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Publication Alert: ReTISS Report Published in UNESCO Repository AquaDocs
This report assesses the scientific, social, environmental and political impacts of Regenerative Tides: Sailing for Solutions (ReTISS), the Floating Stories Lab’s pilot citizen science initiative delivered during the IMPETUS Accelerator (June 2025 – January 2026).
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.
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.
Weekly Digest | Week 55 Hand Building an Ocean Catamaran & Our Latest Art x Science Residency
Braving putrid temperatures and a two-day black out were a group of talented artists and academics who joined us in Finistere for the 2026 FSL ReTISS Citizen Science Creative Residency. No joke guys, it was a bloody hot week. Between field trip visits to the local Boat Cemetery, kayaking up the Goyen River to view these sites of decay from the water looking back, and debris collecting, the team worked together during creative interpretation sessions to co-create the Table of Curiosity, which FSL will begin touring next month to festivals, events and conferences across Brittany.
Regenerative Tides Endorsed by the United Nations Ocean Decade
Our citizen science initiative Regenerative Tides: Sailing for Solutions joins UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development program. Plus more news from the boat yard and a new book alert!
From Pilot to Platform: ReTISS Concludes the IMPETUS Accelerator
We are proud to share that the EU Horizon-funded IMPETUS Accelerator phase of ReTISS has officially concluded, and the results have exceeded every expectation.
Mapping End-of-Life Boats, November Update
Citizen scientists in Brittany (France) and the Isle of Wight (UK) have mapped almost 100 boats as part of our ReTISS citizen science initiative. Here are some important data points thus far.
🔴 LIVE: Citizen Science Webinar with Dr. Corina Ciocan & Angie Richard
Join Dr. Corina Ciocan and Angie Richard for a live conversation on the Regenerative Tides initiative — where citizen science, art, and policy meet to tackle fiberglass boat pollution.
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.
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.
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 4e 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.
Young Breton Citizen Scientists of the Goyen
Dr. Corina Ciocan joined Angie to visit Collège du Bois de Locquéran in Brittany. Over the next year, the middle school students will contribute to important research, mapping end-of-life boats in their local village, collecting and analyzing bivalve samples for fiberglass pollution, and creating a short video to communicate their school’s participation in the project.
Meet the ReTISS Citizen Science Creative Residency Artists
A selection of international artists will gather in Brittany, France, for a Citizen Science Creative Residency exploring the deep connections between people and the ocean. Meet the eight participants.
Regenerative Tides Citizen Science Creative Residency
The Floating Stories Lab Association is inviting artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, designers, and other creative practitioners to take part in a week-long residency in coastal Brittany exploring the deep connections between people and the ocean. October 3-10, 2025. Apply Now.
