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Our young artists connect, create and communicate for the 🌎 >38,000 participants in 142 countries! #OceanAwarenessContest
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🔗 www.bowseat.org/gallery
Creativity isn’t optional in environmental action - it’s essential. 🌍
Bow Seat empowers young people to turn art and storytelling into environmental impact.
What story would you tell for the planet?
#BowSeat #ocean #climatechange #artivism
Bow Seat empowers young people to turn art and storytelling into environmental impact.
What story would you tell for the planet?
#BowSeat #ocean #climatechange #artivism
January 29, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Creativity isn’t optional in environmental action - it’s essential. 🌍
Bow Seat empowers young people to turn art and storytelling into environmental impact.
What story would you tell for the planet?
#BowSeat #ocean #climatechange #artivism
Bow Seat empowers young people to turn art and storytelling into environmental impact.
What story would you tell for the planet?
#BowSeat #ocean #climatechange #artivism
Last week, Bow Seat joined innovators, leaders & changemakers at the Earthshot Innovation Award Ceremony at the JFK Library. 🌱
What idea would you bring into the room? 💭💡
#Earthshot #BowSeat
What idea would you bring into the room? 💭💡
#Earthshot #BowSeat
January 27, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Last week, Bow Seat joined innovators, leaders & changemakers at the Earthshot Innovation Award Ceremony at the JFK Library. 🌱
What idea would you bring into the room? 💭💡
#Earthshot #BowSeat
What idea would you bring into the room? 💭💡
#Earthshot #BowSeat
What happens when the places that once let us breathe disappear? 🌱
Breathe, Despite by Chaebeom Lim transforms loss into reflection - showing a human face built from trash, marked by the damage we inflict on nature. Yet at its core, nature still lives and breathes.
Breathe, Despite by Chaebeom Lim transforms loss into reflection - showing a human face built from trash, marked by the damage we inflict on nature. Yet at its core, nature still lives and breathes.
January 25, 2026 at 5:28 PM
What happens when the places that once let us breathe disappear? 🌱
Breathe, Despite by Chaebeom Lim transforms loss into reflection - showing a human face built from trash, marked by the damage we inflict on nature. Yet at its core, nature still lives and breathes.
Breathe, Despite by Chaebeom Lim transforms loss into reflection - showing a human face built from trash, marked by the damage we inflict on nature. Yet at its core, nature still lives and breathes.
In Seattle, environmental activism looks like art 🎨🐟
Artist Austin Picinich’s Save Our Salmon uses murals and community paint days to raise awareness about the hidden streams salmon depend on to survive.
Read how art can protect ecosystems ⬇️
bowseat.org/news/environ...
Artist Austin Picinich’s Save Our Salmon uses murals and community paint days to raise awareness about the hidden streams salmon depend on to survive.
Read how art can protect ecosystems ⬇️
bowseat.org/news/environ...
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In Seattle, environmental activism looks like art 🎨🐟
Artist Austin Picinich’s Save Our Salmon uses murals and community paint days to raise awareness about the hidden streams salmon depend on to survive.
Read how art can protect ecosystems ⬇️
bowseat.org/news/environ...
Artist Austin Picinich’s Save Our Salmon uses murals and community paint days to raise awareness about the hidden streams salmon depend on to survive.
Read how art can protect ecosystems ⬇️
bowseat.org/news/environ...
Meet Malika Gizzat, Bow Seat's Alumni Advisor 🌍
A creative environmental activist, Malika uses video storytelling to communicate environmental issues.
Former 2023 #FBYC & #WorldOceanDay Youth Advisor - now mentoring the next wave of leaders. 💙
#BowSeat
A creative environmental activist, Malika uses video storytelling to communicate environmental issues.
Former 2023 #FBYC & #WorldOceanDay Youth Advisor - now mentoring the next wave of leaders. 💙
#BowSeat
January 20, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Meet Malika Gizzat, Bow Seat's Alumni Advisor 🌍
A creative environmental activist, Malika uses video storytelling to communicate environmental issues.
