly and plastic-free. To create a new path to a new practice: compassionate conservation.”