Round the World 2019-2021 - eXXpedition

Claire McCluskey Superpower Story May 17th, 2023

Natascha Glanzer-Fuerst Superpower Story February 15th, 2023

Geraldine Le Roux Superpower Story February 8th, 2023

Sofía Nogués Superpower Story January 18th, 2023

In Conversation with Dr. Winnie Courtene-Jones January 11th, 2023

Press release: Study demonstrates how microplastic particles differ across the Atlantic Ocean November 22nd, 2022

Restoring Redonda : A story of resilience, hope and collaboration November 22nd, 2022

Organising Your Own Expedition October 10th, 2022

Natalie Fox Superpower Story August 15th, 2022

Karey Billyard Superpower Story October 6th, 2021

Natasha Pergl Superpower Story September 29th, 2021

Kirana Agustina Superpower Story September 22nd, 2021

eXXpedition Round the World Caribbean Research Discussion September 17th, 2021

Juliet Carvalhal Superpower Story September 15th, 2021

Lindsey McCoy Superpower Story September 8th, 2021

La Daana Kanhai Superpower Story September 1st, 2021

Tavake Pakomio (Tavi) Superpower Story August 24th, 2021

Meeting the next generation of changemakers in Antigua August 20th, 2021

Press Release: First holistic assessment of plastic pollution in the Caribbean August 3rd, 2021

Innovation in Bioplastics as an Alternative to Single-use Plastics April 1st, 2021

Plastic Washing Ashore in Galapagos October 8th, 2020

Using Recycled Plastic to Help Fight Coronavirus in Curacao June 1st, 2020

Meet the Pro Crew: Round the World First Mate May 27th, 2020

Meet The Pro Crew: Round The World Skipper May 10th, 2020

We Are All in The Same Boat May 4th, 2020

The Imperfect Sailor and Imperfect Activist April 4th, 2020

Whale Poo and You March 27th, 2020

Reflections on Simplicity March 26th, 2020

Learning Each Other’s Depth In the Depth of the South Pacific March 24th, 2020

Shifting to a New Normal – 5 things we learned from sailing the South Pacific March 23rd, 2020

Crew Safe at Sea While Navigating Current Events March 19th, 2020

A Warm Polynesian Welcome in Rapa Nui March 18th, 2020

When Seasickness Takes You Down March 16th, 2020

Ancestor Wisdom Can Teach About Sustainable Practices March 16th, 2020

14 things we use to reduce plastic March 15th, 2020

The Bananas’ Lesson March 12th, 2020

Sailing from Easter Island to Tahiti March 9th, 2020

Packing: When Less Is More March 9th, 2020

What’s In Our Clothes and How Does it Affect the Oceans? March 2nd, 2020

A Local Apple a Day Keeps the Environment at Bay March 2nd, 2020

Look and See March 2nd, 2020

The Language of the Sea March 2nd, 2020

Sea Change March 2nd, 2020

Soft Fascination March 1st, 2020

A Different Way of Thinking February 27th, 2020

Neptune’s Court Rules For Crossing the Equator February 26th, 2020

Entering The South Pacific and We’re Still Standing (at 15 degrees) February 26th, 2020

