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The Universal Sea is a movement to accelerate positive blue futures of our oceans! Therefore, we collaborate with a strong interdisciplinary network of innovators, change-leaders, and the public.
The Ocean Future Lab is an awarded transdisciplinary project. It offers space for creative and inspiring co-design of healthy future scenarios for our oceans. Citizens are invited to develop ideas and possible action in exchange with artists and scientists.
The Ocean Future School Lab is an educational initiative that empowers young minds to envision and create sustainable futures for our oceans, combining hands-on learning with insights from marine science and conservation.
Sustainable Coastal Futures engages communities in collaborative efforts to co-create innovative solutions for the sustainable use of coastal regions, focusing on the impact of green energy and fostering ocean literacy.
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Do you believe in the power of art as a catalyst for change? Art has the power to spark emotions, questions and even action. This is why we are organizing an array of activities to fight the plastic epidemic What Read More …
We are overwhelmed by the quality of the submitted projects to our second open call and the effort put in by each candidate. And we invite you to give us your opinion too. Only two weeks are left to vote for Read More …
Even today is a bit cooler we know that summer is not over yet (luckily), and we do not wish to get ahead of ourselves, but we would like to do a little early promotion for our upcoming events. Our Read More …
WATT EN SCHLICK FEST is a festival held directly on the beach at the Wattenmeer World Heritage Site. With an urban mix of music, literature, film, and theatre showcased across four different stages, the festival promises to be a chill weekend Read More …
Do you believe in the power of art as a catalyst for change? The Universal Sea closed its second international call for artists and creatives. Art has the power to spark emotions, questions and even action. This is why Read More …
There are many fantastic organisations and initiatives, just like The Universal Sea, employing a variety of strategies in order to tackle plastic waste in the ocean. One such example, and in fact one of our media partners, is Ocean Plastics Read More …
How to describe our friends and partners Thecamp? They call themselves, “A base camp for exploring the future,” and maybe this is the most apt description. Based in the idyllic countryside of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region of Southern France, thecamp Read More …
In a flurry of packing suitcases and double-checking for passports, The Universal Sea is off to Amsterdam, 21-22 June 2018, for our next European station! This time our event is part of a city-wide multi-day festival called WeMakeThe.City Festival which Read More …
This week at the Universal Sea, we are happy to be the subject of a feature in ECOFEMINIST, a leading online magazine. The ē-kō-ˈfe-mə-nist movement applies feminist principles to ecological issues. With less than a week to go before the TUS’ Read More …
Now the show’s on! The European University of Flensburg has joined The Universal Sea as a partner institution. It has invited the London-based designer Frankie Moughton-Small, one of the selected artists in The Universal Sea’s Open Call, to its Artist Read More …
The Universal Sea is uniting forces with the WeMakeThe.City Festival. Our station will be running over two days (21-22 June 2018, 10:00 – 19:00), in the city of the 165 canals and 1,281 bridges. The event consists of inspiring pecha-kucha presentations and co-creation workshops, Read More …
On the occasion of the annual tech festival DOKU.TECH organised in Europe’s youngest country Kosovo, The Universal Sea is proud to hold its station in the capital Pristina from 9 – 10 June 2018. The event is a great chance to get committed Read More …
Here at The Universal Sea, we are getting rather excited. Why? Because next Tuesday 5.06 our Finnish event kicks off at Aalto Design Factory in Espoo/Helsinki. So, we thought we’d take the opportunity to write a post dedicated to introducing Read More …
Located at approximately 20 min from the center of Helsinki, Finland, Aalto University was established as a priority project in the Finnish university renewal. The idea was to create a new innovative university merging science and technology, design and art, Read More …
Hello Finland, here we come! From 5 – 6 June 2018 The Universal Sea will be visiting the land of saunas and reindeer located both on the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland. The event will consist of inspiring keynote Read More …
Sun was out and The Universal Sea was ready for an intense programme. The Grand Opening, which took place on Sunday 22 April 2018 at The Center of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, celebrated the start of The Universal Sea tour Read More …
We are proud to announce the Grand Opening of our art and innovation project: The Universal Sea – Pure or Plastic?!. The art and science exhibition organized by The Universal Sea will take place at the museum and art center, Read More …
*Drums roll* and our five finalists are… Ewa Markiewicz (PL) – Scheme that will survive ages Frankie Moughton-Small (UK) – The Plastic Sea Julia Vegh (HU) and Erika Kapronczai (HU) – Plastic Waste Labyrinth Liina Klauss (DE) – Broken Dreams No.1 Robertina Šebjanič (SI) – Read More …
On Monday evening, 19th March 2018, The Universal Sea opened the first Berlin Water Festival. It was running from 19th-23rd March 2018 at Betahaus Berlin, a co-working space located in Kreuzberg. We were invited by the like-minded festival organizer, the fundraising Read More …
The Universal Sea is happy to present the shortlisted artist selection and the wild cards winners of the Public Voting, which ended last night. So who are our lucky TOP 15 artists? Scroll down and find out! TOP 10 Jury selection: Read More …
An international jury of 11 members advises the Artist Call for Action. Coming from different backgrounds, all members bring their passion, personal knowledge and experience together on the selection of the 5 winning art projects of The Universal Sea Open Call. The Read More …
We received more than 250 applications from 38 countries from all around the world. By going through the submissions, we were thrilled and astonished by the quality of the project and the effort put by each candidate. Thus, we had a hard but Read More …
The open call for artists is officially launched! Get your tools ready and set your imagination free: We are seeking out for artworks and projects which deal with water in the Anthropocene’s context contributing to our projects theme “The Universal Read More …
Launching an ambitious change initiative The sun is shining brightly in Berlin’s sky. People are starting to gather in the hall of the Freie Universität Berlin for the 2017 edition of the Entrepreneurship Summit focussing this year on the power and Read More …
Our project launches officially during the Entrepreneurship Summit, Stiftung Entrepreneurship, October 21 -22, 2017. We are looking forward to meeting you! Come and join our panel discussion Art and Innovation “New business models between artists and entrepreneurs in the creative area” Speakers: Read More …