Angie Richard (Davis) 9/16/26 Angie Richard (Davis) 9/16/26

Resin, fiberglass… Wrecks are polluting the sea and marine animals

Seen as heritage worth valuing for tourism, boat graveyards carry a heavy environmental cost. Over time, debris breaks away from the hulls, polluting the water and the animals that live in it.

Angie Richard (Davis) 9/16/26 Angie Richard (Davis) 9/16/26

From the Boatyard to The Ocean Race Atlantic

We have just come off a huge five days presenting the Floating Stories Lab booth in the Racing for the Ocean tent as part of The Ocean Race Atlantic’s Park City installation in Lorient, Brittany.

Angie Richard (Davis) 4/15/26 Angie Richard (Davis) 4/15/26

Podcast: Middle School Students in Brittany report on the Environmental Impact of Abandoned Boats

Podcast: Local students in Brittany investigated the impact of a local boat cemetery on wild populations of oysters and mussels as part of the Regenerative Tides: Sailing for Solutions (ReTISS) citizen science initiative.

Angie Richard (Davis) 2/17/26 Angie Richard (Davis) 2/17/26

Wharram Hui Audierne 2026

We are thrilled to be welcoming the Hui to Audierne this summer and especially cannot wait to see Hanneke Boon’s Pahi 63 Spirit of Gaia and all the beautiful Wharram catamarans arriving to the harbour.

Angie Richard (Davis) 12/19/25 Angie Richard (Davis) 12/19/25

Video: Art x Science From the Field

The Floating Stories Lab Citizen Science Creative Residencies brings artists together in Brittany, France.

Angie Richard (Davis) 12/16/25 Angie Richard (Davis) 12/16/25

New entries to our Bad Boats Map in North Finistère, Bretagne, France.

Citizen scientists add new entries to our Bad Boats Map in an estuary in North Finistère, Bretagne, France.

Angie Richard (Davis) 10/22/25 Angie Richard (Davis) 10/22/25

Microplastic and Fiberglass Pollution Research in Gill Samples of Oysters and Mussels in the Goyen River-Estuary, Brittany, France

Our citizen science work with students from Collège du Bois de Locquéran along the Goyen River-Estuary in Brittany, France, continues, with further evidence documented of fiberglass and microplastics ingestion by locally gathered oyster and mussels.

Angie Richard (Davis) 10/14/25 Angie Richard (Davis) 10/14/25

Citizen Science on the Mudflats

Our second citizen science visit at the local middle school turned out shocking discoveries in native populations of European Oyster and mussel gill analysis.

Angie Richard (Davis) 10/6/25 Angie Richard (Davis) 10/6/25

Collège du Bois de Locquéran (Bretagne) x FSL Science Citoyenne

Initialement Publié sur le Site Web du Collège du Bois de Locquéran
Dans le cadre du projet que mène le groupe de 4^e Euro, une enseignante de l’Université de Brigthon est intervenue vendredi 26 septembre au collège.

En ce début d’année, le groupe mène un projet de Sciences participatives en lien avec l’Université de Brigthon. Angie Richard, à la fois mère d’un élève du collège, et, fondatrice de « The Floating Stories Lab », est à l’initiative du projet.