This year, for the first time, Starboard has supported Arendal Kayaking and Rowing Club at Årens dag 2022. The collaboration included a local clean-up competition, plastic offsetting, as well as calculating and offsetting all event emissions 10X over! Årens dag is an annual event organized by Arendal Kayaking and Rowing Club in Arendal, Norway. The event…
Starboard Ocean Ambassador and Plastic Soup Surfer, Merijn Tinga has been foiling for a new cause: to eliminate disposable coffee cups and adopt reusable cups on his Mission Reuse Expedition. In 8 days, Merijn Tinga covered the distance of 5 million disposable cups, foiling from Brussels to Amsterdam. He reached the finish line of the…
Planet Earth needs our help RIGHT NOW! To ensure a liveable future for all. At Starboard & SOMWR we measure our carbon footprints annually, and we are working on ways to reduce what we emit. As part of this is we are working with the Science-Based Targets Initiative and committing to consistently being Net-Zero for…
The iQFoil Class consistently aims to reduce their impact across as many touch points as possible. As a result, the Class recommends that sailors obtain their sail stickers from South East Signage. The IQFoil Class‘ choice to support South East Signage has many reasons. Firstly, the company is run by windsurfer Sam Latham,…
At Starboard and SOMWR we are well aware that all businesses have an impact on the environment. We also know that the first step towards reducing our negative impact, is to understand exactly what damage we are doing. Once we know our impact we can direct our energy towards reducing and then offsetting it…
Hosted at Craigdon Mountain Sports, Scotland, this Water Safety lecture shared the fundamentals of safely enjoying water activities. At this time, the evening fundraiser event raised money for Scottish charity Groundswell and was presented by Starboard Ocean Ambassador, Stevie Boyle from Ocean Vertical. It’s firstly important to note that Scotland is known to have the…
Last April Starboard Ocean Ambassador Wim Pyl set off for a 5 day expedition from Hasselt to Nieuwpoort, Belguim. His goal was to raise awareness of plastic pollution. This year, Wim was joined by his sister Tineke, Severine from Watertrek Foundation, Antoine from Surfrider Foundation and his friend Jan who also did this same trip…
Ocean Ambassador Jayne Rigby has led Liverpool SUP Co to win an Echo Environment Award, thanks to her Starboard in the City initiative. Recognising those across Liverpool who live up to its ethos. Importantly, Liverpool SUP Co have dedicated its time and passion to a greener and more sustainable world! Starboard in the City started…
NASA scientists have a new super HD view of how the carbon dioxide in the air moves around the world with the winds. They used an ultra-high-resolution computer model 64 times greater than typical climate models. Each pixel grid size is four miles wide. During late summer, forest fires in Africa produce plumes of CO2.…
Surrounding us is many vital warning signs that we all need to take action on, to protect the only Ocean we have. However, at Starboard Blue we understand how overwhelming this can be. For this reason, we are sharing with you how you can take action to protect the Ocean through the 30 x 30…