Ocean literacy

"We can only love what we know and we will only protect what we love." 

Wenn wir den Ozean so erhalten wollen, dass er uns Freude macht und unser Überleben auf dem Planeten sichert, müssen wir das Wissen über ihn viel besser teilen. Nur wenn wir verstehen, wie wichtig der Ozean für uns alle ist, werden wir in der Lage sein, verantwortungsvolle Entscheidungen in Bezug auf den Ozean und seine Ressourcen zu treffen. Wenn wir den Ozean richtig verstanden haben, werden wir freiwillig unser Verhalten ändern und andere dazu motivieren, dies ebenfalls zu tun. 

For the German Ocean Foundation , marine education for all is one of its most important priorities. Marine education should be accessible to everyone from kindergarten to elementary school to university - and further education, but also for older generations. Every German Ocean Foundation project has an educational element: from the "love your ocean" initiative at boot in Düsseldorf, which welcomes over 1,000 schoolchildren every year, to the annual SeaExperienceDays on the Baltic Sea coast or the Ocean Science exhibition on the Cap San Diego in Hamburg to the research at sea competition, where schoolchildren from the 9th grade and above have the opportunity to conduct their own marine research on board the research vessel ALDEBARAN.

In addition, the German Ocean Foundation organizes events and projects for schools, collaborates on the Ocean Lovers Education platform and our Ocean Book and supports young marine biologists in the early stages of their careers.

We are convinced that the more you know about the ocean, the more you will do to protect it.