Are you struggling with finding Christmas presents that are good for both your wallet and the environment? Here are some eco-friendly gift suggestions to help you on the way. Starboard is strongly against fast, low-quality shopping. As a follow-up to our Blue Friday article, we want to share some gift ideas for everyone in…
Starboard is strongly against Black Friday and fast, low-quality shopping. Here are some reasons why, as well as some summons for everyone while entering this crazy-consuming day. Reasons to avoid Black Friday Emissions: In GB alone, shipping of goods ordered on Black Friday releases 429,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases; equal to driving an…
In this article, we’ll share some simple eco-friendly habits that we can all start practising today to help in the fight to protect our planet. As part of our Plastic Offset Program, Starboard is starting up an Environmental awareness program for children in Myanmar. Every week, we will be sharing simple Eco-friendly information with the…
Starboard has been part of the Carbon Fibre Circular Alliance (CFCA) led by The World Sailing Trust, working on innovation to create carbon fibre circularity. We are excited to announce that yesterday, the innovative recycling project received the BASIS Innovation Sustainability Sport Award 2022! Through the CFCA project, we recently succeeded in recycling old IQ…
Starboard has been collaborating with International Federations, leading sports manufacturers, composite specialists, and academics from around the world to create carbon fibre circularity. At Starboard, we constantly work to increase our product quality, at the same time as we decrease our environmental impact. We search and experiment with recyclable and recycled materials. Thus, we…
Meet the team leader of our second Plastic Offset Program in Thailand, Kate Amara Witchithong. We choose team leaders with deep care for the environment. Amara has more than 200 windsurf world championship titles, between the age of 17 and 55. Since Amara moved to Pattaya when she was 13, the sea has been her…
Starboard’s Plastic Offset Program continues to expand, this time with a new chapter in Ngapali, Myanmar. The Ngapali Chapter has now completed one month, exceeding their original target KG of plastic waste, which they’ve already increased twice! Myanmar’s first POP chapter, which began on September 1st, has completed one month. Within just the first week,…
Trash Hero Bangkok’s World Cleanup Day event 2022 was a success, with more than 200 people collecting 1660 KG of beach and ocean waste! It was early Saturday morning. So early, that for some people it was still late. The mangroves by the Bang Pu Recreation Center swayed in the light ocean breeze. Calm waves…
Join World Cleanup Day on the 17th of September! Trash Hero Bangkok is hosting a cleanup in the Mangrove forest by Bang Pu Recreation center. Join us, locate your local cleanup or create your own! Do you want to contribute to a cleaner world? Do you want to help set focus on our extreme throw-away…
Starboard is excited to announce the launch of our newest POP chapter in beautiful Krabi, southern Thailand. For the past 4 years, Starboard’s Plastic Offset Program (POP) Team has been doing an incredible job of collecting beach and ocean waste from the Chonburi area. In 2021 we launched our second chapter with Amara Watersports in…