The Ocean Didn’t Tell You That
Surprising and memorable marine science facts that spark curiosity and make ocean knowledge approachable.
Our Work
Three strands. One shared ocean.
Mermaids Beyond Borders brings together education, storytelling and collaboration to help make ocean knowledge, connection and conservation more accessible. Accessibility and inclusion guide all three strands.
Education
The Ocean Atlas
A world of ocean knowledge, open to everyone.
The Ocean Atlas makes ocean knowledge engaging and accessible to different audiences and ways of learning. Educational series, webinars, workshops, posts and resources sit within this strand.
Beneath the Surface
Deeper questions about marine conservation, accessibility and inclusion, including whose experiences shape these issues.
Blue Hands
Marine learning through sign language and movement, developed with the people and communities who use those forms of communication.
Ocean Bytes
A series exploring coding through ocean themed learning.
Ocean Webinar Series
Webinars and panel discussions bringing together one professional and three early career scientists. Planned topics include oceanography and the deep sea, physiology, climate change and conservation, marine mammals and biodiversity, polar oceans, and island communities.
Accessible Oceans
MBB’s accessibility assessment framework.
Stories & Voices
Ocean Echoes
Voices carried by the ocean.
Ocean Echoes shares people’s relationships with the ocean and makes space for stories, creativity and community knowledge across communities and generations.
Ocean Love Story
A series exploring what the ocean means to people and communities, and how those connections shape care, belonging and action.
Letters to the Ocean
Letters to the Ocean is a creative format within Ocean Love Story. Letters may be written, spoken, signed or expressed through art. Submissions can share a memory, feeling, hope or something the writer wants others to understand about their connection to the ocean.
Send letters by email to contact@mermaidsbeyondborders.org. They are published in the Ocean Love Story virtual art gallery and on Instagram.
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Collaboration
A Tide We Make
Change grows when we act together.
A Tide We Make focuses on collective agency and the idea that communities can shape change together. MBB and communities work to develop partnerships and practical projects that support ocean conservation and participation.
Breathe Blue
A series exploring how diving and underwater experiences can become more accessible and welcoming, while raising awareness of the barriers that can prevent people from taking part.