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Blue Futures

Posted on August 22, 2024By BuketDonmez

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The Universal Sea

Posted on October 7, 2017By Nicole Loeser

Learn more about our movement to accelerate positive futures of our oceans! Read More ...

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The Universal Sea Guidebook

Posted on September 11, 2018By Tina Bayer

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Ocean Future Lab

Posted on July 8, 2024By Nicole Loeser

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Ocean Future School Lab

Posted on July 8, 2024By Nicole Loeser

Our School Lab is currently prototyped in German schools. Read More ...

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Sustainable Coastal Futures

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How to save the oceans?

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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Congratulations to the Social Art Award 2025 Winners!

Celebrating Artistic Visions for Planetary Healing and Ocean Health We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Social Art Award ...
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July 9, 2025 / Coline Henri / Artwork, Initiative, News

Syntezia Open 2025 (European Maritime Day Geneva)

Where Art, Policy, and Innovation Meet the Ocean On June 10th, as part of the 2025 European Maritime Day Geneva ...
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May 21, 2025 / Coline Henri / Initiative, News

Blue School Symposium: Shaping Ocean Literacy in Education

Our planet’s oceans are a vital life-support system, yet they are increasingly under strain from pollution, overfishing, and the impacts ...
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May 12, 2025 / BuketDonmez / Art for change, blue tribes, Inspirations, interdisciplinary, Knowledge, News, ocean decade, Ocean Health, Planetary healing, positive change, Image, Social Art Award
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Open Call - art and innovation

The Universal Sea – Third Open Call For Short Films

Posted onAugust 17, 2018AuthorNicole Loeser

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 …

CategoriesInitiative, NewsTagsFilms, Movies, Open Call

TUS_public voting

Public voting for second open call entries ends soon!

Posted onAugust 16, 2018November 16, 2018AuthorNicole Loeser

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 …

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Julia Vegh - Budapest Festival

Art Moments – The Universal Sea Budapest Festival

Posted onAugust 10, 2018August 24, 2018AuthorNicole Loeser

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 …

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WATT EN SCHLICK FESTIVAL

Posted onJuly 25, 2018July 25, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

CategoriesInitiative, Inspirations, NewsTagsart, Festival, Germany, music, Workshop

Frankie Moughton-Small

The Universal Sea – Second Open Call

Posted onJuly 25, 2018August 11, 2018AuthorNicole Loeser

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 …

CategoriesInitiative, NewsTagsOpen Call

The Ocean Plastics Lab

Posted onJuly 18, 2018July 18, 2018AuthorGrace Hewitt

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 …

CategoriesInitiative, Inspirations, News

thecamp

Are you a busy bee? Thecamp’s HIVE residency might be for you!

Posted onJuly 18, 2018July 18, 2018AuthorGrace Hewitt

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 …

CategoriesInitiative, Inspirations, News

A city literally built on water – what could be better for The Universal Sea?!

Posted onJune 15, 2018AuthorGrace Hewitt

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 …

CategoriesInspirations, News

Ecofeminist

The Universal Sea featured in ECOFEMINIST Magazine

Posted onJune 15, 2018AuthorAlasdair McTernan

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 …

CategoriesKnowledge, NewsTagsAmsterdam, Ecofeminist, Interview, Netherlands

university of flensburg

Frankie Moughton-Small at The University of Flensburg

Posted onJune 11, 2018August 11, 2018AuthorFrankie Moughton-Small

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 …

CategoriesArtwork, NewsTagsart, artist in residence, The Universal Sea

Amsterdam

The Universals Sea x WeMakeThe.City, Amsterdam 21-22 June 2018

Posted onJune 2, 2018June 20, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

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kosovo

Kosovo here we come! 9 – 10 June 2018

Posted onJune 1, 2018June 5, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

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Who’s Meeting Us in Finland? (I wish I were)

Posted onMay 31, 2018June 1, 2018AuthorGrace Hewitt

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 …

CategoriesInspirations, News

A great university for a great venue: The Aalto University in Espoo

Posted onMay 29, 2018May 28, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

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The Universal Sea Finland Station

What’s up in Espoo/Helsinki, Finland? 5 – 6 June 2018

Posted onMay 11, 2018May 25, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

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Grand Opening

The Grand Opening at Center of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Poland

Posted onMay 11, 2018August 14, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

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Center of Polish Sculpture

The Grand Opening of The Universal Sea – Pure or Plastic?!

Posted onApril 12, 2018September 24, 2018AuthorYingyi Han

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 …

CategoriesNewsTagsart and science, exhibition, opening, Oronsko, Poland

TOP 5 Winners of our first Artist Open Call

Posted onApril 11, 2018June 18, 2019AuthorEleonora Bidiville

*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 …

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TOP 100 - Water Festival

The Water Festival – Can art be a catalyst for change?

Posted onApril 6, 2018April 16, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

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shortlisted artists' selection

Shortlisted artist selection is out! Congrats to our artists.

Posted onFebruary 28, 2018March 17, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

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Meet our Jury Members !

Posted onFebruary 21, 2018March 2, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

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Top 100 artworks - Public voting

The Universal Sea Top 100 artworks – Check them out!

Posted onJanuary 17, 2018March 6, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

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Universal Sea Artist Open Call

The Universal Sea – Call for Artists

Posted onNovember 7, 2017November 15, 2017AuthorEleonora Bidiville

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 …

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Universal Sea project to fight waste in the sea - Kicks Off

The art and innovation project against the plastic epidemic, kicks off!

Posted onOctober 23, 2017June 27, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville1 Comment

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 …

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The Universal Sea Kick-Off

Posted onSeptember 28, 2017March 6, 2018AuthorViktoria Trosien

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 …

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