Vaka Okeanos, the beautiful canoe, stands out amongst all other ships that cluster around the French Cote d’Azur. A width of reactions, from stealthy glances to enthusiastic waving, accompany…
Despite the fact that coral reefs are one of the most productive and biodiversity-dense ecosystems on our planet, they are massively under pressure through global and local impacts like…
Where I come from, our culture is very strong, and no one ever did what I did. Some people told me to forget about it and go do something…
How did you come to be part of the Te Mana? Well, when Uto Ni Yalo came to Fiji in 2009, I did not know about it until 2011,…
We arrived into Nukuhiva late Saturday night, yesterday (Sunday)we got up at 5.30am to prepare for the welcome ceremony. We changed our rig to the traditional Sails. All the…
Today we celebrate the place we all originated from, our blue lungs, our source of inspiration, our nurturing mother: the world’s oceans! With the UN Ocean Decade ahead of…
On 1st of June 2021, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in partnership with the IOC celebrated the High-Level Launch of the UN Ocean Decade. For Okeanos…
Emmy-nominated film ‘Racing Extinction’ was awarded ‘Best Green Film of the Decade’ by the ‘Green Film Network’, the most important network of environmental films in the world. ‘Racing Extinction’…
„I like to work on land and on the ocean – earth on my hands and seawater in my face!” Kalolo Steffany was watchcaptain on the Samoan Va’a Gaualofa….
Ten years ago, 200 Pacific Voyagers set sail on their seven Vaka Moanas. Their traditionally designed, modern ocean-going sailing canoes built by Okeanos Foundation for the Sea took them…