Sea Grant Outreach

An increase in public knowledge about ocean coastal and marine resources is critical to their wise use and sound management. Environmental literacy and training programs are integral to our work. The changes in behavior at the societal scale that are required by a stewardship ethic will demand inspired leadership from a generation of professionals with an unusual combination of skills, knowledge and values. The URI Coastal Resources Center sees the education of these agents of change as its most lasting contribution. Capacity building is therefore central to all that we do and spans learning by-doing in all our field programs, specialized training events, undergraduate and graduate courses, internships, peer reviews, and exchanges of personnel among programs. Many of these activities are designed to strengthen the linkages between institutions at the community, provincial and national levels. Sustainable Coastal Communities and Environments outreach objective is to foster a new generation of leaders for effective coastal stewardship.