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The Global Seaweed Coalition is looking for its new Scientific Officer
The Global Seaweed Coalition is looking for its new Scientific Officer! Hosted by our founding partners from CNRS, the Scientific Officer will manage GSC funded projects and be the main contact point with project holders. Supervised by the GSC Scientific Director,...
Global Seaweed Coalition Annual Meeting: 5 October 2023 in Paris
After a busy transition year, the Global Seaweed Coalition is proud to invite our growing community to our second Annual Meeting, to be held 5 October 2023 at the Maison de l'Océan in Paris. This Annual Meeting is an opportunity to look back together at our...
Safe Seaweed Coalition becomes the Global Seaweed Coalition
Seaweed stakeholders stepping up global collaboration to scale climate and nature solutions The Safe Seaweed Coalition is proud to announce it has become the Global Seaweed Coalition (GSC), hosted by its founding partner United Nations Global Compact. The potential...
UN Plastic Treaty negotiations: Call to all Seaweed Packaging Companies
We are pleased to invite all Seaweed Packaging Companies to attend the “Seaweed as a Sustainable and Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic Packaging” meeting, taking place on the 1st of June from 11:00 to 13:00 CET (TBC) in Paris, France (location to be confirmed). The...
8th European Phycological Congress (EPC8): August 20th-26th in Brest, France
🌊 The early bird registration for the 8th European Phycological Congress (EPC8) has been extended until March 31 2023! The Scientific Program of EPC8 was convened by Inka. Bartsch and Wiebe Kooistra and consists of plenary and keynote lectures by 44 renowned...
Member Roundtables: February 27th!
All our members are invited to join our member Roundtables on February 27th. We will holdtwo sessions : one at 11:00AM CET and one at 3PM CET in order to accommodate our worldwide membership. These sessions will include important updates and opportunities for members...
Study: how to increase the communication capacity of the Seaweed Revolution?
We are engaged with a team of CHARM-EU students conducting a research study to better understand the general public’s current awareness of seaweed and highlight potential gaps or needs. Their research is planned to be presented and shared in the context of the...
Congratulations to our Spring 2022 Grantees!
Our Annual Meeting in Lisbon was the opportunity to introduce our Spring 2022 Grantees to our worldwide community! After a highly competitive evaluation process by our advisory board of seaweed industry experts, the Safe Seaweed Coalition Steering Committee made the...
Thrilling moments for Seaweed at UNOC in Lisbon
What a week for our Seaweed Revolution! We took advantage of United Nation's Ocean Conference to actively raise awareness on the potential for seaweed to support SDG14, starting with our very own Annual meeting and Seaweed Day on June 29th at Forum Picoas. Above is a...
Seaweed: A Revolution to Achieve Goal 14 and More
Official Side Event Safe Seaweed Coalition, in partnership with Australian Seaweed Institute and Lloyd’s Register Foundation Seaweed: A Revolution to Achieve Goal 14 and More June 30, 11:30-12:45 Committee Room, Altice Arena The event aims to highlight seaweed’s...
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African Breakthroughs in Bio-Materials and Carbon-Capturing Dyes Reach Global Finals
Two African innovators have secured places among the Top 20 global finalists of the 2026 Global Change Award, one of the fashion industry’s most influential sustainability challenges, signalling the continent’s growing role in reshaping the future of materials, climate technology and circular manufacturing.
Source : The Next Africa
Greenwave Opens Kelp Nursery in Kodiak to Reduce Cost for Farmers and Increase Production
Alaska’s newest kelp hatchery recently finished its first growing season in a mobile shipping container in Kodiak. The hatchery aims to help kelp farmers on Kodiak Island boost how much they can grow.
Source : KMXT
Notpla and Kwalitaria Launch Plastic-Free Seaweed Packaging Across…
In the race to become single-use-plastic-free, ambition scale seems to be the biggest hurdle. It is one thing to trial compostable packaging at a boutique café; quite another to deploy it across a national fast-food chain. That is why the new partnership between Notpla and Kwalitaria deserves attention far beyond the Netherlands.
Source : Smiley Movement
Novel Saltwater Fermentation Process Yields Seaweed-Based Bioplastics
A new production method for PHAs is being scaled up by Uluu (Perth, Western Australia; www.uluu.com.au) using seaweed, microbes and saltwater. “First, we hydrolyze the seaweed, breaking it down into fermentable sugars before separating the sugar-rich liquid from the remaining solids.
Source : Chemical Engineering
Oman Advances Toward Scalable Seaweed Farming with Pilot Project
Researchers from the Center of Excellence in Marine Biotechnology at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), in collaboration with Macro Algae Industries, have launched a pilot seaweed farm near the Al Sawadi Islands in Barka to evaluate the commercial feasibility of cultivating native seaweed species in Omani waters.
Source : Ocean News & Technology
Aqua Theon Nets $13M to Scale OoMee's Seaweed Drinks for GLP-1 Users
Californian seaweed tech startup Aqua Theon has secured $13M in a seed funding round, $5M of which is earmarked for the expansion of its OoMee line of functional marine beverages.
Source : Green Queen
Seaweed as a Low-Risk Step Towards More Resilient Crops
Holdfast & Stipe, founded by Nikki Spil, helps growers make their plants and cut flowers healthier and stronger using the natural power of seaweed, reducing the need for artificial inputs.
Source : Floral Daily
Seaweed Farming: A Key to CO₂ Removal and Climate Resilience
Seaweed farming is a key strategy for carbon dioxide removal (CDR), offering both climate mitigation and ecological benefits. A recent study published in Communications Sustainability examined how seaweed aquaculture contributes to carbon sequestration by increasing sedimentary alkalinity production.
Source : AZoCleantech
Antibacterial, Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Ageing: The Healing Power of Seaweed - UOW Scientists Making 2026 the Year of Australian Seaweed
Researchers are using a unique Australian seaweed that mimics the biological functions of human skin to develop sustainable, regenerative wound-healing solutions for complex skin injuries and burns.
Source : uow.edu.au
Sri Lanka Positions for Indian Ocean Seaweed Leadership at India Expo 2026
Representing Sri Lanka and the Maldives as an international panellist, seaweed development consultant Sivaram Kulendran highlighted the region’s growing potential to transition from small-scale cultivation to an integrated, value-added blue economy sector.
Source : The Fish Site