Our oceans are yours

The vastness of the world's oceans is beyond what our minds can grasp. The oceans - the largest ecosystem on the planet - hold an enormous potential to bring back the balance in the world we live in.

Our oceans are yours

Have you ever felt the desire to do more?

At Balean, we are absolutely intrigued with positive impact. Connecting you, your friends, family, and network with ocean restoration and conservation around the globe. From coral reef restoration in the Atlantic, Marine mammal observations from space, Research on Antarctica, to Citizen science in the North Sea.

You can be part of positive solutions.

Our Mission And Impact

Did you know that without our oceans and seas, our world would be 4 degrees warmer? And that 50% of the oxygen we inhale has a marine origin.

The ocean has an incredible influence on who you are and how you live your life. Every day.

Balean’s mission is to enable conservation and restoration for global ocean sustainability. No matter whether you are a scientist, an individual, or representing a large corporation. Balean connects people for ocean sustainability.

To amplify our impact - scalable impact - we base it on collaboration and participation. With a digital community, we accelerate the awareness and visibility of our oceans within society.

Curious how we work?
Decorative image: looking down from steep rocks
Decorative image: looking down from steep rocks

How we started...

How to leave something behind that is bigger than an individual alone?

To tell you the truth… the ambition to make an impact goes back way longer. But in 2024, Balean was founded by Bart Oor and Sander Brienen, 2 neighbours with a career in Software, Business, Consumer goods, IT and engineering.
Combining ambition to do our part, a passion for the ocean, and skills in business & IT, we’ve set up Balean as a digital community and crowdfunding platform.

What started with a network of friends, family, and (former) colleagues has led to official partnerships and collaboration, and from there, things have evolved quickly to where we stand today.

Decorative image: Shoreline from high above
Decorative image: Shoreline from high above

How we’re organized

Digital, fully remote, and with strong partnerships across the globe. Balean is a non-profit, liaising your support to ocean impact organizations as efficiently as we can.

Do you feel a strong personal connection with a seaweed project in South Africa? Or perhaps you want to support shark projects at your favorite holiday destination? Regardless of time zones or location, via Balean, you can connect with ocean conservation and restoration initiatives across borders, cultures, and backgrounds.

We are an enabling organization, making connections and matches without financial compensation. This also means we walk the talk and are dependent on donations and crowdfunding ourselves :)

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Decorative image: Rock formation with algae on Hiddensee shore
Decorative image: Rock formation with algae on Hiddensee shore

Be part of ocean impact initiatives around the globe

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Why we are there

Do you care for the ocean, just like we do? Here’s why we are doing what we do.

Sustainability

For our oceans and the planet

Collaboration

Collaboration outperformed competition

Open Mind

Towards everyone

Transparency

In everything we do

Trust

With authenticity, empathy and reliability

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