Charley Peebler

CHARLEY PEEBLER is one of seventeen kids, ages 10-13, who are members of Heirs to Our Oceans in the San Francisco Bay Area. The non-profit organization’s Mission Statement says, “Heirs to Our Oceans is a rising tide of young leaders around the globe who are taking the ocean crisis into their own hands, educating themselves and others, bringing hope and solutions to the surface, and creating waves of change that will ensure the health of our blue planet for their generation and for future generations.”

They are working on a full-length documentary film to show that human impact on our oceans is going to affect their generation and future generations. In addition, each member takes on one or two study topics of interest, which they pursue with the help of mentors. Charley’s topics are derelict fishing gear and how it affects whales and coral.

Charley was born in the San Francisco Bay area. She’s twelve years old and grew up in San Mateo, California. Her love of the oceans started early.  Charley watched “Dora the Explorer” and “Diego and his Adventures” when she was little, and those programs had a lot of marine life in their episodes. When she was five years old, her family went to the California Academy of Sciences and she really loved it.  Charley and her sister Dakota are both home-schooled, so they are able to continue to pursue their passion around the oceans and marine life.

Charley first came to Monterey Bay with her family to attend an open house at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. With her family she continued to visit the area for her sister’s birthday, with her cousin, and to stay in a house at the beach.