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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Ghost Nets: The Climate and Wildlife Toll of Lost Fishing...

February 11, 2025

By Gerselle Koh, 2025 Future Blue Youth Council member Cover photo by Michelle Gu (Save the Whales, 2019). Every year,...

L.A. Inferno: Heat and Heartbreak

January 29, 2025

By Gavin Tesser, 2025 Future Blue Youth Council member Cover photo by ABC News Los Angeles is burning in a...

Protecting the Ocean: Lessons from the Kalinago People

January 27, 2025

By Tana Tahira Valmond, 2024 Future Blue Youth Council member As a member of an Indigenous community in Dominica, I’ve...

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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Elizabeth Goodrich
Age 12, Maine

“After learning about litter, global warming, and invasive species last year, I realized that our ignorance has become a huge problem, and I knew I had to do something. I just didn’t know what. When my teacher told me about Bow Seat, I had my answer. It was a way for me to express my concern and send a message to people about ocean pollution in a creative way. We only have one Earth, and it is our job to take good care of it.”