Protecting the ocean by fighting plastic pollution

Dear difteurs,

Thanks to your difts, Wings of the Ocean operates every day on French coastlines and rivers to preserve them from the litter that floods them!

As the year draws to a close, two of our seven missions remain active in the field, with the other five now closed!"

These are the Mediterranean missions on the Rhone Delta and the Etang de Berre, which are still in full swing this November.

Small focus then on our new River mission on the banks of the Rhône launched this year with :

- already 460 hours of collection accumulated since the mission began this summer

- unfortunately 1950 kgs of waste collected in just 22 actions

- waste collections by kayak at the mouth of the Rhône and in the Parc Naturel de Camargue

The big winner again and again being plastic, which accounted for 1460kg, representing 75% of the total weight of waste collected.

The installation of missions on river estuaries is proving to be a priority given the role these transfer routes play in transporting waste from land to sea.

Let's not forget that 80% of waste at sea comes from inland, 10% from coastal activities and 10% from activities at sea.

See you soon!

Dear Captains, 
With the start of the vacations, it's high time to share the first news of our active missions on coasts and rivers in 2024! 
Wings of the Ocean has launched its 7 missions since April
Thanks to your support and that of our other patrons and partners, we have already been able to:

 (Data compiled up to June 30, 2024) 
Forthcoming:

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support you give every day to our missions to protect the Ocean <3

KRAKEN IS GETTING A BRAND NEW LOOK

The Kraken construction project, initiated in 2022, is slowly coming to an end. To mark the occasion, we look back over the past 2 years of work to present the achievements of over a hundred volunteers!
It's been a long, hard and challenging task to make this emblematic boat of the Association the standard-bearer in the fight against plastic pollution in France.
The project has been able to proceed thanks to the support of our partners (and you!) who share our common ambition to preserve the ocean. The yacht's renovations have been able to come to life over the last few months thanks to the determination of the shipyard's volunteers, as much as to our partners. 
Flashback on thousands of hours of work...
The Kraken will set sail again in 2024 to resume her mission on the Mediterranean coast. 
We'll soon be sharing some great news about her upcoming program and itinerary!

My best wishes for this new year 2024! May it once again enable us to fight beautiful battles together for the preservation of our Ocean, there's still a lot of work to do this year.

First of all, I'd like to thank you for the invaluable support you gave us in 2023. Thanks to the support of Captains patrons, we were able to make this past year one of all records, both on our missions and on the association's cross-functional projects.

May this momentum continue in 2024 to further accentuate our efforts in the field and protect living things!

Before sharing the full 2023 balance sheet currently being finalized, here are a few key figures to get our mouths watering:

- 6 missions in 2023:

On the pollution clean-up side:

- 426 waste pick-ups (50 more than in 2022, more than one pick-up per day compared to the year!)
- 45 tons of waste collected (2x more than in 2022).
On the awareness-raising side:

253 volunteers have been recruited to take part in our missions for a minimum of 1 month (this figure excludes one-off volunteers!).

In 2024, we're adding two new missions to our projects by tackling a subject that is too little addressed in our territory: the role of rivers as major axes carrying waste to the Ocean.
We are therefore opening a mission on the Gironde Estuary and a mission on the Rhône Delta to clean up the banks and ultimately attempt to install sustainable solutions for capturing river waste.

I wish you an excellent year, full of happiness, commitment and good health!

For an Ocean without waste,
The Wings of the Ocean team

The Etang de Berre mission is coming to an end, and we're delighted with the work of our teams in the field and the support of our entire community. 
Some overall figures on the May to September mission:
- 39 clean-ups 
- Over 25 tons of waste collected
- Over 40,000 cigarette butts collected
- 1,764 people made aware 
- 37 volunteers involved in the mission
Our action doesn't stop there, we're also present on the Atlantic coast, the Mediterranean coast, the Etang de Thau and the Bassin d'Arcachon!
I won't bore you with the figures: we're collecting more and more garbage... But we're also raising awareness among more and more people, which is very encouraging!
All this is partly thanks to you, so a huge thank you.
We're all working together for plastic-free oceans!