Baltic Sea Day is celebrated every year with different events and adventures in different parts of Finland. When applicable, you should take advantage of the events of local operators when visiting your own town. For example, in Helsinki, the Finnish Environmental Center SYKE organizes familiarization visits on the marine research vessel Aranda. You can find more information about Baltic Sea Day and activities here:

1. a Baltic film festival

Organize a Baltic film festival in your school. Plan the content of the film festival together with the students. Movies can be found on social media channels and streaming services. In Finland, for example, from YLE Areena.

2. A video or photography event

As part of the film festival, there can be a video or photography event open to everyone, where students photograph their own Baltic Sea landscape.

3. A photo exhibition

You can also create a photo exhibition from the photos. Make use of local know-how and facilities in planning and work with, for example, your own city’s cultural coordinator or museum.

4. Baltic Sea fish sticks for school lunch

Baltic Sea fish sticks are suitable for school lunch on Baltic Sea Day. By eating Baltic Sea fish, the phosphorus content of the sea is reduced, and eutrophication of the sea is prevented.

5. Plastic-free Sea campaign

Organize a Plastic-free Sea campaign, where plastic waste is collected from nature and beaches.

6. A workshop

A part of the campaign can be a workshop where the trash is made into a commemorative Amulet or a joint art installation to rally people against littering.

On Baltic Sea Day, classes in different subjects can plan and implement tasks and activities related to the Baltic Sea and sustainable development, which promote marine literacy.

7. Writing poems

You can write poems in your mother tongue that give advice on how to protect the Baltic Sea. Civil society organizations can be founded in social studies, which work in different ways on behalf of the Baltic Sea.

8. Pier yoga

During exercise class, you can do pier yoga by the Baltic Sea. These activities can be planned and ideated well in advance also with pupils and students. In this way, young people are also involved in planning work and they get the experience of influencing.

Information about the Baltic Sea can be found,for example, on www.itameri.fi.

International Baltic Sea Day – UNESCO BSP Guide for schools:

https://www.b-s-p.org/post/bsp-day-2024-guide

You can also check here the examples of UNESCO Baltic Sea Project network on how to celebrate the Baltic Sea Day: