Join the Movement
Cultivating the Future —One Waterway at a Time
Youth-led science. Floating classrooms. Data that makes a difference. Welcome to Cultivating Currents, a nonprofit helping youth explore the deep connections between agriculture, river systems, and ocean health.
Why We Exist
Our Mission
Cultivating Currents empowers youth to explore the connections between how we grow our food, how rivers flow, and how our oceans thrive. We pair hands-on research with equity-focused education.
Founder’s Vision
Terry Travers, marine science communicator and youth advocate, brings NOAA background and unschooling roots to give teens tools, truth, and trust.
Our Flagship Program
The Living Loop Lab
6,000 Miles. 4 Years. 1 Mission.
Launching in Fall 2025 with a citizen science component, the Living Loop Lab is a 6,000-mile research and education expedition that will travel America’s Great Loop—a circumnavigation route through protected inland waterways and estuaries, touching 18 states and parts of Canada. This floating classroom and mobile lab will connect students and communities at every port while collecting meaningful scientific data.
Street Science
Community Edition
For homeschoolers, libraries, and microschools. Includes classroom kits, science fair support, and dockside learning opportunities.
Street
Edition
For unhoused, foster, and system-involved youth. Features trauma-informed kits, park-based events, and “Crew for a Day” opportunities.
Street Science Kits
Water test tools, microscopes, sample containers, journals, local ecology guides, zines, and creative prompts.
Transforming Data into Environmental Impact
It Takes a Villiage
Whether you’re a student, teacher, scientist, artist, donor, or dreamer—there’s a place for you in this movement. Volunteer, donate, or partner with us to empower youth and protect our planet from soil to sea.
