My first participation in a Reef-Building Workshop on Living Shorelines: Green Engineering Methods for Coral Reef Rehabilitation in San Andrés, Colombia. 10 fun days packed with interesting lectures, inspiring people from around the world, hands-on scientific dives and the building of the first pilot reef with a 3D-printed brick system made from clay. Hi - my name is Isabelle. I am Swiss and working in human resources in México City. Since 2018 I am studying Coastal Marine Ecosystem Management - in order to learn more about my passion: the sea and the conservation of marine ecosystems, especially coral reefs, and their inhabitants. Thanks to Corales de Paz and Rrreefs, I was able to do fieldwork at the beautiful destination San Andrés island in the Caribbean and am now writing my thesis about fusing individual bricks with coral microfragments. I am very happy that a year ago I contacted Dr. Ulrike Pfreundt and Dr. Phanor H. Montoya-Maya, due to my interest in the problem of the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) that is causing degradation of the reefs in Quintana Roo, México (fortunately the SCTLD has not yet reached Colombia). I got to know the extensive and valuable work that Phanor and his team do with Meaningful Diving (i.e. diving with a purpose) and create awareness about the marine ecosystem with their different online training (which I can gladly recommend) and field programs in coral reef restoration. So when later on, the Rrreefs Team and Corales de Paz announced their collaboration on working together on a pilot project - I didn’t hesitate to apply immediately. Living Shorelines: Green Engineering Methods for Coral Reef Rehabilitation - Workshop The Living Shorelines Workshop took place on 10.09. to the 20.09.2021 in San Andrés, Colombia, an island I’ve never heard of before, in the
My first participation in a Reef-Building Workshop on Living Shorelines: Green Engineering Methods for Coral Reef Rehabilitation in San Andrés, Colombia. 10 fun days packed
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