Sustainability

Ocean College is guided by the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN’s Agenda 2030.

During our trip, we place great emphasis on conscious action and critical thinking. We encourage our participants to address possible improvements regarding waste separation, resource use, consumer behavior and the protection of nature and culture and to implement them together.

Six goals of the 2030 Agenda are particularly important to us:

High quality education

A unique educational experience -open to feedback and development.

The participants are the focus and therefore we are always open for their feedback. Also for this reason we have developed a feedback system for the journey with our learning book.

Equality

Discrimination will not be tolerated. We are committed to equality.

We do not tolerate any form of discrimination based on skin color, religion, gender or origin. If you experience discrimination during your trip, we ask you for civil courage and for open communication with the crew or the Ocean College team.

Responsible Consumption

We are working to reduce our consumption of resources.

In the western world we live in abundance in many ways. This is not the case everywhere and especially on a ship, vital resources must be used sparingly.

climate protection

We are committed to climate protection in the long term and focus on sustainable projects.

In the long term, we are working towards reducing our impact on the climate by reforesting rainforests and trading in CO2-free coffee and creating a positive balance in the long term.

life under water

We actively contribute to the protection of maritime habitats and remove rubbish.

With our beach clean-ups in the Caribbean, we want to actively contribute to the protection of maritime habitats. This also applies to visits to coral reefs and coasts. We don’t leave rubbish behind and where we find it, we take it out.

life on land

We protect natural habitats and participate in reforestation projects.

Here, too, we protect natural habitats and leave no waste behind. In Costa Rica, we are actively involved in protecting the rainforest around Puerto Viejo.