Wod 2024

Mundus maris celebrated World Ocean Day in Brussels, Belgium, highlighting the importance of the ocean even for those who do not live on the coast. During the first event at Tour & Taxis park, visitors participated in educational activities about ocean acidification and marine protection, also enjoying games and interactive applications that promote marine sustainability awareness. Other events took place in Argentina, Cameroon, Germany, Nigeria, Senegal and Spain.

WOD kicks off at the Brussels Environment Festival, 2 June 2024

WOD kicks off at the Brussels Environment Festival, 2 June 2024

This year again, the environment festival in Brussels offered a good opportunity to carry the message of World Ocean Day. On 2 June 2024, in [...]

Awaken New Depths, celebrating in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Awaken New Depths, celebrating in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Activities started already on 3 June, 2024 and extended to 8 June, World Ocean Day itself, all inspired by this year's UN motto. To commemorate [...]

Celebrating World Ocean Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Celebrating World Ocean Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina

During the World Ocean Day 2024 event at the University of Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 6 June 2024 several noteworthy presentations and activities took [...]

World Ocean Day concert in Alcalá de Henares, Spain

World Ocean Day concert in Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Alcalá de Henares, birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes and 30 km from Madrid, has its origins in the Roman city of COMPLUTUM. Today the city [...]

Mundus maris celebrates World Ocean Day 2024 with Ocean Summit in Kiel, Germany

Mundus maris celebrates World Ocean Day 2024 with Ocean Summit in Kiel, Germany

Kiel, the capital city of Schleswig Holstein, Germany, works hard to become a leading city for ocean protection on the Baltic Sea. For several years [...]

Role Play in Cameroon

Role Play in Cameroon

Our long-term partners in Cameroon are the Ocean Volunteers (Bénévoles Océan) with Jeauberte Djamou at the helm. In recent years they often organised beach clean [...]

World Ocean Day Virtual Seminar: Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean and Climate – Lagos calling

World Ocean Day Virtual Seminar: Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean and Climate – Lagos calling

On June 8th, the World Ocean Day Virtual Seminar titled "Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean and Climate" was held out of Lagos, Nigeria, bringing together experts [...]

Soccer as a communication tool for ocean protection

Soccer as a communication tool for ocean protection

The 2024 edition of World Ocean Day was celebrated by the 19 football training schools in the municipality of Hann Bel Air. These schools are organized [...]

World Ocean Day with the Kawabata Yasunari School in Hann, Senegal

World Ocean Day with the Kawabata Yasunari School in Hann, Senegal

Collaboration around World Ocean Day with Mundus maris has become already something of a tradition with the Kawabata Yasunari School in Hann, Senegal. The Director, Mr. [...]

Exhibition “Rhythms of Nature” in Buenos Aires adds artistic flavour to World Ocean week

Exhibition “Rhythms of Nature” in Buenos Aires adds artistic flavour to World Ocean week

Mundus maris proudly sponsored the exhibition "Rhythms of Nature" by Laura Bustamante, curated by Maite Paladini in the spacious atrium of the Universidad de Belgrano in [...]