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NEWSLETTER 194

Offshore Drilling: call on your MEPs!

Surfrider Europe launches a platformto prevent drilling at sea and calls on the European Union and its Member States to :

→ Stop approving new drilling permits both for exploration and exploitation by 2023.
→ Refuse renewals on issued authorizations after their expiration date in order to reach a complete phase-out by 2035.
→ Stop exploitation and exploration activities in and around Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
→ Stop offshore drilling in the EU and the EEA Arctic waters.

Help us take the message to the highest European level by calling on your MEPs.

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Green Marine Europe: first recipients of the 2020 label certification announced

The Green Marine Europe certification program was born out of a collaboration between Surfrider Europe and the North American Green Marine team. As the first voluntary environmental initiative for the European maritime industry, Green Marine Europe aims to guide this sector through a green transition by encouraging the adoption more sustainable shipping practices. The first six Laureates of the certification were announced on October 8th, 2020.

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Water quality: the results are in

Clean water is one of the three principle missions of Surfrider Europe's fight for a protected ocean and the safety of its users. This summer, a public survey was launched to help us better understand how our community interact with bathing sites and generate personal testimonies on cases of water contamination. The goal of this work is to strengthen our expertise in this area and urge policy makers to improve bathing water quality regulations.

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Baden-Pfalz chapter back on the streets

The Surfrider Baden Pfalz chapter was back on the streets this year on Parking Day in Mannheim. An annual event that encourages residents to take to the streets for a day with themed stands. Surfrider Baden Pfalz chose to present the results of their anti-cigarette butts campaign along the Rhine "RHEINKIPPEN". To attract the attention, a column with 120.000 cigarette butts collected at the time of ocean initiatives was present, which attracted a great number of passers-by. That also made it possible to the walkers to express themselves vis-a-vis with the problems of the butts via constructive exchanges with the chapter’s volunteers. A “garland of shame” made in unique packaging of fruit juice of the Capri Sun brand, (composed of plastic and aluminum) also made a lot of people talk. In response, the producer threatened to double the production of this packaging... The fight continues.

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Apér’Océan in music in Landes

We do not change the good habits for the Surfrider Landes chapter which organized last Friday, September 11th its famous Apér'Océan at JOE&JOE Hossegor (France, 40). It was an opportunity to come and meet them, to discover their next actions after a hectic summer and to enrich its knowledge on the protection of our beaches and waterways. A voluntary photographer from the chapter proposed postcards made by him, and whose profits were 100% donated to the association (the postcards are always available on order). About twenty participants discovered the association that evening under the soft background sound of a local DJ.

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The sunset hooded zipper
Discover the new children's clothing collection, with the "sunset" zipped hooded sweatshirt and t-shirt.

Made in Portugal, 100% organic cotton and without any plastic, this sweatshirt and t-shirt will become your children's favourite clothes for their expeditions in the wilderness or to accompany you in a waste collection. Simple and colourful designs to wear this collection all year round, to proudly represent and spread the values of Surfrider from a very young age.

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