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Conference confessions and digital digestions
I’m running through a huge hallway. Some doors are closed, others open. People standing crammed in a little corner trying to hear and see what is going on inside. Which…
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Musings over morning tea: litter, law and light.
By Johanna Bürkert @BuerkertJohanna As the days get shorter and the leaves begin to fall, I can’t help but longingly think about the beach while staring into my…
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The journey of a plastic dot
A quick search through your garbage bin at home will likely tell you, unsurprisingly, that a lot of your waste consists of plastic. These pieces all have a different shape,…
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From a clean beach to a clean ocean
Summer in the Netherlands. Sometimes it is extremely humid and cloudy, many times it rains, but there are these days that are just genuinely nice. On these days, regardless of…
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Webinar on World Nature Conservation Day for donors
On Tuesday the 28th of July, Erik van Sebille and Stefanie Ypma hosted a webinar to share the first results on the Galapagos Plastic Free project. Invited were all alumni…
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A welcome to the Galapagos Islands from behind our home desks
Done my morning yoga, whistled at my parakeet, put on my slippers and took a cup of tea upstairs to my ‘office’. A very normal start of the day in…
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