Global Reach
142 Countries
Participants
33,176 Students
Scholarships
$707,600
TELL YOUR CLIMATE STORY
The 2024 Ocean Awareness Contest – Tell Your Climate Story – encourages you to become a climate witness and to creatively share your personal experiences, insights, or perceptions about our changing climate reality. Use this opportunity to learn about the climate crisis and how it impacts your family and community, and to examine your individual responses to our evolving world. The Contest deadline is June 10, 2024.
U.S.-based Black, Indigenous, and/or Latine youth are especially encouraged to participate and are eligible for special awards!
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!
View TimelineKenya Santamaria
Ventura, CA
Get Inspired
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!
View GalleryNews
View AllArtivism in Action: Empowering Youth Through Collage
April 29, 2024
By Susan Tang, Program Manager Col·lage [kəˈläZH] n., v. – a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual...
Cultivating Mental Wellness Through Mindfulness in Schools
April 22, 2024
By Tafadzwa Ashely Gore, 2024 Future Blue Youth Council member In today's fast-paced world, where stress and pressure are prevalent,...
Reflections From My Time in the Bow Seat
April 2, 2024
Bow seat: the front of a boat; symbolizes the vessel’s forward motion and its ability to move through the water...
Events
25
1
29
Science Teacher, Timberlane Middle School
“The Ocean Awareness Contest engaged my students in learning, adding a real-world element to last year’s climate change-human impact science unit. All students were excited by the creative connection to the science curriculum allowing them to display their learning in unique ways. As a teacher, I was thrilled to witness how the students dove into their research eager to learn more about the problems and possible solutions.”