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    Update from El Castillo!

    Good news! Our pilot reef, El Castillo, is thriving. In the latest monitoring our team in San Andres, Colombia, noted that the coral recruits are growing. They also saw that the coral fragments we put on the structure are fusing together. We couldn’t be more happy!   In…

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    rrreefs in Mexico

    In January, Marie and Josy went to Mexico to participate in the AIT Mexico Camp 2023. A camp organized by the University of St. Gallen. During one week, they gained insight into Mexican business, innovation, and entrepreneurship ecosystems. Whilst Marie was traveling to do a field assessment in the…

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    Featured in National Geographic

    We are incredibly proud that we have been featured in National Geographic Magazine Germany. Hanna talked to journalist Julia Graven about the development in and around our pilot reef “El Castillo” in San Andrés, Colombia. We believe that our work has the potential to make a real difference in…

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    Kultur- und Kreativpilot*innen Award Credit: BMWK / bundesfoto / Christina Czybik

    “Kultur- und Kreativpilot*innen” award

    We are over the moon! rrreefs received the “Kultur- und Kreativpilot*innen” award from the German Government. This award is aimed at companies in the cultural and creative industries and honors their courage, commitment, and innovation. Together with 31 fellow entrepreneurs from the creative and cultural industries, we were selected…

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    Partnership with TEAL Project

    This is exactly the type of collaboration we’re excited about! We have a new partnership with the very cool team of TEAL Project. Like us, Teal’s team members have a passion for the ocean, as they are all surfers.   Teal was founded by the Swiss professional Snowboarder David…

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    Teenage corals on our Tiles in the Maldives

    Our rrreefs journey began in 2019 off the coast of Magoodhoo Island in Fafoo Atoll, where we hung our first tiles, underwater, to test the material and surface topography of our bricks. Now three years later, we couldn’t be more proud of our work. (check the project…

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    We launched the RRREEF_RESILIENCE project!

    As some of you may already have heard, we just launched a new project at the interface of digital art, science and technology – the RRREEF_RESILIENCE.   The launch Event yesterday brought together 70 innovators, creatives, scientists, activists, and entrepreneurs to kick this project off.  …

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    Baby corals alert !

    rrreefers! Fantastic news! Angela from Corales de Paz did a visual and photographic monitoring of El Castillo two weeks ago, aaaand ….she found the first baby corals growing on our rrreef bricks.What a beautiful result of coral spawning. At precise dates and times, corals release their male and…

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    World Ocean Day 2022

    Today is World Ocean Day. At rrreefs, we of course align our objectives to the UN World Ocean motto: One Ocean, One Climate, One Future – Together. “This year the Conservation Action Focus is: Protect at least 30% of our blue planet by 2030 (30×30).”* Our leaders should make…

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    Planet Hero series presents: rrreefs

    We proudly present ….. tadaaaaa …. a new short documentary about rrreefs. Remember this prize we won last year – the Planet Hero Award? It was granted by Zurich Gruppe Deutschland, and became really important for us. Since then, our relationship with their team and with…

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