The Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center (FCOLC) was founded in 2016 as a 501(c)(3) by aquanaut, oceanographic explorer, conservationist and documentary filmmaker Fabien Cousteau, to fulfill his dream of creating a vehicle for positive change in the world. Our Mission is dedicated to protecting and preserving our planet’s waters, coastal areas, and marine habitats by facilitating education, research, collaboration, advocacy, and empowerment. Through knowledge, programming and innovative technologies, we collaborate with our partners to develop educational initiatives, conservation efforts and marine research projects that will protect the earth’s waters while connecting the world to our ocean. The FCOLC was created to empower local communities to champion ocean conservation in ways that are most meaningful to them. By engaging local communities worldwide in restoration, conservation and research activities, we can plant the seeds of growth toward a healthier relationship between ourselves and our life support system that comes from our oceans.