THE BLUE HEART - Initiative for the Protection of the Oceans

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Protect the ocean

I love the sea and see myself as a part of it. With my initiative theBlueHeart I want to protect and preserve the oceans. I would be delighted if you were to join me. Show your love for the sea and support sustainable projects to protect the oceans.

We understand that we depend on the ocean and need to treat the nature better. That's why theBlueHeart gets involved and supports projects for people and animals who live in and for the sea. Show your love! Protect your love! Show your THE BLUE HEART!

My current projects can be found on my website...

Epic Swim Seychelles - 2nd attempt in spring 2024

"We looked each other in the eye with Jürgen and the whole team and everyone was clear - we will come back and try again."

Not out of spite, but out of passion and following the call of the ocean and the locals of the Seychelles, I will return and start a new attempt.

Around 52km from the main island of Mahé across the open Indian Ocean to the idyllic resort island of La Digue - swimming, 15-18 hours, without technical aids. Puristic and genuine, becoming a part of the sea as a human being, swimming with the sea and not against it.

theBlueHeart At School

Marine conservation is not an individual sport; only as a team do we have a chance to make a difference. theBlueHeart is therefore especially aimed at children and young people. We want to encourage and inspire them to develop their own ideas and become active. In the future, there will be a digital platform for this purpose, on which we will provide schools with various digital materials for lesson planning.

We are working together with the Cool Down Earth Foundation from Krefeld.

You too can support this work by buying a statement and/or a T-shirt. Show your BLUE HEART!

theBlueHeart Philippines

"You are welcome to visit me and see what we are doing here for the conservation of the environment and the ocean". My longtime friend Sascha Ritter has found his adopted home in the Philippines, more precisely in El Nido, where he lives his passion for conservation.

Understanding the people who live with and from the ocean, how to sustainably deal with nature with limited possibilities and in the daily struggle for survival, that's what we went to see on site. Deeply impressed, we have learned a lot and also support and launched some concrete projects.

Blog

theBlueHeart Philippines

14/08/2023

Expedition to protect nature.

Epic Swim Seychelles

14/08/2023

2. attempt in spring 2024

EPIC SWIM MAUI CANCELLED

13/08/2023

Cancellation of the swimming project on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Andre und ein Wissenschaftler präsentieren ein wissenschaftliches Gerät.

"Tasting" scientific data

20/01/2023

In collaboration with Sea and Sun Technology, I swim for science.

Epic Swim Maui – Breath of Awareness

19/01/2023

With surfing legend Robby Seeger once around the whole island...

The Blue Heart Goes To School

18/01/2023

The Blue Heart supports climate school projects with contributions, films and pictures on the topic of marine protection.

"It's not good to eat with the sharks"

25/03/2022

Interview by Jens Mickler (WDR)

Video teaser: "Open Ocean Project"- Swim in Seychelles

20/12/2021

After the mission Heligoland it goes now to the Seychelles...

Andre am Strand auf den Seychellen. Er breitet die Arme aus.

Press release: André Wiersig swims for sustainability in the Seychelles

14/12/2021

Swimmer André Wiersig, who in August became the first person to swim from the mainland to Heligoland, is dedicating his next adventure to sustainable tourism in the Seychelles.

"The North Sea does with you what it wants"

23/08/2021

Article by Bernd Steinle in the FAZ (German)

[Translate to English:] Andre Wiersig in dunklem Wasser des Pazifik

John Wayne of the Pacific

12/10/2020

Seven adventures, seven dramas: André Wiersig tells of extreme swimming