![]() ![]() But especially in the era of climate crisis, where we focus a lot on the science of it all, it’s also important to focus on the human, emotional aspect. And that’s not to say they aren’t important they are invaluable. MD: I think a lot of people don’t value how much humans are emotional beings, and I think a lot of people get wrapped up in facts and charts and graphs and data. I think that is also the beauty of social media-I now have friends on my socials who are all over the world who are sharing events in their own communities instantaneously. Society: What effect do you think sharing stories and ideas can have on the world?ĬR: Sharing stories and ideas allows people from all over the world to connect and see different perspectives and narratives that they maybe wouldn’t have known so intimately without a plane ticket. Parwat made these photos in India for the third Photo Camp assignment, which invited students to write a letter about water resources to someone 100 years from now. I’ve never been there, but I’d like to go sometime. Where I live in northern India we don’t have the ocean, but we have rivers and lakes that feed into it. And it’s very important because we get a lot of our resources from the ocean. Parwat Singh (PS): The ocean is very important to our environment, to the world, to this whole planet. As a settler on Native land, I think it is important to understand these roots even though I am not Native Hawaiian. They believe that humans and nature are able to coexist while being able to sustain each other. So in a place where water is so all-encompassing, examining the different ways my community interacts with the ocean-especially in times of change like we are seeing now with the climate crisis-is both a necessity from a historical standpoint but also important in looking at where we need to go from here.Ĭiara Ratum (CR): In Hawaiʻi, the Indigenous culture is interconnected with the water and the land. In the Marshall Islands it provides food, recreation, and livelihoods. Morgan Dethlefsen (MD): I’ve been surrounded 360 degrees by the ocean since birth. National Geographic Society (Society): Why is exploring your community’s relationship to the ocean important to you? The following interview has been edited for length and clarity. Morgan Dethlefsen is from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Ciara Ratum is from the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi, and Parwat Singh is from the Indian state of Uttarakhand. We talked to three Photo Camp students to learn how the experience helped them develop their storytelling skills and empowered them to use their voices to make an impact. Explorer at Large Sylvia Earle also spoke to the group about ocean conservation. With guidance from National Geographic Explorers Malaika Vaz and Jahawi Bertolli, students honed their storytelling skills by completing photography and writing assignments exploring their relationship to the ocean-and to water in general. ![]() No extensions will be given.In October, the National Geographic Society brought together 31 youth from 14 countries around the world for a virtual Photo Camp focused on the theme of ocean connections. This includes in-person skills assessment if you have purchased a blended course. Courses must be taken within the first 120 days after purchase. ![]() How can the best books for young children, and children's own emergent storytelling, build the classroom community? What role can the exploration of other's experiences, through story, play in building the 21st century skills of equity, empathy, creative and critical thinking, and collaborative problem-solving? Participants will be introduced to authors and literature they will want to introduce to their classroom community and learn strategies for sharing these published works and also those of their classes' own emerging writers. Through story, we communicate our successes, our challenges, our questions, and our ideas of how the world works-from our early years through our adult lives. ![]()
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