In this edition of the My Ocean Challenge Newsletter, we look back on our race season and explore the history of our climate! You might even uncover climate secrets from before you were born - unlocking the mysteries of the world around you!

My Ocean Challenge Newsletter #13 - climate detectives!

Wherever you live in the world, you have likely encountered at least one of the subjects we explore in the latest episode of the My Ocean Challenge video series. Today, we’re talking about Climate Detectives!  Appearing in many shapes and forms - both living and non-living - climate detectives help scientists reconstruct Earth’s past climate.  Happy learning!

My Ocean Challenge Video - Episode 6 - CLIMATE DETECTIVES

The event is set to take place in the Deichtorhallen Hamburg.

Team Malizia’s My Ocean Challenge is partnering with UNICEF to promote children’s rights and environmental protection through a digital lesson organised around this year’s World Ocean Day.

Upcoming Education Event With UNICEF For World Ocean Day

Boris joined live from the Atlantic Ocean, answering the children's most burning questions. 

Children in Hamburg envisioned a utopian future for Hamburg, where all problems had been solved.

Across our sails, the message is clear: This is “A Race We Must Win - Climate Action Now!” This mission defines every aspect of Team Malizia’s efforts. While Boris races at sea, we continue the race on land. Beyond sailing and collecting crucial Ocean data to help scientists better understand climate change, we are also deeply invested in Ocean and climate education through our Malizia My Ocean Challenge program.

Racing for a Cause: Climate Action at Sea and on Land

Climate Action Now is not written on our sails for aesthetic reasons. There is a clear message here. 

Free for use: the posters created for students focus on environmental topics and can be borrowed for free and brought to schools for temporary exhibitions. 

Pictures from the joint Clean Up Day and their new shared partnership logo - obviously including the SDG ring!

In a world where climate change is often seen as an overwhelming, distant challenge, it's easy to assume that someone else will take the lead. But as the old story goes, when Everybody assumes Somebody else will act, Nothing gets done. This is where the story of Max-Planck-Schule Kiel and their collaboration with schools in Mati, Philippines, offers a powerful lesson. 

Schools Are Taking Climate Action Now - What Are You Waiting For? 

Every two months, Team Malizia creates a newsletter for children to stay up to date with the boat and its adventures, learn about a science topic, and engage with fun creative tasks. But wait, haven’t we already released a newsletter this month? Yes, we have! That’s why this is the "Vendée Globe Special"—to make sure that if you haven’t caught the Vendée Globe fever yet, you definitely will now!

Vendée Globe Special: Kids Newsletter 12

Vendée Globe Special Kids Newsletter

Photo taken on day 4 during Leg 3 of The Ocean Race showing an Albatross flying around the Malizia - Seaexplorer.
02/03/23

Photo taken on day 4 during the Leg 3 of The Ocean Race showing an albatross flying around the Malizia - Seaexplorer.
01/03/23




It's no coincidence that we often refer to two people in love as "love birds"—around 90% of bird species live monogamously, forming some of the most loyal partnerships in the animal kingdom. However, rising global temperatures are creating unexpected challenges for one of the most iconic monogamous birds: the majestic albatross. This is the story of how global warming is affecting the love lives of these seabirds, putting their relationships metaphorically and literally in hot water.

Romantic Troubles? Try Being a Hungry Albatross Divorced by Climate Change

In the video call, Boris showed the children that Alfonso, his trusted sailing companion is onboard with him for their 6th circumnavigation

Hybrid My Ocean Challenge event in Großhansdorf, Germany, which Boris Herrmann live from the South Atlantic during the Vendée Globe 2024-2025

More than 1000 interested children, teachers, and parents joined our hybrid My Ocean Challenge kids event on 27 November to learn about sailing, science and sustainability! With participants logging in from Norway, France, Germany and even the South Atlantic, this event was a huge success!

Hybrid My Ocean Challenge event in Großhansdorf, Germany, with Boris Herrmann live from the South Atlantic during the Vendée Globe 2024-2025

From Northern Europe to The South Atlantic - Over 1000 Kids In My Ocean Challenge Event

Every six weeks, Team Malizia’s education programme, My Ocean Challenge, releases a children’s educational newsletter filled with updates from the team, the boat, and fascinating science topics. As winter sets in and the days grow colder, cosy up and join us in celebrating the wonders of the ocean - both above and below - while Boris continues his epic voyage.

My Ocean Challenge Newsletter 11 - Ocean Science

My Ocean Challenge kids event in The Hague during The Ocean Race 2022-2023- The Hague, Netherlands

Team Malizia organises My Ocean Challenge events throughout the year, since they are hybrid and we offer several languages, there’s certainly one that you can attend from anywhere in the world!

My Online My Ocean Challenge kids event with Unesco school Gymnasium Grootmoor in May 2022

Upcoming My Ocean Challenge Kids Events

Upcoming Kids Events

An enormous football stadium filled with around five hundred excited children, tons of sports, activities, and a dash of science — sounds familiar, right? For the third consecutive year, which officially marks it as a tradition, Team Malizia partnered with Zurich Group Germany to host their annual Sports and Climate Event at SC Viktoria Cologne's football stadium. 

