Newsletter 174

Your monthly newsletter on ocean protection and conservation.

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Last Month to share your Voice For The Ocean!

With only one month left to participate in our VFTO consultation, your voice matters now more than ever! Make an impact at the highest European level to defend our oceans and coastlines from unregulated fossil fuel exploitation, water pollution, transportation risks and coastal development. Can you give 10 minutes to protect our future? More than 4300 of you already have! 

New Volunteer Website is Live! 

Would you like to become more involved with Surfrider Europe? Our new volunteer website now makes it even easier! This resource invites you to join local chapters, connects you to current missions, and provides helpful information on volunteering needs at offices and headquarters. Check it out and join us! 

Holiday Giving with Surfrider Europe

Become a member of Surfrider Europe and recieve a 10% discount on SFE merchandise, member card, and General Assembly voting privledges; in addition to the good karma of knowing you are directly supporting our mission to preserve and protect our natural aquatic environments through public education, citizen science and community actions. Become a member today! 

SURFRIDER IN THE FIELD

OCEAN INITIATIVE  

GUADELOUPE CHAPTER

On the occasion of the arrival of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe,  Surfrider volunteers held a stand at the Village du Rhum to raise public awareness about the problem of waste and its impact on the environment and biodiversity, as well as citizen solutions and eco-gestures. An ocean initiative was also organized at the marina with support from local skippers! 

BAN THE BAG

SOFIA CHAPTER

The Sofia chapter held an amazing fifth edition of "THE TOTE IS BAG" ! With more than 250 participating artists, this unique event raises awareness on plastic bag pollution in a creative and interactive way. Thank you to all the talented artists that created beautiful artworks that double as functional plastic alternatives! Bravo to everyone involved! 

Do you have or work with children? Would you like to raise awareness on environmental issues among youth (from 4 years up)? If so, this trilingual book (English, French, Spanish) “Carlos Albatros and the Haunted Island”, edited by Jarvin Crew Editions, is the book for you! Surfrider chooses to partner with Jarwin Crew to increase public awareness on the issue of marine debris. With each purchase, proceeds directly support the educational programs of Surfrider Foundation Europe.