The Brilliant Blue Challenge First Scandinavian Team in Finland!

The Brilliant Blue Challenge First Finnish Team Comes from Rovaniemi!

We’ve got exciting news! To the Oceans Project is proud to present the first Finnish team – “The Arctic Team Rovaniemi” – to join the world-famous Brilliant Blue Challenge idea competition. The challenge, originally from Canada, gathers high school teams from all over the world to compete with their best and brightest ideas to help and protect our oceans.

In 2025, the competition will be held on October 17–18 as a hybrid event – with both in-person and online participants.

For the very first time, Finland will be represented at the finals by the Lyseonpuisto High School’s Arctic Team Rovaniemi! This creative four-student team, guided by their amazing teacher Hanna, has already produced a fantastic video showcasing the importance of northern water cycles and ice. To the Oceans Project will be supporting and cheering them on as they present their ideas live 17.11-18.11.
The chosen competition category is “Healthy Marine Life”.

The Arctic Team Rovaniemi consists of four high school students, who are very talented and creative with many ideas of the water cycles, of the Arctic climate and of seas across. The team together with Sini from totheoceans.com are excited to be the first Finnish team ever to participate to this amazing international competition to help the seas.

But here’s the best part: next year could be YOUR turn!

If you’re a Finnish high school student and want to join the 2026 Brilliant Blue Challenge, we’d love to hear from you! Your team’s idea can take many forms – a presentation, a demo, a displayed content to share, or even a real invention to make a difference. What matters most is creativity, teamwork, and passion for protecting our planet’s waters. Form a 4-5 student team from your school, share the idea with your teacher – on send an email to Sini from totheoceans.com to Finland!

Why join?

Be part of an international competition and present to a global audience
As a high school student, you’ll have the chance to share your ideas on the blue economy, ocean pollution and its solutions, or even inventions to help protect the seas and marine life
Meet and connect with like-minded students from all over the world
Get support, advice, and encouragement to grow your idea from totheoceans.com in Finland
Express ideas of the Nordic sea areas and ocean life as part of the whole globe
And most importantly: help make a real impact on the future of the oceans

Learn more: brilliantblue.org
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Want your high school team to participate in 2026 in Finland or in other parts of Scandinavia?
Send us an email: sini@totheoceans.com

The next brilliant idea to protect our seas might be yours!

And meanwhile- send the Arctic Team Rovaniemi your encouragement via email for the competition days 17.11-18.11.2025 or check out the adorable Brilliant Blue Challenge video archives of the previous competitions at Youtube and info of what-how-when from the website brilliantblue.org and full video playlist!

With warm greetings near the Arctic Seas,

Sini / To the Oceans Project