In the stillness of dawn, before the sun gilds the Pacific horizon, the ocean speaks. It speaks in the hush of waves against mangrove roots, in the rustle of pandanus leaves, in the chants of elders who remember the old ways. For the Indigenous Peoples of Oceania, the ocean is a living ancestor, a keeper of stories, a bearer of truth.
And now, those who have listened to the ocean for generations are speaking up.
Across the Pacific from the red earth of Australia to the green valleys of Aotearoa, from the highlands of Papua New Guinea to the coral-fringed coasts of Fiji and the blue lagoons of the Solomon Islands, a movement is rising.
Original Article: One Voice, Many Islands
