Linking communities & science:

The Buddy-Programme

WHAT?

A long-term relationship between interested scientists and members of coastal communities.

WHO?

Walker-Talkers or other interested marine scientists.

Interested people from communities along the English coast.

HOW?

We will set up a "Find-a-Buddy" platform to help identify buddies who share interests and passions, are concerned about certain local topics, have the same geographical focus...

STEP 1:

Find a buddy!

STEP 2:

Learn from each other!

STEP 3:

Set up your own local event to raise ocean literacy in your community with the help of The Plover Rovers and your buddy.

The  aims of our buddy-programme are:

1. Give local people the opportunity to connect to marine science on a personal level. 

2. Give marine scientists the opportunity to connect to coastal communities on a personal level.

3. Bridge the divide between science and society by establishing sustained communication.

4. Enable members of local communities to set up their own, community-led ocean literacy project for the Year of the Coast 2023.

 

Our Buddy-Programme supports one of the key aims of the UN Decade of Ocean Science:

to be transformative in terms of who is contributing to marine science and other marine-related activities. The UN Road Map talks about aiming for "generational, gender and geographic diversity". With the Buddy-Programme, we aim to enable people to connect to marine science whose background may initially make it more challenging for them to access academia in general and environmental sciences in particular.

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If you are a member of the scientific community and want to get involved, please click here.

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ABOUT US >

The Plover Rovers are a charity dedicated to enhancing ocean literacy and empowering coastal communities through delivering exciting scientific talks all along the English Coast Path.

We are a registered charity in England and Wales (1189992).

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