1. Be an advocate for our ocean. One of the biggest things you can do for our ocean is to speak up on issues and support policies that protect marine habitats and wildlife. Whether it’s at the local level or a nationwide policy change, everything matters and has the potential for a positive impact for … Read more
Being a Green Boater involves making choices that take the potential impact on the marine environment into account, and perhaps at no other time during boat ownership are there more decisions to make than when doing upgrades and projects on an older vessel. Behan Gifford, along with her husband, Jamie, are in the process of … Read more
Spring is here, the weather is heating up, and it’s time to go sailing! With boat launch dates quickly approaching, now is a good time to finish your spring prep work. Here are some Green Boating tips to help you start this sailing season off right. Bottom Paint No doubt that you will need to … Read more
Are you interested in hosting a Clean Regatta but don’t know how to begin? Or maybe you hosted one before and want to go for a higher certification level? It can definitely be intimidating—particularly at first! To help, we’ve put together five Clean Regattas tips to get you started on the path of event sustainability. … Read more
Are you ready to put winter in the rearview? We definitely are! If you are looking for some fun and educational activities that will get you and your kids outside this spring, look no further. We’ve chosen six of our Kids Environmental Lesson Plans that highlight a variety of ocean literacy themes to get you … Read more
In addition to all the usual crew positions—skipper, navigator, tactician—there’s a new choice for those registering for the 2022 Newport Bermuda Race: Environmentalist. This biennial event is a challenging, 635-mile offshore race from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda, and this year, there will be roughly 200 boats at the start on June 17th! In 2018, … Read more
Happy New Year! Many new-year goals focus on ways that we can make ourselves healthier—lose weight, eat more vegetables, work less—but what about making the ocean healthier? If reducing your environmental impact is something that you would like to accomplish in 2022, a great way to start is aboard your boat: it’s a place where … Read more
A semester abroad is a life-changing experience during a student’s time at school. Now if that semester is aboard a tall ship doing research on ocean plastics in the North Pacific? Even more so! Sea Education Association is based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and offers programs for high school and college students aboard their two … Read more
When you have set and accomplished a major goal, it’s only natural to start thinking, “what’s next?” In Part Three of Sailors for the Sea Skipper Damon Gannon’s interview with Will Freund of Climate, Kayak and Conversation, they get into just that, along with some lessons learned—and what to do when you encounter a climate … Read more
Lyra, under full sail Life aboard a boat is already pretty green, which is one of its appeals. When you’re away from the dock, every resource is limited and must be somehow generated and/or stored on the boat, and everything going out, like trash and waste, needs to have a plan. Modern land-bound life rarely … Read more
