Between July and August 2026, the Green VI team engaged with 12 summer camps across Tortola and Virgin Gorda, delivering PROMAR themed activities focused on marine litter education and ocean conservation. While school is out for the summer, many students across the British Virgin Islands attend summer camps, and Green VI is regularly invited to run engaging education sessions with campers of all ages.

 

A number of these engagements centred on PROMAR themes, diving into the causes and impacts of marine litter, how plastic pollution affects oceans and marine life, and creative arts and crafts activities that repurpose litter or celebrate marine biodiversity. In one popular activity, students created their own jellyfish crafts from recycled egg cartons, a fun, hands-on way to explore the issue of plastic pollution in the ocean. The activity resonated strongly with students after learning how sea turtles feed on jellyfish and often mistakenly ingest discarded plastic bags, mistaking them for their natural prey, one of the many ways marine litter directly threatens marine wildlife.

 

Other activities gave students the chance to get involved in real environmental fieldwork, including beach clean ups and litter analysis. This included supporting beach sampling activities at Long Bay Beach, where a team of six Sail Caribbean Summer campers assisted with sorting and recording litter data, gaining first hand insight into the scale and composition of marine debris affecting BVI coastlines.

 

Across all 12 camp sessions, 201 students were engaged in PROMAR themed activities, with some students attending multiple camps or sessions throughout the summer. Through these interactive and educational engagements, Green VI continues to raise awareness among young people about the importance of reducing reliance on single-use plastics, protecting marine ecosystems, and taking practical steps to look after the ocean spaces that make the BVI so special.

 

By combining education, creativity, and hands-on environmental action, PROMAR BVI's summer camp initiative reflects the wider goals of the PROMAR Project: preventing marine litter, building environmental awareness among the next generation, and inspiring young people across the British Virgin Islands to become active stewards of their marine environment.