A Trail of Plastic Waste February 19th, 2020

SAP come onboard eXXpedition February 17th, 2020

SETTING SAIL WITH PERKINELMER February 15th, 2020

Why We All Belong February 12th, 2020

14 days at sea, 1617 nautical miles February 11th, 2020

Solutions Abound as We Sail the South Pacific February 10th, 2020

I Won’t Give Up February 10th, 2020

No Hitch Hikers Please! February 10th, 2020

The Edge of a Plastic World: Galapagos February 9th, 2020

I Answer with My Life February 9th, 2020

We’ve Seen More Trash Than Wildlife 400 Miles Offshore February 8th, 2020

Sailing to The Galapagos February 6th, 2020

Let’s get ourselves another cup of coffee and tea… February 5th, 2020

The Night Watch February 5th, 2020

Plastic Pollution and Our Health February 4th, 2020

Not your average holiday February 4th, 2020

Leg 6 Crew: Thoughts on Plastic February 2nd, 2020

We Are January 31st, 2020

Setting sail with Travel Edge January 27th, 2020

Blue Love January 21st, 2020

Foldscopes December 16th, 2019

Sailing Away December 14th, 2019

Source to Sink December 13th, 2019

Meeting the eXXpedition Team December 12th, 2019

RTW LEG 4 COMPLETE December 10th, 2019

Science at Sea December 5th, 2019

‘Type 2’ Fun at Sea December 4th, 2019

Greening for the blue December 3rd, 2019

Navigating the unseen December 2nd, 2019

Antigua – a proud and encouraging community November 30th, 2019

Beauty and the Beast November 29th, 2019

Diversity and Sustainability at sea with the Red Ensign Group November 29th, 2019

RTW LEG 3 COMPLETE November 26th, 2019

Having fun in the Caribbean Sun November 25th, 2019

Love Where You Visit November 24th, 2019

All Hands on Deck (and on Planet) November 23rd, 2019

RTW LEG 2 COMPLETE November 16th, 2019

Take Every Opportunity November 15th, 2019

The Transatlantic Sisterhood November 15th, 2019

Lost in translation November 14th, 2019

Sailing at “espresso-martini-speed” November 13th, 2019

Starving in ample seas: More plastic than plankton in surface water samples November 12th, 2019

Midnight snack November 11th, 2019

Half-way celebrations November 10th, 2019

Stop press, we caught two fish! November 7th, 2019

Using the magic plastic-definition device November 6th, 2019

Do fish use forks to eat their dinner? November 5th, 2019

Stenella on the Bow November 4th, 2019

The three questions of everyday life on the boat November 3rd, 2019

Our first days at sea November 2nd, 2019

Sediment sampling, supermarket and beach clean November 1st, 2019

Visit to Musami waste management facility October 31st, 2019

Copernicus Marine Services: Steering us towards solutions October 29th, 2019

✨ Ambassador Superpower Stories Update ✨ We l

✨ Ambassador Superpower Stories Update ✨

We love nothing more than seeing the amazing impact our ambassadors are having across the world!

Over the next few weeks we are going to be sharing some of these stories - and we’re kicking it off with Kristine Berg.

Since joining her first voyage with us in the North Pacific in 2018, Kristine has gone on to have an incredible impact - not just in her career but in her personal life too!

As the Sustainability Manager at TOMRA, Kristine works with them to transform how we all obtain, use, and reuse the planet’s resources. With so many great minds joining forces, TOMRA is leading the way to create a world without waste, setting a prime example for other leaders in the industry.

Kristine is also responsible for leading their global cleanup events every year. Last year, TOMRA colleagues picked up more than 75,000 litter pieces globally!

Outside of her role, Kristine has of course done a lot more sailing - including sailing competitively with an incredible all female team, sailing across the North Sea and she even sailed from the Norwegian coast all the way to the Lofoten Islands on a whale research and education mission.

In 2020 Kristine was also part of a ‘Trashion shoot’ for the annual national telethon, which as you can see from the pictures was a powerful way to both raise awareness and funds for WWF and their work on tackling plastic pollution!

And if all this wasn’t already amazing enough, when Kristine is at home she is also an active member of a regenerative & organic garden community in Oslo, which encourages individuals to learn to be more self-sustained and rely on local, seasonal resources, with reduced reliance on packaged foods.

It’s so inspiring to be able to share and celebrate these achievements within our community and see the many ripple effects still happening from your individual experiences!

If you have new ambassador impact you’d like to share, send us a DM!

📸: Tord Karlsen, @tomracollection, Vibeke Glosli, Pippip Ferner (Artist)

#superpowers #inspiringwomen #exxpedition #plasticpollution #positivechange #seatosource #changemakers #microplastics #createchange #empoweringwomen #community

The findings are in! Last week our Maldives SHiFT

The findings are in!

