Ocean Literacy

You protect what you love, and you love what you know and understand! That’s why spreading knowledge about the Baltic Sea and the many challenges it faces is so essential.

HELCOM’s 2024 ocean literacy campaign aims to raise awareness of the key focus areas of the Baltic Sea Action Plan and provide practical resources to support civil engagement.

The materials consist of four videos on biodiversity, eutrophication, hazardous substances and litter as well as sea-based activities (shipping).

What is ocean literacy?

Ocean literacy is an understanding of the ocean’s influence on you—and your influence on the ocean. The Earth has one big ocean with many features, as all major watersheds on Earth drain to the ocean.

Find out more about the seven Essential Principles of Ocean Literacy here.

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Resources

Ocean Literacy self-paced training courses

(Available until end of 2024) – A series of self-paced Ocean Literacy training courses has been developed by IOC-UNESCO, specifically targeting educators, media professionals, architects and urban planners, government officials and civil society and are hosted on IOC-UNESCO’s training platform, OceanTeacher Global Academy. These self-paced courses include lectures, case-studies, video messages from guest speakers, quizzes and online forums, as well as recorded webinars.

Link to the course selection