Over 70% of our shorelines are now armored with concrete, harming marine life. Living Sea Walls transform these structures into thriving habitats using scientifically designed panels that mimic natural rock pools. Backed by marine ecologists and real-world data, this project helps restore biodiversity, support ocean health, and create climate-resilient coasts. Your support helps bring life back to urban oceans-one eco-tile at a time.
Coastal cities are rapidly replacing natural shorelines with hard concrete sea walls that destroy habitats and block marine life from thriving. These "grey" barriers offer no shelter, food, or breeding grounds for sea creatures. As climate change worsens storms and sea-level rise, the spread of these structures is accelerating-driving biodiversity loss at a critical scale. We must urgently rethink how we protect coastlines to serve both people and the planet.
Living Sea Walls retrofit existing sea defenses with 3D panels scientifically designed to mimic natural habitats like rock pools and oyster beds. These panels provide surfaces for marine life to attach, feed, and breed-restoring ecosystems right on urban shorelines. Backed by marine research, the solution boosts biodiversity by up to 36%, improves water quality, engages communities, and creates climate-resilient coastlines without sacrificing human safety.
The modular system is the result of more than 20 years of scientific research. Panels, mimicking the habitat features of natural shoreline ecosystems, are fitted in scalable mosaics onto artificial structures. We are building more available habitat area for colonisation and growth of seaweeds, shellfish and other marine life which in turn add protection to marine life from high temperatures and predators. We are tackling our ocean crisis long term!
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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