THE WATERTREK ASSOCIATION

Raising awareness, educating and acting to protect aquatic environments

Watertrek is an organization invested in raising awareness for the protection of water and aquatic ecosystems threatened by plastic pollution, global warming and toxic chemicals.

The organization combines storytelling (creative content production such as films and animations), sports (paddle-boarding) and science (citizen and participatory sciences) to get back in touch with nature. It offers a fun, embodied approach to environmental education concerning our focus areas of zero-waste, raising awareness and reconnection.

Creativity and movement are the driving forces within Watertrek, inspiring people to shift their perspective and take action.

« I am deeply convinced that the current ecological state of our planet is the result of a profound androcentric alteration and manipulation of our relationship to nature, typical of the Anthropocene. This was the impetus for my desire to explore new ways of considering this connection to nature - reliance - by combining storytelling, the imagination, physical experience, and adventure. This is the heart of Watertrek. »
Séverine Vasselin, actress, environmentalist, co-founder
« Watertrek invites us to ‘go with the flow,’ to let ourselves fall in love with water again while actively engaging with it –riverbanks, beaches, the high seas… A heart-body-mind involvement in the fluidity of the feminine energy of water imparted by its founder »
Pascal d'Erm, ambassador & author

Our contents

Couverture podcast Waterchat
Falling back on fantasy, shifting our stories and representations are the key elements for evolving and then taking action. Watertrek makes use of films, podcasts, theatrical performances and conferences to talk and exchange on the theme of water in an inspirational way. We make ourselves available for all those who would like our intervention.

OUR LATEST PRODUCTIONS

Totally Thames Source to Sea SUP Relay

In September 2016, the first stand-up paddle board Source to Sea Relay on the River Thames was held as part […]

New Watertrek clip

Watertrek is very grateful to be able to use a song by famous French singer Zazie for its new clip, […]

Environmental Education at Cambodia Kids Care Center

Christmas 2015: time to implement Watertrek's missions on the field: educating, raising awareness, putting people on the water, make them […]

Watertalk with Nicolas Hulot about Climate change & his #osons call

Nicolas Hulot is a famous French TV figure who has hosted the adventure program Ushuaïa for years, travelling the world […]

PADDLE & PROTECT : 
SUP & SCIENCE PARTICIPATIVE

Watertrek selects the citizen science protocols developed by partner organizations which can be used from a stand-up paddle board or by hikes along the water. Our efforts are focused on indicators which allow the furthering of knowledge related to plastic pollution, the effects of global warming and the presence of toxic chemicals in water. They also allow us to expand our data on platforms developed by the scientific community and to guide institutional efforts.

OUR LATEST INITIATIVES

A paddle down the Orne river for Mathieu and Anthony

After a first expedition down the Loire river in June 2018, our two eco-SUPers Mathieu Bachon & Anthony Nicolle have […]

Odyseine Paddle & Pick initiative downtown Paris

20700 cigarette butts, 2697 bottle tops, 375 food packagings, 138 corks, 90 tcups, and hundreds of bottles have been counted […]

Loire Sup Expedition by Mathieu and Anthony

Anthony Nicolle and Mathieu Bachon  - 2 paddlers from the Cotentin area in France, Normandy - went down a section […]

Sognefjord Expedition

Some destinations are particularly well adapted to paddling, and Norway is definitely one of them. Suping along the fjords is […]
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3 THREATS AND FIELDS OF ACTION

To protect aquatic ecosystems, it’s important to reduce

Our partners

All the partners

YOU

Support us with a donation :
Make a donation
Apply for volunteer or internship opportunities :
talent@watertrek.org
Ask for a conference in your organization :
contact@watertrek.org
Participate as a paddler or hiker to collect scientific data :
paddle&protect@watertrek.org
Register on our watermap as a SUP club :
Fill out the Watermap SUP clubs form
Others inquiries :
Contact us

News

Watertrek presents its podcast Waterchat

The health crisis has forced us to brainstorm on new ways to raise awareness about protecting nature while locked in […]

Study of microplastics at Mediterranean Sea

Watertrek has boarded the Italian scientific sailing ship “le Bonita” in the third week of August 2020. The aim: to […]

Watertrek team-building & sup trip along the Orne

Watertrek volunteers have paddled down the Orne River (French Normandy) between Thury-Harcourt and the Pont de Brie as part of […]

Facebook lives

Due to lockdown, Watertrek is launching a series of Facebook live conferences to address environmental issues in times of quarantine. […]
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