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SAVE THE OCEANS Stop Plastic pollution - The International Design Co-operation with 35 universities from all five continents
by GBDSC (Academic institution)
The GBDSC 2017 S A V E T H E O C E A N S - S t o p P l a s t I c P o l l u t I o n is an international poster design project with students from 35 universities/academies of all five continents. It is an educational project to create knowledge, the students learn about Oceans and Earth.
The end result - the posters - create public awareness and information.

Each participating university/academy contributes the 10 best posters from their students, so that at the end there will be a collection of c. 300 posters. It is the visual voice of the youth of the world to save the oceans. Deadline is end of October 2017.
Thus the universities and academies ensure visual quality and guarantee best results. The students work within their curricula and the cooperating professors within their lecture work. Curated by Prof.h.c. H E L M U T L A N G E R , Germany.



Progress reports
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
Type of commitment
PLASTICS
  • Other (please specify): people behavior
  • Coastal clean-ups:
  • Plastics product bans or restrictions :
  • Plastics recovery/recycling/reuse:
OTHER POLLUTANTS (please specify)
  • Cleaner production
Dec 2017/Jan 2018
The posters should contribute to global awareness raising and help internationally to communicate the gigantic global plastic pollution of the oceans. There will be worldwide exhibitions, various publications in media, also in cooperation with the participating 33 universities worldwide, and a catalogue.
DEC 2017/Jan 2018
Newspaper and other media reports about the project.
June/2017
During the UN Ocean Conference from 5 to 9 June 2017 there is an exhibition of already completed posters as Preview in the United Nations Headquater in New York: The poster project was selected by the United Nations among many other exhibition proposals.
June/2017
Another Preview part of the posters are displayed at the German Ocean Pavillon at the German House.
Other, please specify
more than 1000 students, c. 50 lecturers
Basic information
Time-frame: May / 2016 - January 2018
Website
Partners
35 universities in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Mozambique, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela. The Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations New York.
Ocean Basins
  • Global
Beneficiary countries
Other beneficaries
Contact information
35 co-operating lecturers, GBDSC, info@helmut-langer.eu, 0049 1705255010
Cologne, GERMANy
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