Our Collaborators

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Youth Making Ripples is now collaborating with The International SeaKeepers Society. The International SeaKeepers Society is a 501 (c) 3 organization that strives to increase current knowledge about the oceans, promote and facilitate scientific discovery and raise awareness about critical ocean issues. SeaKeepers works directly with the yachting community as an essential component and contributor to ocean research, education and conservation efforts.


This year SeaKeepers and Global Oceans are providing an educational day trip to Florida reefs onboard the yacht Defiance to the winners of the film “Making Ripples”, which highlights how high school students in south Florida are helping with local coral reef restoration efforts. SeaKeepers and Global Oceans have worked together over the last year to educate children about the marine environment, pollution and conservation, completing outreach trips from the Bahamas to Rhode Island.


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Youth Making Ripples is now collaborating with Schoolyard Films, Inc. Through our collaboration with School Yard, Inc., we will create educational materials for teachers that are centered on Youth Making Ripples finalists! The School Yard, Inc. team’s extensive film resume make them an excellent addition to our growing team! Tom and Glenn were also the judges of this year’s Best Filmmaker Award, which was awarded to The Coralax.

 

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Tom Fitz is a twice Emmy Award winning freelance cameraman whose work has been broadcast by PBS, BBC, National Geographic, Discovery, ABC, NHK, Tokyo Broadcasting, and others. Tom also co-founded and is Executive Director of Schoolyard Films, Inc., a non-profit devoted to educating K-12 students about the natural world and the challenges it faces, all free of charge.

 

2Glenn Allen is the former Director of the Undersea Technology Department of Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. He is an educator, consultant and multimedia producer focusing on marine photography and the environment. Glenn has worked on everything from Sesame Street to the BBC’s, “Blue Planet” Series. He is part of Schoolyard Film’s production team!