Building a community of youth empowered to connect, create, and communicate for our blue planet.

Global Reach

142 Countries

Participants

38,391 Students

Scholarships

$783,850

Congratulations 2024 Winners!

Tell Your Climate Story challenged students worldwide to become climate witnesses and creatively express their personal experiences, insights, and perceptions about our changing climate reality. Through the process of imagining, designing, and creating their pieces, students learned about climate impacts in their own backyards and discovered ways they can take action to prevent further climate catastrophes. Their works serve as timely testimonies of what it’s like growing up in the age of climate change. View the insightful new collection of Visual Art, Film, Interactive & Multimedia, Performing Arts, Poetry & Spoken Word, and Creative Writing.

Bow Seat Timeline

For more than a decade, Bow Seat has inspired young ocean caretakers through creative expression. Check out our interactive timeline to learn more about our program history and exciting milestones!
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Creatures of Water and Light

March 18, 2025

By Nethanya Fonseka, 2025 Future Blue Youth Council member Cover photo by Hyemin Lyoo (The Tide of Jellyfish, 2024). Boneless,...

Architectural Solutions for Rising Sea Levels in Coastal Cities

March 11, 2025

By Ziqing Li, 2025 Future Blue Youth Council member Cover photo by Waterstudio.NL Ever since the start of mankind, people...

What Do You Mean the Rivers Went Dry?: Why “Sustainable”...

February 28, 2025

By Rafael Bonilla Abad, 2025 Future Blue Youth Council member Cover photo by The New York Times It’s only when...

Events

March
8
2025 Girl Scouts Global Leadership Conference
Newport, RI
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March
6
2025 High School Marine Science Symposium
Boston, MA
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November
6-9
2024 NAAEE Conference
Pittsburgh, PA
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Opefoluwa Sarah Adegbite
Age 13, Woldingham, United Kingdom

“Before participating in this Contest I didn’t know much about ocean pollution, and to be honest, I’m still not an expert on the subject. But when I was writing my poem, I felt like I was part of the ocean.”