Milan, 9 June 2026 – In the month that celebrates World Oceans Day, SEA BEYOND presents a programme of activities, reaffirming the importance of promoting ocean literacy among younger generations.

The fourth cycle of the “Kindergarten of the Lagoon” project concluded this month, engaging 50 children from the Sant’Elena preschool (Venice) in outdoor activities and sensory workshops based on experiential learning. Building on this experience, the “Ocean Literacies in Early Childhood: Outdoor Education and Learning for Sustainability” toolkit was developed – a resource designed to support educators worldwide wishing to replicate the Kindergarten of the Lagoon model in their own contexts.

June also marks the conclusion of this year’s cycle of the SEA BEYOND educational module for secondary schools – “Poles to Tropics: One Planet, One Future” – which engaged 70 schools across 27 countries. At the end of the cycle, students participated in an international contest. The winning projects reflect diverse approaches to ocean preservation.

• First place in the Corals category: Guardians of the Deep Red Sea − Manara School (Egypt)

• First place in the Glaciers category: Frozen Voices − Shanghai High School International Division (China)

• Second place: Coral Walls − Itz’at STEAM Academy (Belize)

• Third place: The Last Color of the Ocean − Escola Portuguesa de Moçambique - EPM-CELP (Mozambique)

From the end of June, Accademia dei Bambini at Fondazione Prada will host SEA BEYOND, engaging more than 1,000 children, aged 3 to 10 years, in a journey to discover the invisible world contained within a drop of water. The first session, dedicated to families of Prada Group employees, will be followed by a series of workshops open to the public from mid‑September to mid‑November.