It’s here! A new organisation creating a positive impact for the protection of Mother Nature: Project MANA. Born in Puglia, Italy, Project MANA is born thanks to a group of young initiators including Starboard Ocean Ambassador, Stefano Bellomo. For years, this group of individuals have been committed to connecting people with Mother…
What Is Our Plastic Offset Program (POP) Starboard is guilty of playing a contributing role in the plastic industry. However we are working hard to become part of the solution by offsetting our plastic footprint. At the end of 2017 we initiated the world’s first Plastic Offset Program (POP) funded through an internal…
Starboard HQ is an eco-friendly office with a daily vegetarian lunch, solar panels on the roof, a recycling station and compost, and more. When our employees work remotely or from home, we encourage them to adopt these environmental measures in their home office. When Starboard employees work remotely or from home, we encourage them to…
Like many other brands, Starboard and SOMWR are bucking the crazy consumption trend again this year and saying no to Black Friday. Instead, we want to fast track the greening of the planet using the proven method of replanting mangroves. The CO2 mega absorbers! Between Friday the 26th November until Monday 29th, we will be…
The aim of start-up company WILDPLASTIC is to free the world from plastic waste. Specifically by allowing collected materials (like those collected by our POP team) to re-enter the production cycle. WILDPLASTIC turns these collected materials (“wild plastics”) into trash bags and other functional products . Wild plastic refers to any plastic collected from the…
Paddleboarding, windsurfing, surfing, kiteboarding, wingboarding, environmental action apparel and Olympic disciplines, this is SESTAR. The group that holds Starboard, Airush, Severne and SOMWR has just become a member of the Fair Labour Association (FLA), the first watersports equipment brand to be working towards FLA accreditation. What does this mean? …
2021 is a milestone year! Starboard has planted 1 million mangroves and removed 75,000KG of plastic waste from Thailand’s Coastlines. Every board purchased helps this action! A Life Source for Everyone. Even you and I. It’s a well-known fact that trees are life-givers. They are a home for animals…
It has been a year since the last World Clean Up Day, what has been happening and what can you do to help? Firstly, let’s take a look at some of the continuous damage of plastic pollution to our natural environment. Starboard’s Plastic Offset Program Team Collecting in September. The Starboard Plastic Offset Program…
For at least the next two years the Schurmann Family are in search of innovative solutions to fight seam pollution with the United Nations Environment Programs worldwide support. The Kat sailboat crew will mobilize 60 destinations, including 11 Brazilian cities, by promoting entrepreneurship, science and education. Balneário Camboriú, August 27, 2021 – In order to…
Pellets in Tarragona: a Coastal Defenders campaign since 2020 In 2018 Starboard Ambassadors Good Karma Projects first reported the massive presence of plastic pellets on La Pineda beach. These small spheres of plastic are the main raw material in the manufacture of most plastic products. Because of their size and shear quantity They…