Hosted by Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada Group Head of CSR, and Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of IOC-UNESCO, was held on March 26th the Sea Beyond award ceremony, during which has been announced the winning campaign developed by the students’ who joined the program. The first place goes to the Portuguese school Agrupamento de Escolas de Vialonga, Lisbon, with the awareness campaign “Redes circulares: Cerco ao plástico no mar” (“Circular Nets: a sea of plastic”): stop motion animation to show the catastrophic plastic pollution that endangers the ocean ecosystems and how to recollect plastic waste for upcycling opportunities. The winning campaign was selected by an international jury, composed of personalities who have dedicated their talent and careers to the ocean: Italian writer Alessandro Baricco; aquanaut, oceanographic explorer and environmental advocate Fabien Cousteau; environmental artist Anne de Carbuccia; marine scientist and social entrepreneur Kerstin Forsberg and Italian gold-medalist free diver Alessia Zecchini. Lorenzo Bertelli declared: “Along the project these incredible students learned ocean literacy and were invited to be part of an international ocean movement, committed to advocate its value. It has been very hard for both the teachers and the students to stay on board during these difficult months, experiencing home schooling and all the pandemic challenges. Their enthusiastic participation is really touching.”
n° 64 - 29 April 2021