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Sailing Hirondelle

City
Along the French Atlantic coast (limited because of the Corona)
Country
France
Stage of project
Stage 4: Growth
Sea basin regions
Atlantic Ocean (including North Sea)
Topics
Healthy and clean ocean
Food from the ocean
Climate and the ocean
Categories
Community engagement - work with local communities to solve local marine and social challenges and with high social acceptance potential
Arts: work or artistic expression relating to the ocean - visual arts (drawing, painting, photography, filmmaking, sculpting, etc.), literature (fiction, drama, poetry) and performing arts (dance, music, theatre)

THE SAILING HIRONDELLE PROJECTA sailing expedition entirely dedicated to creating content to raise awareness of a more sustainable relationship with the ocean. These ocean stories show the local impacts of a global environmental crises, as well as the local solutions to address it. The objectives are:- To tell the human story in the marine ecological crisis, with a focus on the interconnectivity between humans and the ocean.- Create modern and innovative ocean literacy tools through an interdisciplinary team. With the help of about twenty volunteers we create podcasts, articles, fiction, documentaries, artworks, etc.Focus on the podcasts:Radio Sea the Future tells stories about human-ocean relationships. Our episodes are produced during our stopovers in Brittany, to bear witness to the local facets of a global marine crisis. You will be able to follow this marine and human adventure on social networks, but also on all podcast listening platforms.