Former 2023 #FBYC & #WorldOceanDay Youth Advisor - now mentoring the next wave of leaders. 💙
#BowSeat
A creative environmental activist, Malika uses video storytelling to communicate environmental issues.
Former 2023 #FBYC & #WorldOceanDay Youth Advisor - now mentoring the next wave of leaders. 💙
#BowSeat
A historic moment for the ocean 🌊
The High Seas Treaty has officially entered into force. Ratified in September 2025, it is the first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in the high seas: ocean areas beyond national borders.
A major win for our shared ocean. 🌍
The High Seas Treaty has officially entered into force. Ratified in September 2025, it is the first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in the high seas: ocean areas beyond national borders.
A major win for our shared ocean. 🌍
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
A historic moment for the ocean 🌊
The High Seas Treaty has officially entered into force. Ratified in September 2025, it is the first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in the high seas: ocean areas beyond national borders.
A major win for our shared ocean. 🌍
The High Seas Treaty has officially entered into force. Ratified in September 2025, it is the first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in the high seas: ocean areas beyond national borders.
A major win for our shared ocean. 🌍
We’re excited to announce the 2026 True Blue Fellows 💙
These young leaders are launching creative, self-initiated projects for ocean and climate action - proving that youth voices drive real change. 🌊🌍
Learn more: bowseat.org/programs/tru...
#BowSeat #TrueBlueFellows #oceans
These young leaders are launching creative, self-initiated projects for ocean and climate action - proving that youth voices drive real change. 🌊🌍
Learn more: bowseat.org/programs/tru...
#BowSeat #TrueBlueFellows #oceans
January 15, 2026 at 7:18 PM
We’re excited to announce the 2026 True Blue Fellows 💙
These young leaders are launching creative, self-initiated projects for ocean and climate action - proving that youth voices drive real change. 🌊🌍
Learn more: bowseat.org/programs/tru...
#BowSeat #TrueBlueFellows #oceans
These young leaders are launching creative, self-initiated projects for ocean and climate action - proving that youth voices drive real change. 🌊🌍
Learn more: bowseat.org/programs/tru...
#BowSeat #TrueBlueFellows #oceans
🌍✨ Action For Nature is now accepting applications for the 2026 International Young Eco-Hero Awards (ages 8–16)!
💰 Prizes up to $1,000 | 🌱 Global recognition
⏰ Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
👉 actionfornature.org/eco-hero-awa...
#BowSeat #Artivism #YouthEmpowerment
💰 Prizes up to $1,000 | 🌱 Global recognition
⏰ Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
👉 actionfornature.org/eco-hero-awa...
#BowSeat #Artivism #YouthEmpowerment
January 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
🌍✨ Action For Nature is now accepting applications for the 2026 International Young Eco-Hero Awards (ages 8–16)!
💰 Prizes up to $1,000 | 🌱 Global recognition
⏰ Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
👉 actionfornature.org/eco-hero-awa...
#BowSeat #Artivism #YouthEmpowerment
💰 Prizes up to $1,000 | 🌱 Global recognition
⏰ Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
👉 actionfornature.org/eco-hero-awa...
#BowSeat #Artivism #YouthEmpowerment
For generations, artists have turned to nature for inspiration. Today, youth creatives are transforming that inspiration into artivism,using storytelling, visual art, film, and poetry to protect our planet.
At Bow Seat, we amplify young voices who turn creativity into action. 🌿
At Bow Seat, we amplify young voices who turn creativity into action. 🌿
January 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
For generations, artists have turned to nature for inspiration. Today, youth creatives are transforming that inspiration into artivism,using storytelling, visual art, film, and poetry to protect our planet.
