From November 13th to November 15th, 2015, the Octopus Foundation’s team has regrouped in the Foundation’s headquarter in Lausanne for a strategy meeting. Among the discussed issues let’s particularly remember: A detailed review of the general organization of the Foundation A standpoint on how the Foundation is dealing with the process of selecting the projects and…
Articles posted by Julien Pfyffer (page 2)
3The Octopus Foundation, founded in 2015 by Franco-Swiss journalist, sailor and diver, Julien Pfyffer, has for mission to promote the exploration of the marine world in the fields of biology and underwater archaeology and to make the knowledge gained accessible.
At the end of January, a small crew of the Octopus Foundation has gathered on the shore of the Étang de Thau, in the South of France, to put in place winter diving training sessions.
Julien Pfyffer’s interview in the asset managers’ magazine for French-speaking Switzerland. (Voxia)
LE MATIN
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The Swiss newspaper Le Matin has published a two-pages story about our project to support the Lampedusa clinic, in its April 29th issue. The article focuses on the turtle’s role as jellyfish regulator in the Mediterranean. But these marine reptiles often fall victims to fishing gear. The Italian biologist Daniela Freggi founded a clinic in order…
The following article in the Tribune de Genève looks into Julien Pfyffer’s journey to the creation of the Octopus Foundation. It also covers the historical project in Albania with the support to UNIGE’s team of archaeologists (University of Geneva).