Want to find out more about the United Nations Ocean Conference 2025 in Nice? Then follow our UNOC_erklaert project group on Instagram at @UNOC_erklaert and find out what is happening at the conference, what it is about, who is taking part and what the outcome will be….

Would you like a WOA shirt or hoodie? Then take a look at the WAVES OF ACTION Spreadshop!

Waves of Action Community presents:

Fin whale, orca and co. – impressive whales of our seas
Levin Baldauf at the Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt
Saturday June 7th 10-12am

Seagrass – the underestimated all-rounder
SeagrassGuards at the Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt
Sunday June 8th 13-15h

Science Live: Our UNOC_erklärt project group reports live to the Aha?! Forscherwerkstatt live from the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice.

When? Saturday June 7th, 14-15h
Where? Aha?! Research Workshop, Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt

Zum Weltwassertag laden wir dich ein zum Flussgeflüster.

Kostenlos an einem Fluss direkt vor deiner Haustür! Ein Ort, um das Wasser zu hören.
Die Stille zu spüren. Zu lauschen, was entsteht.

22.03.2025 von 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr

Unsere nächste Action:

Jetzt anmelden für die OceanCamps im Sommer 2025: Komm mit auf die Vaka im Pelagos Schutzgebiet oder auf die Halbinsel Veddö in Schweden. Bewerbt euch bis Ende Januar!

Frag Mich Doch Mal mit den Lahntauchern gemeinsam mit der Community könnt ihr zuhören was Lahntaucher alles so machen, wie sie dazu gekommen sind und ihnen Fragen stellen. 3. Mai um 19:30 Uhr

Stencil for Oceans

Street Art für den Weltwassertag am 22.03.25

Werde selbst kreativ und setze mit selbstgemachten Stencil ein Zeichen: Wo beginnt das Meer?

FMDM: Biodiversität und Waalhaie auf Santo Antão mit Tristan da Silva e Ornelas

Kostenlos & online könnt ihr zuhören was Tristan da Silva e Ornelas in seiner Forschung über die Waalhai Population und Biodiversität rund um die Insel Santo Antão herrausgefunden hat, wobei ihr direkt Fragen stellen könnt!

03.04.2025 von 18:00 – 19:30 Uhr

Frag Mich Doch Mal mit Shanan Atkins!

Kostenlos & online könnt ihr zuhören was Shanan für den Schutz der Buckeldelphine im Indischen Ozean macht, wobei ihr direkt Fragen stellen könnt!

26.02.2025 – 18:00-19:30 Uhr

Kopf aus, Herz an und das Leben kurz auf Pause stellen: im wöchentlichen FeelGoodZoom üben wir, das Gedankenkarussell einzustellen und gelassener und mitfühlender zu sein. #mehrwohlbefinden

Waves Of Action
the youth initiative of the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea

In addition to the OceanCamps, there are also many other WOA actions you can take part in! Exciting workshops and lecture formats where you can get to know the ocean habitat better or familiarize yourself with the topics of sustainability and your inner compass. Deepen your knowledge or gain practical experience that will help you, for example, to develop and implement your own project on the topic of the ocean or marine conservation.

Welcome to WAVES OF ACTION – the People Centered Ocean Initiative

Waves Of Action is the youth initiative of the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea. We offer you different approaches to experience the ocean and learn from the ocean. Get in touch with other like-minded people, with experts and actors: inside who inspire you, but above all with your environment, yourself and your possibilities. We are convinced that it’s not the environment that needs to change – it’s us. From OceanCamps and workshops to individual funding opportunities and the Waves Of Action portal, we offer you a wide range of formats to get active yourself. We want to provide you with the best possible support on your personal path of engagement. In a growing community, creatively, with fun, through adventure, encounters and well-founded exchange. Always with the big goal in mind, that our wonderful oceans will benefit from it.

Out vision

together

Cooperative and respectful cooperation is the basis for healthy action. Together, many things not only become easier - it is also more fun to learn co-creatively and to work together in a community for sustainable ways of living. The most valuable thing we can give is community!

confident

If you know your inner strengths, you will be able to act. The basis for healthy commitment is that you can take good care of yourself and also recognize your limits. If you firmly believe in yourself, you can also bring good into the world.

comitted

Healthy oceans are essential for human survival. If you not only know this, but also experience it, you can become creative and active out of your own motivation.

Your way to the ocean
Camps, workshops and activities for anyone who wants to get to know the ocean habitat better, get involved in environmental protection and familiarize themselves with the basics of marine biology, sustainability and mindfulness.

Dive deeper
Workshops, training and funding opportunities for those who are already actively involved, want to work together on projects and/or would like to continue their education and network with targeted support.

Find your voice
You are the change you want to see and can show others how they can get involved. Share your enthusiasm, your knowledge and your values. Become a Waves Of Action OceanVoice.

Current impressions from the camps

BaseCamp 2025 in Kiel

In April 2025, 57 committed young people prepared for their trip to VAKA – our transformative educational project on the Mediterranean. Intensive days of preparation created a space for meeting, learning and growing together.

Accompanied by the office team and the captains Jorge and Gaelle, supported by inspiring impulses from Prof. Markus Rex, Christian Weigandt, Salzwasser e. V., our team members Nele and Levke as well as motivating video messages from Céline Cousteau, Uli Kunz and Florian Weiss, not only was knowledge shared, but space was also created for real questions.

In addition to content sessions, we experienced connection through yoga and meditation in the morning, courageous surfing, campfires, open discussions and the joint development of visions for the future.

Thank you to everyone who helped shape this time – with ideas, energy and heart.

waves of action

Welcome to WAVES OF ACTION – the People Centered Ocean Initiative

Out vision

Current impressions from the camps

BaseCamp 2025 in Kiel

A day on the Vaka – by Ocean Camp 8 2024