- Writer: Tilly Handforth What is OMG?OMG, which stands for Ocean Marine Guardians, is a service group in NIST International School located in Bangkok with students ranging from year 7 until year 13 with contributions of several elementary classes. Together, as a service group, they aim to preserve the oceans wherever they possibly can. At the service group fair I interviewed a member of OMG and asked her a few questions about the service group goal, personal goals and main topics brought up throughout the fair. She says the main goal for this service group is, “To help save and conserve the ocean ecosystems as much as we can.” Her personal goal is to apply her leadership skills and organize OMG to create an impact and save the oceans. The main topics she brought up to interested people was how OMG is a project based service group, such as organizing, reef cleanup, coral restoration and mangrove planting trips. Koh Mun Nai trip
The hungry students got back on the boat and had lunch, while everyone was eating, the Fish EMP lecture was presented, and then the accompanying dive after. In the afternoon everyone went onto the island and set up their tents (provided by ATMEC). Everyone had free time until dinner, after the students took the exam for the EMP, Invertebrates and Fish.
After the beach clean up the students went to the concrete mixing station and got introduced to the Artificial Substrates that ATMEC makes to add to the reef conservation project. Students made concrete structures that would dry over the course of the week. Everyone got cleaned up and packed their luggage. The boat brought the group back to the mainland, ensuring enough time for everyone to get back into Bangkok, taking into account all the variables.
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AuthorThe OMG Newsletter is run by the members of the service group. Topics are taken from the whole world by our researchers and formed into concise articles of our own. We invite experts to bring facts into our educational newsletter, and special contributions of students to showcase their ocean themed comic strip, so that it can be enjoyed by various age groups. Archives
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