As a project group of the Waves of Action Initiative of the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea, young people from all over Europe have come together with the aim of reporting on the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice.
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As part of our ‘Learning from the sea’ lecture series, we invite you to gain in-depth insights into the diverse ecological, social and economic aspects that shape our seas and oceans today and at the same time to learn from processes within the sea itself.
Being confident sounds good, but is easier said than done. After all, we stumble from crisis to crisis, one bad news story tops the next in the news, and part of society sees itself as the ‘last generation’ that has to manage to turn the tide on climate protection and species extinction in a short space of time.
The complement to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals: Inner Development Goals (IDGs)
Tested, proven, continued – that sums up the online format ‘Frag Mich Doch Mal’, where young people can put their questions to experts.
For the second time, the research scholarship for marine reporting took place on the Vaka Okeanos in the Mediterranean. Young journalists from various regions came together to spend a week on board the catamaran researching and reporting on the Mediterranean and its pressing problems.
How can we expand our OceanCamp programme? With this question, the Okeanos team launched a pilot project on Hallig Hooge.
The WAVES OF ACTION ‘OceanCamps’ took place for the fourth time during the nationwide summer holidays.
When a whale dies, its body sinks to the bottom of the sea. There, in the cold, dark depths, a transformation begins: the ocean brings back life in an unimaginable way.
Observing the landscape with one’s ears
Image sources
- Benedikt König_03: Benedikt König
- Whalefall-Cover-web: Ada Isaacs
- Travelogue#13 Bild Fishing_at_Uraga_in_Sagami_Province: Michaela Vieser