The Plastic Odyssey made a stopover in Cape Verde in February 2026 for a special mission on the island of Santa Luzia.
We welcomed Abel, a Senegalese student in electro-mechanics, to work on the machines of the onboard workshop during the two weeks of our stopover in Cape Verde....
Cape Verde is full of artisans with magic fingers. They braid or knit banana, sisal, palm leaves and make an incredible variety of objects without ever resorting to plastic....
Rocky and seemingly hostile, the island of Santa Luzia is actually a paradise of biodiversity. Although no humans have ever lived there, loggerhead turtles come every year to lay their eggs, and over ...
Plastic Odyssey, an ambassador vessel for the fight against plastic pollution in the oceans, sails around the world to discover, reference, and share concrete solutions. A three-year expedition across three continents in countries most affected by plastic pollution.
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