We bring children and young people in contact with the sea.

First developed as a public outreach day for an international scientific workshop “School on the Beach” is now an event on its own. The program runs in Italy already for more than ten years. Each event attracts several hundred kids and teenagers.

Our contacts worldwide enable us to carry “School on the Beach” into other regions of the planet. This initiative connects a qualified person (e.g. marine biologist, naturalist) with a host (e.g. hotel owner, city council) who together invite a group of students to a day of “School on the Beach”. Activities may include presentations, guided tours along the beach, snorkelling trips, boat excursions or activities like the exploration of tide pools, analysis of flotsam or interviews with traditional fishermen, just to name a few.

Major focus is put on the personal experience of the participants, and the local reference in a global context. We also bring forward the international collaboration by the young persons themselves by encouraging them to produce any kind of “result” of the event, be it a drawing, photographs, a short written report or a video. The media will then be selected for publication on the AQUEIS website in order to share them with others kids around the globe.