<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:x-small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Plastic waste, including microplastics in the oceans is one of the biggest environmental challenges we are currently facing. New solutions, sustainable services and business concepts are needed to protect our environment and to keep our water clean.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">To prevent microplastics from ending up in the Baltic sea, FanpLESStic-sea project together with Helsinki Think Company and Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) are introducing <a href="http://thinkcompany.fi/microplastic" target="_blank">DEEP – Microplastic Challenge</a> 29.11–1.12 2019 at Terkko Health Hub in Helsinki. DEEP is a hackathon that is focused on developing innovative solutions to prevent marine littering. DEEP calls for applications both from groups and individuals ready to create concrete solutions.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We want to bring together students, researchers, entrepreneurs and other enthusiasts to co-create solutions for preventing microplastics from polluting the Baltic sea. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Apply <a href="https://hkithinkco.typeform.com/to/oEboRe" target="_blank">here</a> as a team or an individual by the 19th of November 2019!</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">More information at:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black"><a href="http://thinkcompany.fi/microplastic" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">http://thinkcompany.fi/microplastic</span></a></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><br></p><div><img src="cid:ii_k2xd2xdw0" alt="DEEP microplastic kuva4.jpg" width="311" height="174" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font size="1"><font color="#000000">Yliopistonkatu 4, 00101 Helsinki | +358 44 722 9873<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