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Mar à Vista – Sea, Culture & Education

Brazil

Mar à Vista is an innovative Brazilian initiative integrates science communication, cultural heritage, and inclusive education to strengthen ocean literacy and inspire collective action for marine conservation. There is only one ocean, and its future depends on shared knowledge and collective care. Mar à Vista! combines animation, music, books, and games with face-to-face activities in […]

Dimensión Sumergida: Torpederas

Valparaíso, Chile

Dimensión Sumergida: Torpederas is a 360° immersive experience, accessible online here, that reveals the hidden marine life beneath the waters of Playa Las Torpederas in Valparaíso, Chile. Combining 360° video, 3D animation, and science-based storytelling, it highlights the ecological importance of submarine kelp forests and their role in coastal biodiversity.

ECOR Environmental Training Program

Hybrid: Online + Optional Field Work

The ECOR Foundation Environmental Internship is a youth-focused program that equips students and early-career researchers with skills in marine ecology, scientific writing, and field research. Through hybrid learning, field sampling, and mentorship, interns address Ocean Decade challenges by monitoring and raising awareness on marine pollution, supporting ecosystem protection and restoration, and contributing to data for […]

Ocean Futures Exhibition

Futurium Alexanderufer 2, Berlin, Germany

The “Ocean Futures” exhibition is dedicated to the body of water that spans the world. With his expansive installation “Balangay Spacecraft,” Filipino artist Leeroy New transforms Futurium's first special exhibition into a speculative future world: between a fantastic mangrove landscape and an artificial island, an oceanic atmosphere opens up that is both fascinating and unsettling. […]

Lost at Sea: Existence amidst Extinction

Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM) Kolkata, India

Generating ocean knowledge beyond Museum walls, Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM), a Unit of National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, Government of India conceptualized, designed and developed an interpretive Gallery ‘Lost at Sea’ – introducing critical ocean knowledge to audiences in two phases.  In the first phase, launched on May 02, 2025, the […]

1º Concurso de Redação da DPHDM “Cultura Oceânica”

Brazil

The competition organized by DPHDM in collaboration with the ALARJ aims to awaken young people’s understanding of the vital importance of the ocean and the Navy’s role in preserving, protecting, and valuing this natural and cultural heritage. More than a competition, this initiative aims to educate young people who are aware, engaged, and capable of […]

OceanSpeak

Online, Gothenburg Natural History Museum, and The Maritime Museum and Aquarium

OceanSpeak combines virtual reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to give people the ability to step in the shoes of a marine scientist exploring the ocean. OceanSpeak is a 20-minute VR activity where you meet harbor seals and learn from them how human activities impact the ocean and their survival. Through AI, you can have […]

TwinPolitics Ocean Seminar Series

Online

The TwinPolitics Ocean Seminar Series creates a space for discussion between experts from academia, policymaking, and NGOs to exchange ideas on ocean governance. The focus is on recent developments in data, science, and technology—particularly the Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO)—and its role in shaping policies and practices. The TwinPolitics Ocean Seminar Series is meant […]

UN Ocean Decade for Sustainable Development

Online

This Decade activity brings together three societies and their scholarly publications: The American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and The Oceanography Society (TOS), who have opened a special collection that will publish research on biological oceanography, marine geochemistry and chemical oceanography, marine geology and geophysics, physical oceanography, […]

Knit for Wildlife: Craft x Conservation

Vegaøyan, Norway

Knit for Wildlife is a new initiative that uses knitting in innovative ways to build wildlife literacy. By translating ecological insights into open-access knitting patterns, the project turns scientific knowledge into something people can wear, share, gift, and recognise in daily life. It shifts wildlife stories from something you read occasionally to something that becomes […]

2026 Ocean Decade Youth MBio SciPop Comp

Online

The "Exploring Marine Life" competition blends science and art to inspire global youth to create works on marine biodiversity. Guided by "openness builds strength, freedom fosters insight," it ignites passion for marine conservation, transforming youth into active contributors for sustainable ocean development. Open to ages 6-18, it features Science Writing and Artwork Creation categories, with […]

Arctic Plastic

Centro Culturale R. Gritti Ranica (Bergamo), Italy

Arctic Plastic is a documentary photography project by documentary photographer Maurizio Milesi exploring plastic pollution through human presence, care, and action in Arctic environments. Developed through fieldwork with coastal clean-up initiatives, the project focuses on acts of responsibility and resilience in contaminated ecosystems. The exhibition will be on from 12 January to 8 February 2026, […]

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