500 Kids in the Race for Climate Action

Getting the Ball Rolling: Team Malizia and Zurich Inspire Kids for Climate Action

Every six to eight weeks, we publish a new My Ocean Challenge kids newsletter in English, German, and French featuring topics ranging from sailing updates and educational videos to articles on Ocean and climate topics. You will be able to get an even closer insight into Team Malizia, learn fascinating things about our environment, and get to do fun activities! Enjoy the read!

My Ocean Challenge Newsletter 10 - Bivalves and Seagrass! 

Bivalves and Seagrass - Newsletter 10 

Birte told the children about the exciting Transat CIC race, during which skipper Boris sailed Malizia-Seaexplorer from France to New York.

Climate detectives - Why look into the past to better understand our future of climate change?

About our hybrid My Ocean Challenge Event in New York City.

My Ocean Challenge in New York

My Ocean Challenge in New York City

Newsletter #9 - Mangroves - March 2024 - My Ocean Challenge

My Ocean Challenge Newsletter 9 - Marvelous Mangroves!

The fifth episode of our Malizia My Ocean Challenge video series is now available online! Join us as we unveil the marvels of mangroves on a captivating adventure spanning across Martinique and the Philippines. // Die fünfte Episode unserer Malizia My Ocean Challenge-Videoserie ist jetzt online! Begleite uns, während wir die Wunder der Mangroven auf einem fesselnden Abenteuer in Martinique und den Philippinen enthüllen.

Mangroves - Episode 5 - My Ocean Challenge Video Series

Team Malizia in Monaco

Team Malizia in Monaco.

Boris Herrmann & Pierre Casiraghi in front of Monaco

Boris & Pierre meeting the kids

Boris & Loris from Greenboats

My Ocean Challenge Event in Monaco

Monaco Ocean Week is an annual event during which Ocean conservation takes the centre stage of discussions, debates and actions. Team Malizia was back in the Principality last week for this year’s edition to meet partners, network around science, host a kids event, and film exciting content around its history with Monaco and scientific research.

Monaco Ocean Week 2024 with Team Malizia

Cover photo of the Newsletter #8 in English

Join us in our My Ocean Challenge Newsletter #8 to find out what it takes to be a sailor on board the Malizia - Seaexplorer and how whales benefit us humans with free ecosystem services every few seconds! 

My Ocean Challenge Newsletter 8 - Life Onboard And Whales!

The Episode 4 of the Malizia My Ocean Challenge video series is out! Discover what life onboard a racing yacht like Malizia - Seaexplorer is actually like and what challenges sailors face at sea! // Die Episode 4 der Malizia My Ocean Challenge Videoserie ist da! Entdecke, wie das Leben an Bord einer Rennyacht wie der Malizia - Seaexplorer tatsächlich aussieht und welchen Herausforderungen sich Segler auf See stellen müssen!

Life Onboard A Racing Yacht - Episode 4 - My Ocean Challenge Video Series

Speakers at the Erasmus Marie Conference 2023 in Valencia

When most of Team Malizia is busy with the last Transat Jacques Vabre preparations in Le Havre, it doesn’t mean that everything else in our campaign is put on hold: Our education manager Els went to the first Erasmus Maris conference in Valencia to discuss synergies between Team Malizia’s My Ocean Challenge programme and other great initiatives for Ocean Literacy.

Participants Erasmus Maris Conference Valencia

Teaming Up For Climate Impact & Ocean Literacy

Teaming Up For Climate Impact & Ocean Literacy - Erasmus Maris Conference in Valencia

My Ocean Challenge Newsletter 7 - Learn more about corals!

My Ocean Challenge Newsletter 7 - Learn More About Corals!

The collective artwork is exhibited in the Deichtorhallen Hamburg until the end of September

"Make Climate Change Visible", the collective artwork as a powerful message

Boris Herrmann and the school from around the world participated in a Zoom call during the opening of the exhibition which revealed the final installation made out of the 600 sails

On 7 September 2023, Team Malizia and the Deichtorhallen opened the "Make Climate Change Visible - Sailing Around The World With Team Malizia" student exhibition in Hamburg. The artwork was created as part of the My Ocean Challenge education programme with children from 9 countries at each stage of The Ocean Race 2022-2023.

Over 600 little sails created by children in the Malizia Ocean Challenge programme during The Ocean Race have come together in a large art installation exhibited at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg

Team Malizia and the Deichtorhallen opened the "Make Climate Change Visible - Sailing Around The World With Team Malizia" student exhibition yesterday in Hamburg. The artwork was created as part of the My Ocean Challenge education programme with children from 9 countries at each stage of The Ocean Race 2022-2023.

My Ocean Challenge - A School Children Artwork Travels Around The World

My Ocean Challenge - A School Children Artwork Travels Around The World With Team Malizia

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