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For a long time, father and son Marco and Hilmar had the idea: how wonderful it would be if the many nature conservation projects that are continuously being carried out all over the world will receive the attention they deserve! After all, conservationists are often so focused on their good work that communicating about their projects and the often beautiful results is not really what they are good at. And that is, to say the least, unfortunate. Because we can learn from all those projects that even the smallest decisions or actions we take to spare nature can have a rapid and significant impact on its recovery! And so it happened that Marco, a teacher and project management trainer, got to work on writing a complete project plan for this initiative. His son Hilmar, who has since graduated from Wageningen University as a marine biologist, is meanwhile spending several months working with an experienced wildlife filmmaker in Canada. Both are preparing for a special project. It is August 2025. The project: with a sailing boat, Marco, Hilmar, and a rotating crew of sponsors, scientists and captains of industry, want to visit maritime conservation projects and report on the recovery of nature. This reporting will take place on popular social media and through traditional media. The project can be continuously followed by everyone. For the vessel, they are considering a catamaran, designed with sustainability in mind wherever possible. Initially, the ship of former astronaut Wubbo Ockels (the Ecolution) was considered as a possible expedition vessel. However, after a thorough inspection, it turned out that adapting this ship—which was indeed designed and built with sustainability in mind—into a suitable expedition vessel would ironically not be sustainable. After many discussions with specialists, a “fleet review” of possible used and newly built ships followed. An aluminum catamaran, built in the Netherlands (with 60% re-used aluminium, electric engines and power generation while sailing!). This could hardly be a coincidence. Contact was made with the shipyard, and an appointment was arranged to view the ship and investigate whether it could be built in a special variant as an expedition vessel. It is mid-September 2025. To be continued soon. |
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