French MEP
Catherine Chabaud will deliver a keynote speech about ocean plastic pollution at next week’s Malta Sustainability Forum
Catherine Chabaud, a French journalist and sailor turned MEP, is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas, and one of the main voices advocating for clean oceans today.
Chabaud was the first woman to successfully circumnavigate the world solo without stopping, an experience that encouraged her to take an active interest in the protection of the sea after seeing first-hand the incredible amount of plastic polluting it.
“I truly enjoyed my first solo races, and that gradually convinced me to set off on this great adventure and to experience being alone at sea for a long time,” Chabaud says. “It was an experience that had a great impact on the rest of my career and taught me a lot of lessons that are still very useful in what I do today.”
Joeri Oltheten: Shaping a sustainable future
As the Malta Sustainability Forum returns later this month, Curaçao-based social entrepreneur JOERI OLTHETEN explains how the Doughnut Economic Model could shape the future for both people and the planet.
15 January 2021, 2:03pm
Joeri Oltheten
According to the proverb, ‘we do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children’ – a sentiment shared by social entrepreneur Joeri Oltheten.
Having followed his roots back to Curaçao from the Netherlands, Oltheten knew that he could make a sizeable impact on the economic sustainability of the island nation. Indeed, he has forged a career around his talent for inventing creative solutions to complex challenges, after studying Business Economics at the University of Amsterdam and launching his own company in 2008.