ALL FOR BLUE  - Protect the oceans

All For Blue is an environmental non-profit organization with international activities of a purely educational nature, founded by Katerina Topouzoglou. Its purpose is to protect the marine ecosystem, inform the public, and inspire the new generation. With our ocean conservation seminars, we aim to inform future generations about the balance of marine ecosystem, to provide ways to avoid single use plastics, and to tell the truth about what is really happening in the oceans. With beach and underwater cleanups we aim to show to the participants how to organise a cleanup, act as a team and raise awareness.

It is our philosophy that through education, collaborations and dedication we can help to spread awareness, and motivate and empower communities everywhere we go to act for the environment and make the difference.

At All For Blue, three main programs are implemented:

Education - We organize educational seminars for the protection of the marine ecosystem. Participants can learn about the value of protecting and rescuing the marine environment, understand concepts such as ‘sustainable management’ and ‘sustainability’ in a simple way, and realize what they can do to contribute to the preservation of the marine ecosystem, such as avoiding the use of plastics. Our goal is to sensitize future generations to the enormous importance of the balance of the marine ecosystem, provide ways to avoid single-use plastics, and reveal the truth about what is really happening in the depths of the oceans worldwide. Participants in the educational program receive an official diploma from the international organization PADI Aware and a volunteer diploma, which are useful assets for their future, as students can use them in their resumes. To date, more than 55,000 children have attended All For Blue’s educational programs.

Hands-on Beach and Underwater Clean-Up Actions - With coastal and underwater clean-ups, our goal is to show participants how to organize a coastal clean-up, act as a team, and raise awareness. Field action enhances student participation, initiative, teamwork, attitude, and cultural change. It shapes consciousness and strengthens the need to protect the marine ecosystem.

Circular Economy - Some of plastic waste we remove from the seabeds and beaches is specially processed and cleaned, then converted into granules and subsequently into bins for all the classes of the school complexes that participate in our actions. The plastics return to the local community in the form of useful objects.

It is the All For Blue teams belief that through these efforts we are given a rare and valuable opportunity to offer something important to the next generation; to do something beyond ourselves, something that triggers a positive change in a large number of people, directly or indirectly, and something that can substantially help the marine environment.

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