On December 2, 2022 an unlikely group of critters joined the festivities of Camden’s Christmas-by-the-Sea strolling the streets and handing out information about S.E.A. and salt water taffy from Uncle Willy’s Candy Shoppe. An octopus (Allie Van Ryn), a bear (Jenna Van Ryn), an otter (Barbara Lawrence), and a sea creature (Lynn Rutter), joined Santa...

On a glorious sunny day in early May, students from Watershed School and Camden-Rockport Middle School gathered at Camden Harbor dock with members of S.E.A. to learn about the environment of the harbor. Joee Patterson set the context with a talk at Watershed School drawn from her experience in Antarctica. Later, Watershed students went out...

Participating in Camden Windjammer Days gave S.E.A. the opportunity to meet many visitors to the event, tell then about the S.E.A. mission and work, and introduce the to the Mobile Marine Tank.  As is clear in the photographs, people of all ages were intrigued by the chance to interact with creatures that live in our...

         Three years ago, S.E.A. Board member Elphie Owen, who teaches at Camden-Rockport Middle School (CRMS), suggested we start Poetry On Windows. Who could have predicted that Poetry on Windows would so quickly become a local institution? Since 2020, each May over the Memorial Day weekend, poems about the environment appear magically...

       Rockport Library was the place for happy faces when Children’s Librarian Charlie Gluck invited the Stewardship Education Alliance to bring its Mobile Marine Tank with sea critters for a visit. S.E.A. Vice President Wayne Ruesswick, who built the tank, and Board Member Sarah Doudera introduced children and their parents to hermit crabs,...

Even wet weather couldn’t dampen enthusiasm for S.E.A. FAIR 2022, though it did delay it by a week. On Friday, June 10th, a lovely sunny day,  representatives of environmental organizations gathered at the Camden Public Library Amphitheatre to introduce children and adults to their work for good stewardship of our environment.      With the generous...