Get to know an adventurous family
Dario and Sabine Schwoerer and their six children live on board the Pachamama, their 15 meter long sailing boat.
The family travels the world, teaching people how to live more sustainably. They visit schools, talk about their adventures and give tips on how to protect the environment. Pictured here is their trip to a school in Liverpool.
She is the oldest of all children. She says she learned to respect nature: “If it’s getting dark earlier, I just go to bed earlier. If an island has no garbage disposal, I wrap my sandwich in a leaf instead of in tin foil or plastic wrap.”
When he and his family are not on board their boat, they ride their bicycles to wherever they want to go. The family's goal is to rely only on renewable energies – for example their own muscle power on their bikes.
In this picture, we see him celebrate his 7th birthday at home – on the Pachamama sailing boat. Since space is limited on board, he and his siblings share a room. But Andri doesn’t mind. “Less cold at night” he says.
Alegra, like her brothers and sisters, is full of energy. In order to make sure that none of the kids ever fall overboard, there is a safety net encircling the deck of the boat. The children are also safely harnessed when the seas are rough.
She is the youngest person on the planet to have sailed the Arctic Channel. By doing so, the family aims to draw attention to global warming – climate change has resulted in thinning summer ice, making the historically impassable Northwest Passage navigable.