This study explores the potential of Ocean Literacy (OL) as an approach for promoting marine conservation and environmental stewardship among students in Greece. Focusing on Elounda Bay in northeastern Crete—an ecologically and socioeconomically important coastal area—the study aimed to raise awareness of local marine issues and empower students to participate in conservation-related decision-making. Through a non-formal, site-specific educational intervention, the project engaged students from multiple educational levels in activities designed to connect them with scientific knowledge and encourage critical thinking about human impacts on marine environments and presented measures proposed by the scientific community. The intervention demonstrated student with a strong relationship with the marine environment, despite moderate levels of OL, and with the ability to propose conservation measures with agreement (or in alignment with) to the ones proposed by scientists. The findings suggest that even short-term interventions can be effective in enhancing student engagement and environmental responsibility, particularly when linked to a local and familiar ecosystem. This study highlights the potential for OL to serve as a multi-perspective approach in support of coastal marine conservation and offers a model and suggestions for similar future initiatives in the Mediterranean region and beyond.
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