The Blue Lights project – Our Gardens, Your Oceans (…), Zabrze, Poland

Ocean and Water Literacy lecture and workshops for teachers

Blue Education Workshop III: Educational Resources, BlueLightS.

27 of April I attended third workshop in the BlueLightS Blue Education Framework Workshop Series explores how to design, develop, and scale high-quality educational resources that support Blue Education across formal schooling. The session will focus on how open, accessible, and curriculum-linked materials can enable teachers to integrate river and ocean sustainability into everyday teaching practice — across subjects and levels — while ensuring equity, usability, and long-term impact.

Citizen Science as an Educational Tool for Blue Schools: the Case of the MINKA Platform.

30 of April I took part in the webinar “Citizen Science as an Educational Tool for Blue Schools: the Case of the MINKA Platform,” organized within the BlueSchools initiative. The webinar presented how citizen science can support education by actively involving students in real research activities. It introduced the MINKA platform as a tool that allows collecting and sharing environmental data, especially related to aquatic ecosystems. The session highlighted how such activities develop students’ scientific skills, increase their environmental awareness, and encourage engagement in protecting water resources.

Water Explorers Talk – webinar – FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education)

I attended the Water Explorers Talk featuring Christine Figgener, a marine biologist and internationally recognized science communicator. During the session, Christine shared her firsthand experiences in marine conservation, highlighting the challenges faced by marine wildlife and emphasizing how awareness can lead to meaningful action to protect our oceans. The talk was part of FEE’s Water Explorers campaign, which promotes the protection of oceans and freshwater ecosystems. We also learned about inspiring case studies from the FEE network, showing how communities and young people are actively working to safeguard water environments.