United by a shared commitment to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030), the Formas funded project set out to fundamentally shift how young people perceive and relate to the ocean. “We didn’t want to amplify eco-anxiety,” says project lead Louise Hård af Segerstad. Each narrative was grounded in current science and designed to illuminate key oceanic challenges identified by the UN. The seven narratives – Cod, Justice, Nutrition, Algae, Plastic Pollution, Human-Ocean Relationships, and Biomimicry – were co-developed by researchers and educators to make global issues locally relevant and emotionally resonant. For instance, the "Cod" narrative explored how Sweden moved from being self-sufficient to becoming the world’s fifth-largest importer of cod, revealing hidden environmental and social costs of global seafood trade.