Although almost three quarters of our planet are covered by water bodies and oceans are the largest ecosystem on earth, humans are largely terrestrial beings. While we slowly realize…
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Marshall Islands
Feb 3, 2021
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Far away from the Pacific, from the heart of the bustling French capital, a group of students are sending out an important message about climate-related sea level rise in…
Tokelau and its 1400 inhabitants are extremely vulnerable to climate change and environmental degradation, including biodiversity loss. Being the first in the world to switch to 100% renewable energy,…
Feb 2, 2021
Climate change media training in Vanuatu
The Covid-19 pandemic, as a reminder of our dependency on healthy human-environment relationships, is an opportunity, too. While a lot of personal and financial recources are going into fighting…
Feb 1, 2021
From North to South
This award winning short documentary invites you to explore how different but at the same time similar life on Langeness, a small piece of land in the middle of…
Jan 25, 2021
Female seafarers and their stories
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has declared it a humanitarian crisis – one that hardly gets any attention: Due to Covid-19, hundreds of thousands of seafarers are stranded on…
On 18 September another history in the Marshall Islands was marked with the arrival of the sailing vessel Kwai. SV Kwai sails the vast Pacific Ocean to advocate low carbon…
The S/pacifics of Salt Water Humanity emerged from the oceans, as did all life on this planet. Our bodies are 60 percent brine—we carry this marine heritage with us…
Many Marshallese have their own migration story. Our migration story began when we moved from the capital city of Majuro to Hawai’i for work and educational opportunities. These opportunities…
Now is a time for courage. It will take sacrifices from everyone for us all to survive, the president of the Marshall Islands writes My country joined the United…