
Dieter Hallervorden – Actor
“Plastic belongs as little in the sea as mustard and ketchup in a plate of rice pudding.”

Johannes Strate – Singer ‘Revolverheld
“The ocean is a big part of my childhood for me and I hope my son can say the same thing in 30 years.”

Microplastic collected on Spitsbergen, Arctic.

Dörthe Eickelberg – Moderator, Arte
What does the ocean mean to you? “Everything. The sea knows no boundaries.

Heiko Kotelett – DJ & Producer – Kotelett&Zadak
What does the ocean mean to you? 71% mysterious.

Katharina Spiering – Actress
“The ocean means freedom and security to me.”
Microplastic collected on the beach of Vancouver, Canada.

Ranga Yogeshwar – Physicist & Author
“The ocean is the habitat of our planet, it’s our home, we all come from it originally.”

Luisa Neubauer – Activist #Fridays4Future
“If you care about the climate, you can’t get past the oceans. Climate protection also means protecting the oceans”.

Dr. Melanie Bergmann – Marine Biologist
“The ocean is a place of power for me and it produces our food and the air we breathe.”

Microplastic collected on the beach of North Queensferry, Scotland.

Jens Stoetzner – Apnoea Diver Champion
What does the ocean mean to you? “Weightless descent into the greatest natural paradise.”

Adelé Logan – Zazi Vintage
“The ocean means mother. The ocean builds you up, makes you strong, it is connected to everything.”

Fritz Windish – DJ & Producer – Soukie&Windish
“The river is flowing flowing and growing. The river is flowing back to the sea.”

Microplastic collected in Playa de Montaña, Lanzarote, Spain.

Marcella Hansch – CEO Pacific Garbage Screening
“The ocean is the only place for me to really refuel.”

Martin Zadak – DJ & Producer – Kotelett&Zadak
What does the ocean mean to you? “The sea is more like a feeling to me.”

Nico Stojan – DJ & Producer –
What does the ocean mean to you? “Life”

Microplastic collected at Seaford Beach, Australia.

Ifeatu Nnaobi – documentary filmmaker
“I’ve always liked being next to the ocean because it is so vast. Right there is where I feel most connected to infinity.”

Dave Dinger – DJ
“To me, the ocean is the calm, the storm and everything in between.”

Ibrahim Nash’at – documentary filmmaker
“Where the body meets the soul to enjoy unity”

Microplastic collected at Playa de Los Frailes, Ecuador

Microplastic collected on the beach of Honolulu, Hawaii.

Eric D. Clark – DJ & Producer
“I can’t imagine being without the ocean, it doesn’t make any sense.
It’s simple.”

Daria Daria – Sustainability blogger
“For me, the ocean means the source of all life.”

Prof. Dr. Volker Quaschning – #Scientists4Future
“The ocean is the cradle of life, and if we destroy the ocean, we destroy the livelihood.”

Microplastic collected at Kure Atoll, Hawaii.

Milena Glimbowski – Zero Waste Activist
“For me, the ocean means the beginning and the end of all life.”

Uli Kunz – Research Diver & Underwater Photographer
“The ocean is almost everything to me.”

Jeanne de Kroon – Founder Zazi Vintage
“The ocean for me means forgiveness, healing and nourishment.”

Microplastic collected on the beach of Cape Agulhas, South Africa.

Michael Fritz – Co-Founder Viva con Agua
“The ocean means life to me, because water is life.”

Ashley Arthur – Beauty Blogger Glanz&Natur
“Absolute depth, life and purity.”

Ezra Karyagdi – Beauty Blogger – Glanz&Natur
What does the ocean mean to you?: “Freedom, home and life.”

Microplastic collected on the beach of Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.

Tom Sietas, apnoea diver & world record holder
“The ocean is a fascinating habitat that has always attracted me magically.”

Nayan Soukie – DJ & Producer – Soukie&Windish
“For me, the ocean means the smell of salt, because I grew up on the ocean.”

Oliver Koletzki – DJ & Producer – Stil vor Talent
“For me, the ocean means vacation, but it also means life.”

Microplastic collected on the beach of Almeria, Spain

Louisa Dellert – Sustainability blogger & influencer
“Ocean means life to me. And life, no matter where, should always be protected.”

Johannes Bergheim – DJ & Producer – AKA AKA
“The ocean means a threatened future to me.”

Alexander Krüger – Entrepreneur, Festivals Feel & Artlake
“The ocean – the source of our life, the source of our energy and the power of our future – is the blood of our earth.”

Microplastic collected at Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia.

Holger Kampling – DJ & Producer – AKA AKA
“I am a child of the coast, the ocean basically means everything to me.”

Mimi Love – DJ
“For me, the ocean is the place where I can dream like nowhere else.”