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Sailed by Windpower – Cocoa with Tailwind

Fair Winds Collective meets school




The 6th-grade classes had a special visitor: our former colleague Peggy Engelmann (founder of Fair Winds Collective).

Peggy shared her adventure of transporting fair trade organic products like cocoa across the Atlantic to Germany – by sailing ship. The students asked many curious questions and learned firsthand how sustainable trade can work even at sea.


Peggy also sailed as an educator with High Seas High School – The Sailing Classroom. High Seas High School is a unique school project in which young people spend several months aboard a tall ship. There, they not only sail together but also learn, take on responsibility, and discover the world in a very special way.


But Peggy also talked about the other side of seafaring: oceans increasingly polluted by plastic, oil, and chemicals. Massive drilling platforms pierce sensitive ecosystems, and container ships as well as cruise giants burn heavy fuel oil – one of the dirtiest fuels there is. The result: toxic exhaust gases, soot, and a sea under growing pressure.

Her message was clear: if we want to protect the oceans, we need to find new ways – just as she does, with wind power, fair trade relations, and an awareness that every form of transport leaves a trace.


To conclude, everyone got to taste fairly sailed, roasted organic cocoa beans – and, of course, enjoy fair trade organic chocolate.

A heartfelt thank you to the 6th-grade classes for your curious questions – and to Peggy Engelmann, who came all the way from Amsterdam to visit us.


Hendrik Lauterbach / Martin Geppert






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