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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News

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Introducing: Bow Seat’s 2025 Future Blue Youth Council!

January 8, 2025

Please join Bow Seat in giving a warm welcome to the 2025 Future Blue Youth Council (FBYC)! Selected from an...

Climate Literacy in Nigeria: An FBYC Project

January 3, 2025

By Keren-happuch Garba, 2024 Future Blue Youth Council member Imagine being told the world was facing an existential crisis for...

Congratulations to Our 2024 Educator Innovation Award Winners!

November 23, 2024

Many teachers leverage the Ocean Awareness Contest to offer their students a sense of agency in these uncertain times and...

Events

October
25-26
Thinking About Climate Change Conference
Boston, MA
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Oct 21-
Nov 1
2024 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
Cali, Colombia
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November
6-9
2024 NAAEE Conference
Pittsburgh, PA
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Hayden Stokley
Age 16, Mississippi

“As a child, I was too shy to speak in public, but societal issues haunted me. I wanted to help. Only through writing was I able to debate, advocate for change, and defend my views. It is this concept – that everyone has a specific talent to contribute to a cause – that serves as my inspiration.”