okeanos - Stiftung für das Meer

Okeanos - Foundation for the Sea

Okeanos, one of the first gods in the ancient Greeks’ heaven and, at the same time, a personification of the ocean itself, forms a bond between the material and the spiritual and stands as sponsor to our foundation. The ocean is at once a unique bridge between continents, an ally of the global climate, and closely associated with our lives as human beings. If the ocean suffers, so do all living creatures including ourselves. Being home to countless animals and plants, it stands in need of our protection. We fund scientific projects devoted to marine conservation and make their findings available to the public. We also aim to render the fascinating wonders of the deep more widely known.
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Dieter Paulmann and Okeanos Team

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20. 02. 2012

Lingering Doubts About Obama's Keystone Pipeline Decision

In this blog, previously published in the Huffington Post, well-know conservationist Carl Safina applauds President Obama's decision to stop the Keystone Pipeline but encourages environmentalists to push for positive, creative solutions and vision, rather than simply opposing destructive practices. The environmental community needs both sophisticated strategy and visible public energy and excitement.Read Article

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