CCMI MARKS WORLD OCEAN DAY 2022 WITH ANNUAL REEFS GO LIVE AT THE CAMANA BAY CINEMA 

The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) is celebrating World Ocean Day in 2022 with a special Reefs Go Live broadcast at the Camana Bay Cinema. We invite members of the public, tourists, school groups, and ocean enthusiasts to join us for this FREE event. Seating is limited at the Cinema; registration is required. Virtual registrations also available. 

WHO:  Local schools/classes, tourists, members of the community – everyone! 

WHAT: World Ocean Day Reefs Go Live at the Camana Bay Cinema 

WHEN: Wednesday, 8th June 2022; 10:00 am – 10:40 am (UTC -5h) 

Reefs Go Live 

Join CCMI as one of our virtual dive buddies for our special World Ocean Day 2022 Reefs Go Live broadcast: Restoring Healthy Reefs for the Future. The dive team in Little Cayman will take us underwater to explore the coral reefs, discuss what it means when a reef is healthy, and share with us what CCMI is doing to help keep our reefs healthy in the Cayman Islands. We’ll also learn how we can all do our part to ensure there are many healthy reefs for the future.  

This event is **FREE** and open to local schools, tourists, and members of the public. All school groups/classes are encouraged to participate. 

Event registration: https://donate.reefresearch.org/WOD2022  

Reefs Go Live ad: https://youtu.be/hE5SJd7Ir9A

In addition to the Reefs Go Live event at the Camana Bay Cinema, CCMI is also offering the following: 

Reef Lecture: State of the Reefs & Healthy Reef Report Card Release 

DATE: Thursday, 9th June 2022 

TIME: 6:00pm-7:00pm (UTC -5h) 

LOCATION: Southern Cross Club (Little Cayman) or virtually from anywhere! 

REGISTRATION: https://donate.reefresearch.org/reefhealth2022  

Join CCMI’s Research Technician, Matt Doherty, to get the first look at the results from last year’s surveys of Little Cayman’s reefs, what this tells us about the current health status of these reefs, and the long-term trends we see through the data analysis. 

Healthy Reefs Art Exhibit 

For the third year, Ms. McDougall’s art class at the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) were tasked with designing a poster in support of CCMI’s Healthy Reefs awareness campaign. This project was an assignment to students to develop artistic techniques while also working with a client, allowing students to develop transferrable life skills in support of their career path in art. As a bonus, students have taken renewed interest in their science classes, earning higher marks on tests as they connect their passion for art to the information about the natural world. 

Over the course of several months in the fall of 2021, students practiced their techniques, spoke with CCMI staff, researched coral reefs, incorporated feedback from the client, and worked toward a final Healthy Reefs poster that was submitted as part of their portfolio for the course. Select pieces will be on display in the lobby of the Camana Bay Cinema before and after the Reefs Go Live broadcast. 

The artwork is also on display online at our Healthy Reefs Virtual Art Exhibit, which can be found here: https://reefresearch.org/wod2022/cifec_2022/  

CCMI is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1998 to protect the future of coral reefs, envisioning a world with vibrant oceans and healthy coral reef ecosystems. We seek to be the Caribbean’s premier marine research institute by delivering cutting edge research, transforming conservation strategy and developing education programmes of excellence – discovering and promoting real solutions to declining ocean health. Our plan is to invigorate key species and processes that are driving reef resilience and INNOVATE ways to improve their survival. We are TRANSFORMING conservation strategy and inspiring the CHANGE that is needed to achieve our mission. We are PIONEERS in understanding how this works.