Last week our Maldives SHiFT Leadership Programme participants set out to conduct a 100 metre transect of their local areas. Logging what they found on the @debristracker as they went, noting it’s location and material, they were able to get a better idea of what items make up the waste in their area.

Needless to say that even though each survey area was only 100 metres, plastic was still found in abundance. Now the challenge is to figure out what we can all do about it!

With our final session still to come, participants are making individual action plans based on their unique superpowers to figure, to target the plastic pollution at the source in their community.

#maldivesshift #maldives #shift #exxpedition #leadershiprogramme #superpowers #solutions #seatosource #solutionfocused #changemakers #createchange #ourocean #plasticpollution #oceanplastics #microplastics #wastemanagement #research

Last week we kicked off the first sessions of our

Last week we kicked off the first sessions of our Maldives SHiFT Leadership Programme! We had so many incredible participants and it was a great to learn more about them and what motivated them to join us, so we thought we would take the opportunity to introduce them and their superpowers to you all to you too!

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Azhoora Ahmed @azhooraahmed - Inspire Manager for @sonevanamoona

Ali Shareef @ayu.jie - Community Outreach Coordinator for @maldivesunderwaterinitiative

Khady Hamid @‌KhadyHamid - Reduce Manager for @‌SonevaNamoona

Zana Shiraz @‌ZanaShiraz - Assistant Marine Research Officer for @‌MMRI_Maldives

Afaaz Zahid @a_childofthesea - Resort Researcher and Fisheries Officer for @maldivesresilientreefs

Ihusana Hamid - State Attorney for Attorney General's Office

Iqbal Hameed - Consultant, ADH. for Dhidhdhoo Council

Mariyam Samha - Environment Analyst for the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology

Aishath Shaira - Assistant Professor at @maldivesnationaluniversity , Faculty of Science and Engineering and Technology (FEST)

Ifasha Abbas Ibrahim - Assistant Council Officer for Secretariat of the Ukulhas Council

What’s your superpower? Let us know in the comments!

#maldivesshift #maldives #shift #exxpedition #leadershiprogramme #superpowers #solutions #seatosource #solutionfocused #changemakers #createchange #ourocean #plasticpollution #oceanplastics #microplastics #wastemanagement #research

As an organisation, one of our biggest assets is t

As an organisation, one of our biggest assets is the community we’ve created. Over the years we have brought together ambassadors from almost every corner of the world, with a huge diversity of jobs, skills and passions! Not only has this formed into an empowering and supportive community but has helped us to harness our biggest weapon in fighting plastic pollution - people!

#eXXpedition #womeninscience #womeninstem #plasticpollution #changemakers #oceanplastics #microplastics #womenwhosail #marinescience #marineresearch

Excited to have the amazing @jennajambeck and her

Excited to have the amazing @jennajambeck and her team at @universityofga with us for Maldives SHiFT!

Jenna was on board the inaugural eXXpedition Atlantic in 2014 and we have been collaborating with her, and using her Circularity Assessment Protocol (CAP), ever since. She heads up UGA's Circularity Informatics Lab, is a pioneer in assessing circular materials management, and has advised on waste management policy all over the world.

Jenna and her team will be working with our local partners to gather data and provide insights for decision makers to implement solutions to tackle plastic pollution.

Next week Kathryn Youngblood, from Jenna’s team, will be joining us on Instagram Live to discuss her role in the project and tell us a little more about CAP!

#CAP #universityofgeorgia #marinedebris #maldivesshift #maldives #shift #exxpedition #solutions #seatosource #solutionfocused #changemakers #ourocean #plasticpollution #oceanplastics #microplastics #marinescience #marineresearch #createchange #oceanleadership #circularity #circulareconomy

Introducing Maldives 🏝️ Maldives, a unique i

Introducing Maldives 🏝️

Maldives, a unique island nation, is made up of 1,190 coral islands spanning 510 miles across the Indian Ocean!

