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Looking back at ‘Unite for the Environment’ 2nd edition 27 November 2021

News archiveBy Gert-Jan van Dommelen 19 December 2021

Rotaract MDIO’s (Multi-District Information Organizations) in Europe, Mediterranean and Oceania, jointly with EndPlasticSoup organized the webinar ‘Pollution’ on 27th November 2021. Webinar about Pollution Supported and joined by EndPlasticSoup, Rotaract organizations in Europe, Mediterranean and Oceania have once again started the debate about environmental sustainability after the first Climate Live webinar on 21st August. The…

It used to be garbage, now it’s art

News archiveBy Gert-Jan van Dommelen 26 November 2021

Art made of plastic: A joint work by the RYLA participants and the artist and Rotarian Hugo Soto. At the first Spanish-German RYLA seminar on Mallorca, 15 schoolchildren got involved in cleaning up polluted beaches. The young people were accompanied by Marja Ritterfeld, ex-governor of D1850 and member of the board of EndPlasticSoup. She was…

End Plastic Soup Puzzle

Germany, Netherlands, News archiveBy Gert-Jan van Dommelen 11 May 2021

RC Winschoten en RC Leer created ‘Rotary in action’ puzzles. The proceeds were intended for projects to prevent plastic in the sea.

Artikel D1580

News archiveBy Bart Burgers 29 March 2019

District 1580 has published a special Magazine for the Water Conference on April 13. In it, attention is paid to EndPlasticSoup and many other initiatives that contribute to reducing plastic waste. Read the article via this link, or the entire magazine via this link. If you would like to come, please register via the website…

EPSN Inspiration evening November 26, 2018

News archiveBy Bart Burgers 26 November 2018

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…

Boyan Slat receives prize

News archiveBy Bart Burgers 2 June 2018

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…

Start End Plastic Soup Campaign

News archiveBy Bart Burgers 2 June 2018

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…

Kickoff

News archiveBy Bart Burgers 10 February 2018

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!