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“An incredible woman and an ambassador of the Race for Water Foundation has just left us. I met Mama Piru during our 1st Odyssey in May 2015, when we called ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor for Race for Water Foundation
The bonds between Rapa Nui and the Race for Water Foundation hark back to May 2015, when the first odyssey made landfall on Easter Island with the objective ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor for Race for Water Foundation
Whilst our crew landfall on Easter Island last Friday, Diego, our Chilean scientist, who was aboard Race for Water since Concepción give us some ...
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Since leaving Concepción, Diego Alonso Valverde Labarca, a Chilean scientist from the Universidad Catolica del Norte (UCN) has joined our crew aboard Race ...
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On Saturday 16 June, in Valparaiso, a symbolic meeting took place aboard the Race for Water catamaran. In fact, the President of Chile, Sébastian Piñera, ...
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Once the Race for Water catamaran will leave the South American continent from late July, our Race for Water Odyssey crew will collect samples of plastics ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor for Race for Water Foundation
The Race for Water catamaran currently sailing to Valparaiso (Chile) stayed two months in Peru in order to respond to a packed two-phase programme. The first ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor for Race for Water Foundation
Race for Water is proud to support this call to "Beat Plastic Pollution" as a UN Environment partner and an innovator and seeker member of the World Alliance ...
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Geared up for scientific expeditions, the Race for Water vessel underwent a complete refit in 2016 in order to offer optimal working conditions on-board. ...
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Congratulations Pauline Pannetier !! Yesterday, we were glad to be present alongside Pauline, who after 3 years of work, supported her thesis at the ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor for Race for Water Foundation
One year ago, on 9 April 2017, the Race for Water catamaran set sail around the world on a new five-year odyssey to offer up solutions regarding the ...
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Dear members, We are deligthed to inform you that Breguet and our Race for Water Foundation announced their partnership at Baselworld 2018 during a special ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor for Race for Water Foundation
Race for Water was glad to participate to the EPHEMARE Stakeholder Workshop last week!This workshop was hosted by the University of Antwerp in order to ...
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It’s possible to cross all of the world's oceans without using a single drop of fossil fuels: the Race for Water is proof. Entirely propelled by solar ...
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Dear WGE members, In less than a month, like some of you, Race for Water will be attending to 6th International Marine Debris Conference! We will lead a ...
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Race For Water approaching the Panama Canal before linking up with Panama City and the SUEZ Group, our partner for this stopover The Race For Water vessel, ...
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This Sunday 28 January brings to an end a four-month stopover in Guadeloupe punctuated by a series of exchanges and refit operations. Next destination, Panama ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor for Race for Water Odyssey
Last week first results of the toxicity assessment on fish following an exposure to microplastics collected during the Race for Water Odyssey 2015 where ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor for Race for Water Foundation
For our Spanish members, it is still possible to register at the Spanish Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), The course will start on January 29th and will go ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor for Race for Water Foundation
The Race for Water Foundation and the 2017-2021 Race for Water Odyssey team wish you a happy new year 2018 full of success and discoveries! Currently in ...
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