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.

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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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Our student gallery showcases visual art, poetry and spoken word, prose, music, dance, short films, and multimedia projects from past Ocean Awareness Contest winners. Read, watch, admire, and share!
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View AllCreatures 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...
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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.”