I AM WATER

Guided by the ethos, “we protect what we love”, the I AM WATER team’s mission is to help people fall in love with the ocean and inspire new Ocean Guardians from low income coastal communities through two days of transformational ocean experiences.

Despite living within walking distance to the shoreline, many young people from underserved coastal communities have never seen the world beneath the waves and are fearful of the oceans they live next to. As a result, they have little connection to the underwater life that needs our protection.

The I AM WATER workshops provide a safe space, highly trained coaches and the necessary safety equipment for participants to grow in confidence and learn to enjoy the ocean through a series of presentations, yoga and mindfulness training, a beach cleanup and intertidal exploration to establish an emotional link between information and experience.

By the end of the second day, participants have overcome their fears, fallen in love with the world below, and find it difficult to leave the water – their fear now replaced by confidence and the desire to protect the oceans.