Fabrice Amedeo is in the class!
As part of our partnership, yachtsman Fabrice Amedeo visited the classrooms of children of Onet Group employees on Monday March 15. The program included a presentation on the preservation of the oceans, and numerous exchanges between the pupils and the skipper.
A race... to the schools for Fabrice Amedeo!
In addition to the samples taken aboard his boat, Fabrice is leading a project to raise children's awareness, in partnership with the Fondation de la Mer and the French Ministry of Education, through an educational booklet distributed at the event: Cétacé, l'Océan boit la tasse. Through the pages, exercises, games and activities proposed, young readers will learn more about the oceans and discover just how fragile they are.
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Meeting in Marseille to raise awareness of ocean preservation among our employees' children
Raising awareness among the younger generation is a subject of particular importance to Fabrice, who also has a special affection for the city of Marseille.
There was a time in my life when I dreamed of living there. I love the atmosphere, the light, the magical view over the harbor. I'm delighted to be visiting Marseille's schools on behalf of my partner Onet. Meeting the children is always a highlight. We're going to talk about the Vendée Globe and ocean preservation: such an important subject when you're lucky enough to live facing such a beautiful sea. A sea so beautiful but so damaged.
Younger generations concerned about the future of our planet
The navigator reveals the content of the exchanges with the pupils of the 7 classes visited, i.e. more than 210 children sensitized: "We talk about the fauna, the flora, the fragility of the ecosystems crossed during the Vendée Globe and the daily gestures to make to save our planet... We try, especially, to explain to them that everything is connected. They're very receptive and sensitive to these subjects. They ask a lot of questions and are aware of the global threat. We also talk about marine mammals, life on board, the adventure aspect, but very little about sport."
The schoolchildren asked Fabrice Amedeo many questions. One question that particularly caught our navigator's attention came from a CE2 pupil: "Excuse me sir, but I don't understand. If our waste dumped on land ends up in the sea, and if it pollutes, why do adults continue to behave badly?"
A look back at a concrete scientific project supported by the Onet Group
Fabrice Amedeo wanted to "give meaning" and "find a commitment that goes beyond the sporting challenge alone". He decided to do his bit to help the environment. This awareness was accompanied by concrete action. In 2019, Fabrice is equipping his boat with two oceanographic sensors, with the support of his partner Onet.
The first measures CO2 content, salinity and changes in water temperature.
Objective: to enable the scientific community to measure the impact of global warming and rising CO2 emissions in the atmosphere on the state of our oceans.
The second assesses the quantity, distribution and toxicity of microplastics in the oceans. The skipper then makes the data collected available to the international scientific community.