By eXXpedition Caribbean crew member Rigmor Solnes. Thank you so much Woobamboo for sponsoring the crew and me onboard eXXpedition With Woobamboo bamboo toothbrushes. Read more here. The toothbrushes are made of panda friendly and environmental sustainable bamboo. http://woobamboo.com/
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eXXpedition Caribbean Sponsor – Tufte Wear
By eXXpedition Caribbean crew member Rigmor Solnes. Tufte Wear has been so very kind and contributing to my trip with the eXXpedition by giving me some clothes in bamboo. Thank you so much! They are super soft and comfy! What is Tufte Wear? Tufte Wear is a company founded by the […]
Read MoreCooked, A Plastic Perspective
Recently I have been watching a four part documentary on Netflix called Cooked based on the book by food author, Michael Pollan. It’s a fascinating look not just at the chemistry and history of cooked food but also the place cooking and food holds in society. Anyone who knows me, […]
Read MoreNew Beginnings, Changes and Goodbyes
Auf wiedersehen. Adeus. Arrivederci. Da svidaniya. Hwyl fawr. Farvel. Farewell. By the time this Ship’s Blog gets posted, we will have gathered our belongings and departed Sea Dragon, our home for the last eight nights. We, the 13 crew members of the eXXpedition Caribbean 2016 leg 2, represent nine countries: […]
Read MoreAntigua
Antigua & Barbuda is the last stop on our eXXpedition. Just recently World Bank data showed that this small twin-island nation generates the 3rd highest amount of household waste in the world with 5.5 kg per capita per day alongside other Caribbean islands among the top generators of solid waste. […]
Read MoreJourney From Dominica to Antigua.
10th March 2016 Our journey to Antigua began at midnight, and all hands were on deck to bring the main sail up ready to set off. Wind strong and gusting we edged out of Dominica as the first watch team took to the helm. Sleep was near impossible for the […]
Read MoreAnother day raining… Compliments!
Another day raining! Normally that’s a negative thing, but not @Sea Dragon. That’s because it’s raining complimtents!! ‘Great job ladies’ ‘Thanks a lot’ ‘You’re awsome’ ‘Such a great crew we have’ ‘Like your shirt, short, skirt, hat’ ‘It was such a long time ago that I saw your pretty face’ […]
Read MoreHappy international women’s day from Dominica
A perspective on international women’s day from our Russian Filmaker Alonya Celebration of Women’s Day at home (in Russia) today have nothing in common with political issue of it’s historical beginning when Socialist Party of America incited a strike of women in New York on February 28 1909, whose basic […]
Read MoreOutreach in Dominica
Twenty years ago, there was no plastic in Dominica. As we shelter from the rain and wind in Portsmouth, one of the two towns in Dominica, Chris, of the Portsmouth Community Watch Foundation, tells us how everything used to come in paper, and such waste as there was got thrown […]
Read MoreThey inspire me on International women’s day
Today we knew it was a long day on land and we didn’t forget to start with a big jump in the water as first thing! The first swim in the morning from the boat at 7.30am is always the best! After a big breakfast on board and 15 minutes […]
Read MoreBecoming a multiplier
Only 2 days ago our group of engaged woman met for the first time at the Rodney Bay harbor in St. Lucia to become part of an eager endeavour to study the impact of plastics on our oceans and our bodies, each of us with their personal motivation and background. […]
Read MoreMy first meeting of eXXpedition
I first heard about the eXXpedition through a friend of a friend’s blog about a month ago. An all women crew who are doing research on the plastic and the toxic in the ocean. How incredible cool isn’t that? Before I read up about the expedition and the mission, I […]
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