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

Watertalk with Marine Biologist Isabelle Poitou

Isabelle Poitou is a marine biologist and one the first French scientists to have addressed the issue of marine waste […]

Watertalk with French activist Laurent Lombard from Cannes

Laurent Lombard has always been a passionate diver. Born in French Var, Laurent grew up in Saint-Maxime and then moved […]

First Waterklass with Paris suburban kids

July 2014: time for our first  Waterklass, an educational program combining swimming lessons, SUP practice in pools and outdoor, all […]

In the wake of Impressionist Painters: A Watertrek project for French TV

Here we are stand-up paddling in the wake of the impressionist painter Claude Monet, in this first documentary vidéo co-produced […]

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

SUP clean-up at Eau Vive event in Joinville

For the second consecutive year, Watertrek joined to Eau Vive event and races on May 26th and 27th, 2018 organized in […]

Studying microplastics in the Adriatic sea

For the second time this year, Watertrek, represented by its founder Séverine, joined the MED Scientific Expedition sailing boat, chartered […]

Mangrove replanting SUP expedition in Myanmar

February 2017, our Ambassadors and Directors for Watertrek UK Mel & Paul travelled to Myanmar to explore the mangrove and […]

Success for the first Plastic Ocean screening & Sup clean-up

The Plastic Ocean Festival in London will be showcasing a series of events from April to September 2017 incorporating film […]
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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

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 […]

A first Waterquizz during the Course de l'Eau vive

In order to raise awareness on the urgent issues of climate change, chemical pollution or plastic waste, Watertrek has recently […]

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 […]
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