World Oceans Day

World Oceans Day: June 8, 2021

World Oceans Day takes place every June 8. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada’s International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2008, the United Nations General Assembly passed…

Jun 8, 2021Iulian Dumitraşcu

World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020

World Oceans Day takes place every 8 June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada’s International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2008, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution officially recognizing 8…

Jun 8, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Daniel about creation: Do not deform it! Do not desecrate it! Do not destroy it!

Each year, on June 8, we mark the World Oceans Day in order to recall the importance of oceans and the way they influence human life and the entire planet. Repeatedly, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, has drawn attention to the necessity of protecting and preserving all creation: “Our vocation is to preserve the…

Jun 8, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch on World Oceans Day: We are accountable for remedying the health of our environment!

Also called the Green Patriarch, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is renowned for his many initiatives related to the protection of the environment. On the World Oceans Day, 8 June 2016, His Holiness addresses a message to intensify actions for the protection of oceans – “this invaluable and inalienable resource of our planet”. We present below the message of His Holiness…

Jun 7, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu