Our story
The ocean used to be just a backdrop for selfies and summer fun. Most people only saw the surface of the water – and not the rich world beneath the waves.
Every day, beachgoers enjoyed playing in the water while plastic suffocated marine life just feet away. Consumers bought seafood without asking where it came from. The ocean suffered silently, and no one listened.
One day we couldn't stand by any longer. Eco-Yam was born at the Haifa Social High School when a group of us realized something.
Critical - The sea cannot speak for itself, but we can. We are not just students studying marine science; we are a generation that refuses to inherit dead seas.
That's why we stopped talking about change and started creating it. We built seaweed farms in our classrooms. We turned marine science from textbook theories to real-world solutions. We stopped waiting for others to fix things and started showing them how.
Which made people start to take notice. Our seaweed soaps replaced toxic products on store shelves. The studies we helped with made it into scientific journals. Our voices reached communities and businesses that couldn't ignore the evidence we presented.
Until finally what started as a school project became a movement. Now, when the sea needs protectors, it has us – a network of young activists who understand that protecting blue environments is not about distant future problems; it is about our lives, about our planet, about our responsibilities. Here and now.
How we create waves of change
We grow more than algae – we cultivate and harvest solutions. Our water farms are living laboratories where we prove that the ocean is not just something to save – it is a partner in the fight against climate change.
We dive deeper than most people – while others argue about ocean issues from boardrooms, we collect data underwater, conduct real experiments, and collaborate with scientists who take the data we collect seriously because it's serious research.
We turn passion into products – every Eco-Sea seaweed soap replaces soaps high in toxic chemicals and promotes awareness of ocean health and the benefits of aquaculture. Our products are not only sustainable – they are conversation starters.
We don’t just raise awareness – we raise action. Our workshops turn passive concern into active participation. We’ve turned tourists into trash collectors, consumers into conscious shoppers, and skeptics into advocates. We’ve even managed to convince participants in our seaweed cooking workshops that you can make really delicious food with seaweed to improve the nutritional value and replace some of the animal protein we consume with protein from seaweed.
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