Founding a pioneering company to develop technology that monitors pollution and removes it from waterways Every year, millions of tons of plastic waste get into the oceans, putting marine species at risk of extinction. Grosjean, a 29-year-old engineer, launched Ocean CleanX to develop automated pollution monitoring and removal tools that use artificial intelligence and drones…
Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, received the 44th International Leonardo Da Vinci Prize at the Rijksmuseum on Saturday June 2nd, 2018. The prize, an initiative of 11 European Rotary Clubs, is for a young, promising person who is active in one of the many fields of work of Leonardo da Vinci.…
On November 7, 2018 Rotary Club Huizen Gooimeer organized an inspiring and informative seminar at De Krachtcentrale in Huizen for the introduction of EndPlasticSoupNow. There was a lot of interest in the meeting, not only from Rotary members of various clubs in the region, but also from many other interested parties. The program was varied…
Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, received the 44th International Leonardo Da Vinci Prize in a crowded auditorium of the Rijksmuseum on Saturday 2 June. The prize, an initiative of 11 European Rotary Clubs, is for a young, promising person who is active in one of the many fields of work of…
On Monday November 26th we had an EPSN inspiration & brainwave evening, where the 60 Rotarians from 30 Rotary clubs were inspired by Thomas van Thiel from By The Ocean We Unite, Rosa Leijdekkers from rashless Earth and Annemarie Nederhoed from Plastic Soup Foundation. Afterwards we continued to talk in groups about ideas in the…
On Saturday, June 2, the campaign End Plastic Soup Now started with more than 200 Rotarians and more than 100 children from the Weekendacademie, Plastic Plastic was trained in the Amsterdam canals. The occasion was the Leonardo da Vinci prize that was presented to Boyan Slat of The Ocean Cleanup in the morning. It was…
On February 6, 2018, the End Plastic Soup Now project kicked off. In The Boat House, Hetty Deinum gave the starting signal by revealing the logo for our campaign. The first step has been taken!