Amiguitos del Oceano works directly in coastal communities’ schools by implementing an educational program addressing one of the worst environmental issues we are facing worldwide: plastic pollution. We are tackling this issue thru education, but in a different way. We seek to reduce and prevent ocean pollution by plastics through ocean literacy, encouraging people to change practices and habits that help the conservation of ecosystems, biodiversity and human health. We implement innovative methodologies to understand why it is so important to take care of the ocean, so local communities can also be part of the management and conservation of our environment through an education with an affective, playful, practical, intercultural, holistic approach that promotes responsible consumption in the population and empathy with our environment.
Our Foundation is aligned with SDG 14 to “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”, through the implementation of an Environmental Education Program executed free of charge in public schools in coastal communities.