A ship in harbour is safe.
But that is not what ships are built for.
Paulo Coelho
ASE : AYAM SAILING EUROPE AISBL
International non profit association
International non profit association
Our main navigation area is the mediterranean sea. There, corals are adopting a survival strategy to resist climate change as found out by our friend Dr. Diego Kersting. However, on the other hand, the impact of human activities is proportionally stronger than in any other sea [1]. One of the consequences is that the concentration of microplastics in the mediterranean sea is amongst the highest in the world [2].
"Youth can lead a social change for the preservation of the marine environment"
ASE launched in 2018 a pilot project The Pedagogical Sailboat Project
part of a broader and longer term initiative for youth called Erasmus Maris
The Pedagogical Sailboat project
Co-financed by the EU in the frame of the Erasmus+ programme
October 2018- June 2020
The Pedagogical Sailboat Project includes partners from education, scientific research and sailing around a common topic, pollution of the marine environment by microplastics.
ASE launched in 2018 a pilot project The Pedagogical Sailboat Project
part of a broader and longer term initiative for youth called Erasmus Maris
The Pedagogical Sailboat project
Co-financed by the EU in the frame of the Erasmus+ programme
October 2018- June 2020
The Pedagogical Sailboat Project includes partners from education, scientific research and sailing around a common topic, pollution of the marine environment by microplastics.
Logo of the project by Marina Cordier
Trisectoral partnership
Scientific research for better understanding of the problematic
The development of scientific skills is a fundamental axis of the Pedagogical Sailboat.
We are very proud to count on the scientific support of :
Awareness through education for a substantial habit change
The pedagogical sailboat allows acquiring skills targeted by the secondary school curriculum in concrete situations and contexts and in a collaborative way. Four secondary schools joined the project.
Athénée Royal Louis Delattre
European school Brussels IV
European school of Mol
Gimnazija Vič
A Sailboat because it has a great appeal for youth
The schooner "Tirant Primer" from the Generalitat Valenciana
Flagship of the project
Built in steel
LOA (length overall) : 28, 07 meters
The development of scientific skills is a fundamental axis of the Pedagogical Sailboat.
We are very proud to count on the scientific support of :
- Dr. Andrej Kržan from the National Institute of Chemistry and who was coordinator of DeFishGear project on marine litter in the Adriatic Sea.
- Professor Philippe Dubois, rector of the University of Mons, who facilitated a collaboration with the researchers of the Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials (LPCM).
Awareness through education for a substantial habit change
The pedagogical sailboat allows acquiring skills targeted by the secondary school curriculum in concrete situations and contexts and in a collaborative way. Four secondary schools joined the project.
Athénée Royal Louis Delattre
European school Brussels IV
European school of Mol
Gimnazija Vič
A Sailboat because it has a great appeal for youth
The schooner "Tirant Primer" from the Generalitat Valenciana
Flagship of the project
Built in steel
LOA (length overall) : 28, 07 meters
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The problem of plastic pollution has a profound social origin [3]. The Pedagogical Sailboat project is the first step towards the development of the "Erasmus Maris" initiative which objective is to foster the participation of secondary school students (16+) in scientific projects related to the protection of the marine environment in the frame of a mobility experience aboard a sailboat. Interested? Follow our blog visit the project site or even better contact us! [1] Coll, M. et al. The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves. Global Ecology and Biogeography (2012) [2] Suaria, G. et al. The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters. Sci. Rep. 6, 37551; doi: 10.1038/srep37551 (2016). [3] Luis F. Ruiz-Orejón "Floating plastic debris in the Central and Western Mediterranean Sea" current status and its social perception "Doctoral dissertation of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2018) |
The schooner "Tirant Primer"
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