Sustainable Materials and Value Chains Specialist

Angela has spent 15 years following the journey of materials from their source into the products we use every day – and onward to the waste dumps once we throw them out. With a background in socio-economic development and human rights, her career has focused on responsible business conduct, specifically supply chain sustainability and social impact for small producers such as artisanal and small-scale miners and (e-)waste pickers. Angela currently leads the team responsible for fair materials integration at Fairphone, a Dutch electronics company, overseeing responsible sourcing, human rights and environmental due diligence, and chain of custody for 23 focus materials – including plastics – across global supply chains.

Having grown up in Switzerland, Angela is an experienced mountaineer and outdoor enthusiast who loves climbing, hiking, ski touring, cycling and just spending time in the mountains. Snow, ice, wind and weather are familiar to her – but sailing will be a new experience she is looking forward to getting into.

Angela intends to leverage her insights from the expedition back into corporate sustainability to advocate for truly fair and circular business models. She is committed to translating field science into storytelling, and to inspire the next generation to continue the fight to preserve our truly stunning and unique planet.

Sailor & Student

Isabelle is a curious person and passionate about science, plant-based food, sailing, minimalism and photography. Her special interest lies in environmental protection, especially fighting plastic pollution as well as the rehabilitation and restoration of coral reef ecosystems and all living beings depending on them. She believes in promoting an environmentally conscious lifestyle which is affordable for everyone.

In 2018 she relocated from Switzerland to Ecuador where she learned about upcycling and then moved to Mexico City in 2020. She is finishing her second Master in Environmental Management and Audits in Marine Science and Technology at International Ibero-American University, Mexico. For her thesis she will join rrreefs (rrreefs.com) & Corales de Paz (coralesdepaz.org) reef building workshop in Colombia to put into the water a 3D printed clay modular rrreef brick system to research early colonization of baby corals. Isabelle is looking forward to exploring potential solutions to plastic and toxic pollution together with the virtual crew and raising awareness about what impact our daily actions have on our own health and the one of our oceans.

Project Manager

After working 5 years in the world of digital startups and communication in Paris, Eugenie got animated by a strong desire to have more positive impact, both in HER personal and professional life.Throughout this shift, she had the opportunity to live a collective experience around shared governance, cooperation and societal engagement. Now, Eugenie is currently moving back to Brittany (closer to the sea!) and wants to contribute to more sobriety, resilience and reconnection with nature in society. She also wants to play a part in projects around ecological transition by allowing everyone, in their own way, to be an actor in this transition.