Though considered by many as a luxury holiday destination, the diversity of atolls across the country vary significantly. More than half of the population is considered rural, with only about 20 of the islands having more than 1,000 inhabitants. Male, is one of the exceptions, as a relatively large settlement in the country and is where we are initially going to be launching ‘Maldives SHiFT’.

Since the 1970s the economy of the Maldives, and tourism, has developed rapidly. Sadly however, without the sufficient waste management and infrastructure, there are overwhelming challenges - including plastic pollution.

Despite this, Maldives is a pioneering country that continuously overcomes different challenges and obstacles, which is one of the biggest reasons we are so excited to work alongside this nation! Our mission with this programme is to use the SHiFT framework to provide data to inform decision‐making, to develop leadership at a community level, and to bring together key stakeholders to ultimately reduce leakage of single‐use plastic into the environment and increase circular materials management.

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Maldives SHiFT is a project in collaboration with @universityofga @commonwealth_sec @cefasgovuk @defrauk @mdvinuk

#maldivesshift #maldives #shift #exxpedition #solutions #seatosource #solutionfocused #changemakers #createchange #ourocean #plasticpollution #oceanplastics #microplastics #wastemanagement #research #circulareconomy #BluePlanetFund

Great to see our founder, @missemilypenn, joining

Great to see our founder, @missemilypenn, joining @kielerwochesailing in Schilksee yesterday for a beach clean!

In only 45 minutes they collected a shocking 830 pieces of trash - 120 of them were cigarette butts and more than 80 pieces of plastic fragments...

With still so much work to do in order to stop plastic washing up on our shorelines, these events are a fantastic way to spread awareness and give communities first hand experience of the plastic crisis!

#exxpedition #emilypenn #beachclean #plasticpollution #schilksee #kielerwoche #microplastic #changemakers #positivechange #solutionfocused #beachevent #createchange

Applications for our Maldives SHiFT Leadership Pro

Applications for our Maldives SHiFT Leadership Programme are now open!

Are you resident in Maldives and looking to take your leadership to tackle plastic pollution to the next level?

We are looking for a range of participants – from island councils to government representatives, fishermen to teachers - to join a 5 part virtual programme using online interactive tools (Mural and Zoom) to delve into the plastics problem, navigate solutions and leave with an action plan.

The workshops will take place on the 28th, & 29th July, and 4th, 5th & 25th August 2023. There will be no cost to join the programme if offered a place.

Apply via the link in our bio, before the closing date of 3rd July 🙌

#leadership #virtual #opportunity #maldivesshift #maldives #shift #exxpedition #solutions #seatosource #solutionfocused #changemakers #createchange #ourocean #plasticpollution #oceanplastics #microplastics #marinescience #marineresearch

Here at eXXpedtion, we believe in addressing ocean

Here at eXXpedtion, we believe in addressing ocean plastic pollution at the source. By working from the starting point we can begin to prevent the problem at its origin on land rather than continually trying to manage the ever-growing crisis across our ocean. Some of these solutions start with education and spreading awareness of the impact our behaviour and decisions have on the environment, shifting our perspectives so we can create change at the source.

#problemsolving #seatosource #eXXpedition #womeninscience #womeninstem #plasticpollution #changemakers #oceanplastics #microplastics #womenwhosail #marinescience #marineresearch

Meet Lucy Gilliam, professional change maker, and

Meet Lucy Gilliam, professional change maker, and co-founder of eXXpedition. Her career has spanned academia, government, grassroots activism and supranational policy making. She’s worked in numerous multi-stakeholder alliances, working on policy development around sustainability and ocean health

Currently, she works for Brussels based NGO, Seas at Risk, tackling climate impacts and pollution relating to the shipping sector. We’ve been catching up with Lucy, about her recent projects and how they are enabling change. Check out our conversation, in our most recent blog.

Link in bio!

#changemaker #shippingindustry #sustainableshipping #shippingforthefuture #policymaking #impact #oceanhealth #toxins #exxpedition #cofounder

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