Nicola Bridge
Head of Ocean Advocacy and Engagement, Ocean Conservation Trust
Nicola has dedicated her career to supporting people to connect with the Ocean, accessing the benefits it provides, whilst simultaneously fostering their own understanding of how they can help support a thriving Ocean themselves. Through her work, many thousands of people have been able to experience the Ocean first hand.
She is passionate about changing the Ocean conservation narrative, recognising that everyone on the planet is responsible for the health of the natural world, moving from raising awareness, to taking action.
Nicola is a member of the Defra Ocean Literacy Working Group and a founder of the We Are Ocean network. Nicola is President of EMSEA (European Marine Science Educators Association), leading the organisation to act as a hub for the Ocean education community. She is Co-Chair of a UN Ocean Decade Working Group, focusing on global sustainable change in human behaviour to support the health of the Ocean.
She is passionate about changing the Ocean conservation narrative, recognising that everyone on the planet is responsible for the health of the natural world, moving from raising awareness, to taking action.
Nicola is a member of the Defra Ocean Literacy Working Group and a founder of the We Are Ocean network. Nicola is President of EMSEA (European Marine Science Educators Association), leading the organisation to act as a hub for the Ocean education community. She is Co-Chair of a UN Ocean Decade Working Group, focusing on global sustainable change in human behaviour to support the health of the Ocean.
