From June 3 to June 8, 2024, Mundus maris asbl, in collaboration with Aquaworld, celebrated World Ocean Day in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria, with the theme "Awaken the New Depth." This event aimed to raise awareness about ocean conservation, featuring participation from The Millennium Group of Schools for the first time. The program included educational […]
Join us for a special Captain Fanplastic Live Storytelling event on Instagram and Facebook! Dive into "The Legend of Captain Fanplastic," a captivating tale read in Malagasy, English, Dutch, Portuguese, and French. 🌍✨ Join Captain Fanplastic and his trusted turtle friend, Fin, on a quest across the ocean to discover what is making Fin sick. […]
Cheer on best friends, Anna McLean & Jenny D'Anthony as they attempt a record breaking challenge to be the youngest and fastest female pair to row across the Pacific Ocean for The World's Toughest Row. They will leave on UN World Oceans Day, Saturday, June 8th 2024 from Monterey, California and finish 2800 miles and […]
Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, is dedicated to becoming a leader in ocean protection on the Baltic Sea. Mundus maris has collaborated with various organizations through the 'Ocean Summit' to address marine protection, focusing on rehabilitating the severely affected Baltic. Issues such as overfishing, pollution from agricultural runoff and WWII weapons, and warming waters […]
Reconciliation festival is a new Norwegian initiative in Stavanger region whose vision is guided by the United Nations Agenda 2030 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To make this vision alive through the year, we mark UN days and for World Oceans Day 2024, we invite you to reconnect with nature and yourself during a […]
Our long-term partners in Cameroon, the Ocean Volunteers (Bénévoles Océan) led by Jeauberte Djamou, have been organizing beach clean-ups in Kribi with various schools. This year, Mundus maris provided a French version of the Role Play tested at a young marine researchers' conference in Hamburg to support their celebrations. The role play aims to engage […]
The collaboration between Mundus maris and the Kawabata Yasunari School in Hann, Senegal, has become a tradition, with the latest activity involving an educational excursion to the polluted beach in Hann Bay. On June 10, 30 pupils, accompanied by their director and two teachers, visited the area where Dakar’s wastewaters are discharged. The hands-on experience […]
It's becoming a tradition to clean up around the Hoxbach in Hilden, Germany, a tributary of the River Rhine. On Saturday, 15 June for World Ocean Weak, a small group of inveterate ocean lovers invited by Mundus maris gathered in two groups to mob up cigarette butts, plastic and other garbage from the vicinity of […]