Discovering eco innovations at home, at work or during your activities can be a lot of fun. All you need is a little bit of creativity and an open mind! Turning Trash to Treasure Whenever my wife and I walk on the beach or get out on the water our sessions always…
About Céline Jennison At the age of ten Starboard Ocean Ambassador Celine, used herbalism to cure her immune deficiency. And unsurprisingly the power of plants has mesmerized her ever since. Alongside her academic studies Céline volunteered on countless farms, curious to discover the best way to feed the world sustainably. More specifically she wanted to…
Having completed the 52 Hike challenge in 2019, Starboard Ocean Ambassador James Kao was looking for a new 2020 mission. So his 52 Beach Clean-Up challenge was born. This article covers James Kao’s 2020 journey in his own words. A New Challenge In 2019 I logged 52 hikes to complete a program called…
What can we do about plastic other than picking it up? Starboard Ocean Ambassador Cal Major tells the story of her experiences with plastic pollution while working at the Olive Ridley Project and her expedition to stand up for our seas. Beginnings At age 7 I had chosen my future career, I…
In the midst of this years pandemic, Starboard Ocean Ambassador Mikaela was super excited to share with us her new partnership with environmentally conscious toy brand, Shore Buddies. Together Mikaela worked with Shore Buddies to create a series of YouTube drawing videos. Mikaela developed the series so that she could provide a great way for…
About Good Karma Projects Good Karma Projects is an environmental non-profit organisation, founded by Starboard Ocean Ambassadors Albert Font de Rubinat and Jordi Oliva. Two surfers and engineers with a mission. The organisation focuses on the education and awareness of society about the impact of human activity in the environment. Good Karma Projects’ mission…
Mangata Adventure is a local (micro) adventure company based in the land-locked city of Tongeren, in Belgium. The town and the area around it has no connection to the sea or the oceans and the rivers are barely known for an adventure. Starboard Ocean Ambassador Wym PyI launched Mangata Adventure with the sole mission of…
In The Beginning There Was Plastic In 2016 Ocean Ambassador Brent Allen began a grassroots movement to protect Monterey Bay using a simple sticker. “I set up a meeting with a couple of friends, James DeLeon and Shawn Adams, to create a sticker to hand out to coastal communities surrounding Monterey Bay. JD…
At the beginning of September, we were excitedly spreading the word about Ocean Ambassador Chris Hopkinson’s Chesapeake Bay Paddle and his mission to plant 20 million native oysters. Now we wanted to give you an update on just how he got on! It took 9 days for Chris to complete the 240km across the…
At Starboard we are always looking for ways to reuse and up-cycle the materials we all ready have. So when Starboard Ocean Ambassador Wim Pyl from Mangata Adventure showed us how to turn our old catalogues into beautiful envelopes, we thought we should share with you all at home! In this article we are going…