At Bow Seat, we amplify young voices who turn creativity into action. 🌿
At Bow Seat, we amplify young voices who turn creativity into action. 🌿
Microplastics are found everywhere 😱
In our latest True Blue Fellowship Project Spotlight, discover FiberFusion ⚡️ where art and science collide to expose the hidden impacts of plastic pollution through UV-reactive marine paintings.
bowseat.org/news/true-bl...
In our latest True Blue Fellowship Project Spotlight, discover FiberFusion ⚡️ where art and science collide to expose the hidden impacts of plastic pollution through UV-reactive marine paintings.
bowseat.org/news/true-bl...
January 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Microplastics are found everywhere 😱
In our latest True Blue Fellowship Project Spotlight, discover FiberFusion ⚡️ where art and science collide to expose the hidden impacts of plastic pollution through UV-reactive marine paintings.
bowseat.org/news/true-bl...
In our latest True Blue Fellowship Project Spotlight, discover FiberFusion ⚡️ where art and science collide to expose the hidden impacts of plastic pollution through UV-reactive marine paintings.
bowseat.org/news/true-bl...
🌊 Meet the 2026 Future Blue Youth Council 💙
A global group of young leaders using creativity, storytelling, and action to shape the fight for a more just and sustainable world.
Welcome to a new year of youth-led impact.
#FBYC #BowSeat #youthaction
A global group of young leaders using creativity, storytelling, and action to shape the fight for a more just and sustainable world.
Welcome to a new year of youth-led impact.
#FBYC #BowSeat #youthaction
January 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
🌊 Meet the 2026 Future Blue Youth Council 💙
A global group of young leaders using creativity, storytelling, and action to shape the fight for a more just and sustainable world.
Welcome to a new year of youth-led impact.
#FBYC #BowSeat #youthaction
A global group of young leaders using creativity, storytelling, and action to shape the fight for a more just and sustainable world.
Welcome to a new year of youth-led impact.
#FBYC #BowSeat #youthaction
Happy New Year! ✨🌊
We’re starting 2026 with the Ocean Awareness Contest 2026 - inviting young creatives worldwide to use art, storytelling, and media to speak for our ocean and planet.
Here’s to a year of bold ideas and powerful youth voices.
🔗 bowseat.org/programs/oce...
We’re starting 2026 with the Ocean Awareness Contest 2026 - inviting young creatives worldwide to use art, storytelling, and media to speak for our ocean and planet.
Here’s to a year of bold ideas and powerful youth voices.
🔗 bowseat.org/programs/oce...
January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Happy New Year! ✨🌊
We’re starting 2026 with the Ocean Awareness Contest 2026 - inviting young creatives worldwide to use art, storytelling, and media to speak for our ocean and planet.
Here’s to a year of bold ideas and powerful youth voices.
🔗 bowseat.org/programs/oce...
We’re starting 2026 with the Ocean Awareness Contest 2026 - inviting young creatives worldwide to use art, storytelling, and media to speak for our ocean and planet.
Here’s to a year of bold ideas and powerful youth voices.
🔗 bowseat.org/programs/oce...
2025 was a year of answering big questions with creativity.
Young people turned uncertainty into art, concern into courage, and imagination into action.
As we step into 2026, we carry these stories forward, and make space for new ones.
Happy New Year from Bow Seat ✨
Young people turned uncertainty into art, concern into courage, and imagination into action.
As we step into 2026, we carry these stories forward, and make space for new ones.
Happy New Year from Bow Seat ✨
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
2025 was a year of answering big questions with creativity.
Young people turned uncertainty into art, concern into courage, and imagination into action.
As we step into 2026, we carry these stories forward, and make space for new ones.
Happy New Year from Bow Seat ✨
Young people turned uncertainty into art, concern into courage, and imagination into action.
As we step into 2026, we carry these stories forward, and make space for new ones.
Happy New Year from Bow Seat ✨
This holiday season, we wish you moments of rest, reflection, and connection, with each other, and with the natural world that inspires everything we do.
