Prix Bulles Class of 2024

Prix Bulles Class of 2024: (L-R) Elias Pertoft (Excellence award), Fabio Delmonte (Ocean for Planet award), Daniela Jovic (Space for our Planet award), Rodrigo Basilicati Cardin, Ana Elena Pinto (NGO for Environment award) and Jacques Rougerie (Honor award) at the Pierre Cardin Palais Bulles or ‘Bubble Palace’ in Théoule-sur-Mer, France.

Fashion house Pierre Cardin collaborated with ESA on its Prix Bulles, an esteemed award presented to a startup whose project and initiatives promote and advance the emergence of an ecological space economy in service to Earth.

Spacemanic, a Slovak and Czech startup company, won this year’s Prix Bulles Cardin award for its ocean WaterCube.

This device, which is based on space hardware, has sensors which measure pollution levels in sea water allowing the identification of pollution hotspots. With this data, action can be taken to safeguard habitats and species critical for the long-term sustainability of marine ecosystems and fisheries.