Welcome to "Our Common Baltic" 2024
This educational course has over 25 years of history. It started as an annual training on a ship “Amaila” (a 25 m long 100-years old wooden ship!) by sailing in the Baltic Sea and bringing together young professionals and activists interested in the Baltic Sea protection.
Since then, it gathered over 300 participants from all Baltic countries, enriching their knowledges in the environmental protection and bringing new active people into it.
26 - 31 August 2024
Kerteminde, Denmark
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Edition 2024, COASTWATCH TRAINING & PLASTIC MONITORINg
Our Common Baltic course edition 2024 was dedicated to CoastWatch training and plastic monitoring in Denmark. Coastwatch is a tool for those who are interested in citizen science and want to personally participate in public observations of the sea coasts, identify problems, and help find solutions to preserve the natural environment of the Baltic Sea.
We started with an introduction on CoastWatch and Plastic monitoring, asking ourself why CoastWatch is needed, how it is organised in Denmark, what we can do according to the plastic audit procedure, and this was combined with on-site practice.
During the 5 days' event, we dived in the following topics:
- Bioindication and water with lectures and practical measurements.
- Harbour Porpoise, the only whale in the Baltic Sea
- Meeting with the local community
- Cross-cutting topics such as climate change and the Lynetteholm as an example of a hotspot and large infrastructure projeсt.
- The Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) and good environmental status for the Baltic Sea.
For each day we combined lectures in plenum, group work, field work, laboratory work, socializing between the participants and local community. The Our Common Baltic 2024 programme presented multiple chances for networking and partnership, as well as best examples of environmental activism, and life discussions with the experts.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
WHO
- 20 participants from the Baltic Sea Region.
- Age: 18-24.
- Sphere of interest: community activism, non-formal education and environmental protection. We were looking for participants who were ready to actively spread and share the knowledge acquired during the course.
WHERE
Marine Biological Research Center and Fjord & Bælt, Kerteminde, Denmark
WHEN
From 26 to 31 August, 2024 in a picturesque location in Denmark.
RGISTRATION
The registration is closed but stay tuned for the next edition of Our Common Baltic Course in 2025.
COSTS
The course was free of charge.
The costs of the participation (accommodation, travels, meals, lectures and outdoor activities) were covered by CCB.
Refunded costs for participants are up to 200 Euro (travel costs for participants from EU Member States, as well as from Eastern Partnership countries).
Please,
DO NOT buy any tickets
before getting a confirmation from the organizers.
CCB is not responsible for injury or loss of property during Our Common Baltic.
Lectures
Patricia Balla, Coalition Clean Baltic
Environmental Communication
Katrine Astrup Jacobsen, University Southern Denmark
Citizen Science
Camille Fraizy, Coalition Clean Baltic
Gender and environment
Working Area Leader Maritime, Coalition Clean Baltic
CoastWatch
Martynas Balsys, Student Scientific Society of Natural Sciences
Youth organisation
Catherine Evsukova, Coalition Clean Baltic
Baltic Sea Action Plan
Catherine Evsukova, Coalition Clean Baltic
Lynetteholm
Working Area Leader Maritime, Coalition Clean Baltic
Maritime Spatial Planning Game
Pictures from the event
Meet our participants
The event is co-organised by the Fjord & Bælt, the SDU Institute for Biology and Coalition Clean Baltic.
The OCB course is one of our annual events.
You can read more about the project and the previous or future editions.