Happy holidays from all of us at Bow Seat. ✨💙
#BowSeat #artivism #christmas
Happy holidays from all of us at Bow Seat. ✨💙
#BowSeat #artivism #christmas
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This holiday season, we wish you moments of rest, reflection, and connection, with each other, and with the natural world that inspires everything we do.
Happy holidays from all of us at Bow Seat. ✨💙
#BowSeat #artivism #christmas
Happy holidays from all of us at Bow Seat. ✨💙
#BowSeat #artivism #christmas
Through her art & work with Bow Seat, Kalinago youth Tana Valmond shows us that climate action starts with listening: to land, stories, and Indigenous voices 🗣️
Read more:
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Read more:
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December 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Through her art & work with Bow Seat, Kalinago youth Tana Valmond shows us that climate action starts with listening: to land, stories, and Indigenous voices 🗣️
Read more:
cs.org/publications...
Read more:
cs.org/publications...
📸🌱 Alumni Spotlight: Sabine Cuesta
From photographing birds and insects in Ontario to advocating for coexistence with nature, Bow Seat alum and 2024 FBYC member Sabine Cuesta shows how art can drive environmental action.
bowseat.org/news/through...
From photographing birds and insects in Ontario to advocating for coexistence with nature, Bow Seat alum and 2024 FBYC member Sabine Cuesta shows how art can drive environmental action.
bowseat.org/news/through...
December 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📸🌱 Alumni Spotlight: Sabine Cuesta
From photographing birds and insects in Ontario to advocating for coexistence with nature, Bow Seat alum and 2024 FBYC member Sabine Cuesta shows how art can drive environmental action.
bowseat.org/news/through...
From photographing birds and insects in Ontario to advocating for coexistence with nature, Bow Seat alum and 2024 FBYC member Sabine Cuesta shows how art can drive environmental action.
bowseat.org/news/through...
We're excited to share that one of this year's True Blue Fellows Alex Mkwizu has won First Place a the Creation Africa - Second Edition in Lagos for his Kilwa VR Project.
We are proud to celebrate Alex's creativity, vision, and impact beyond the Fellowship.
#BowSeat
We are proud to celebrate Alex's creativity, vision, and impact beyond the Fellowship.
#BowSeat
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We're excited to share that one of this year's True Blue Fellows Alex Mkwizu has won First Place a the Creation Africa - Second Edition in Lagos for his Kilwa VR Project.
We are proud to celebrate Alex's creativity, vision, and impact beyond the Fellowship.
#BowSeat
We are proud to celebrate Alex's creativity, vision, and impact beyond the Fellowship.
#BowSeat
Another incredible and inspiring 2025 winner ✨
Read the powerful words of our Senior Gold winner Sierra Elman. A beautiful, moving piece with vivid imagery reminding us why youth voices matter.
See the full list of winners at: bowseat.org
#BowSeat
Read the powerful words of our Senior Gold winner Sierra Elman. A beautiful, moving piece with vivid imagery reminding us why youth voices matter.
See the full list of winners at: bowseat.org
#BowSeat
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Another incredible and inspiring 2025 winner ✨
Read the powerful words of our Senior Gold winner Sierra Elman. A beautiful, moving piece with vivid imagery reminding us why youth voices matter.
See the full list of winners at: bowseat.org
#BowSeat
Read the powerful words of our Senior Gold winner Sierra Elman. A beautiful, moving piece with vivid imagery reminding us why youth voices matter.
See the full list of winners at: bowseat.org
#BowSeat
Meet Fredrick, a 2025 True Blue Fellow from Kenya, whose work transforms conservation into a living expression of Maasai identity 🌍✨
Read the full story: bowseat.org/news/safegua...
Read the full story: bowseat.org/news/safegua...
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Meet Fredrick, a 2025 True Blue Fellow from Kenya, whose work transforms conservation into a living expression of Maasai identity 🌍✨
Read the full story: bowseat.org/news/safegua...
Read the full story: bowseat.org/news/safegua...
o say, and it’s beautiful.
Their words remind us why youth voices matter in the movement for our planet. 🌍💙
Let the poem speak to you, move you, inspire you. 📝💫
#BowSeat #OceanAwarenessContest #artivism
Their words remind us why youth voices matter in the movement for our planet. 🌍💙
Let the poem speak to you, move you, inspire you. 📝💫
#BowSeat #OceanAwarenessContest #artivism
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
o say, and it’s beautiful.
Their words remind us why youth voices matter in the movement for our planet. 🌍💙
Let the poem speak to you, move you, inspire you. 📝💫
#BowSeat #OceanAwarenessContest #artivism
Their words remind us why youth voices matter in the movement for our planet. 🌍💙
Let the poem speak to you, move you, inspire you. 📝💫
#BowSeat #OceanAwarenessContest #artivism
Bow Seat is proud to announce the 2025 Senior Handcrafted Art Winners. Through hands and minds, these young artists shed light on the beauty and challenges facing our planet.
We congratulate all awardees for their commitment to using art as a force for environmental engagement.
We congratulate all awardees for their commitment to using art as a force for environmental engagement.
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Bow Seat is proud to announce the 2025 Senior Handcrafted Art Winners. Through hands and minds, these young artists shed light on the beauty and challenges facing our planet.
We congratulate all awardees for their commitment to using art as a force for environmental engagement.
We congratulate all awardees for their commitment to using art as a force for environmental engagement.
Today is Giving Day!
We invite you to help us sponsor the next generation of young artivists: students who use creativity and courage to speak for our planet.
Donate at: bowseat.org/donate/ and help nurture the next generation of environmental storytellers!
We invite you to help us sponsor the next generation of young artivists: students who use creativity and courage to speak for our planet.
Donate at: bowseat.org/donate/ and help nurture the next generation of environmental storytellers!
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Today is Giving Day!
We invite you to help us sponsor the next generation of young artivists: students who use creativity and courage to speak for our planet.
Donate at: bowseat.org/donate/ and help nurture the next generation of environmental storytellers!
We invite you to help us sponsor the next generation of young artivists: students who use creativity and courage to speak for our planet.
Donate at: bowseat.org/donate/ and help nurture the next generation of environmental storytellers!
✨ Meet our 2025 Junior Handcrafted Art Winners! ✨
From paper to clay, thread to found materials, these young artists turned environmental change into powerful stories. Their creations remind us that protecting our planet begins with imagination and care. 🌎💙
From paper to clay, thread to found materials, these young artists turned environmental change into powerful stories. Their creations remind us that protecting our planet begins with imagination and care. 🌎💙
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
✨ Meet our 2025 Junior Handcrafted Art Winners! ✨
From paper to clay, thread to found materials, these young artists turned environmental change into powerful stories. Their creations remind us that protecting our planet begins with imagination and care. 🌎💙
From paper to clay, thread to found materials, these young artists turned environmental change into powerful stories. Their creations remind us that protecting our planet begins with imagination and care. 🌎💙
Congratulations to our 2025 Educator Innovation Award Winners!
These teachers used the Ocean Awareness Contest to give students agency, creativity, and a deeper connection to nature. Meet the educators empowering the next wave of ocean stewards. 💙
🔗 bowseat.org/news/congrat...
These teachers used the Ocean Awareness Contest to give students agency, creativity, and a deeper connection to nature. Meet the educators empowering the next wave of ocean stewards. 💙
🔗 bowseat.org/news/congrat...
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Congratulations to our 2025 Educator Innovation Award Winners!
These teachers used the Ocean Awareness Contest to give students agency, creativity, and a deeper connection to nature. Meet the educators empowering the next wave of ocean stewards. 💙
🔗 bowseat.org/news/congrat...
These teachers used the Ocean Awareness Contest to give students agency, creativity, and a deeper connection to nature. Meet the educators empowering the next wave of ocean stewards. 💙
🔗 bowseat.org/news/congrat...