Creating Ocean Activists everywhere
A YEAR OF OCEAN IMPACT 👊🏽
What. A. Year. Your Ocean Activism has fuelled 12 months of unprecedented impact for the ocean, powering us towards the thriving future we are all fighting for. Thank you 🙌🙌🙌
So, as we near the end of the year, let's take a moment to reflect on our Ocean Activist highlights of 2021:
✅ Our #EndSewagePollution campaign saw the #SewageScandal hit the headlines and thousands of Ocean Activists engage in actions that forced the government to add new legal duties on water companies to improve water quality 💩 🛑
✅ Our #MillionMileClean saw 140,000+ Ocean Activists clean 1million+ miles of the UK, reconnecting communities with blue and green spaces after lockdown and raising awareness about the scourge of plastic pollution 🥤🌍
✅ The #DirtyDozen, responsible for the UK's packaging pollution crisis, were called out in our Brand Audit report, which got widespread news coverage and helped raise awareness of the need for an 'all-in' Deposit Return Scheme for the UK 🗑️🏖️
✅ Our #OceanEmergency campaign petition was signed by 68,397 Ocean Activists and delivered to 10 Downing Street. Ocean Activists also took to the water in their masses for our G7 paddle-out and to the streets of Glasgow for COP26 protests 🔥🌊
We also... **deep breath** ...engaged Ocean Activists of the future through Ocean School and the Pupil Power Assembly; facilitated and promoted the Youth Ocean and Climate Summit and Manifesto; continued to grow and develop our Plastic Free Communities network; published reports on water quality, ocean and climate change and ocean recovery; and improved our free Safer Seas & Rivers Service water quality app!
What. A. Year.
Thank you for making all this possible. We're nothing without you but together we create waves of change.
Now let's end this 2021 recap by taking five to remind ourselves why we're in this fight. And to gear ourselves up for an even bigger 2022 👇🏽
YOUR LATEST OCEAN ACTIVISM OPPORTUNITIES
Race for the ocean 🏃🏿♀️ 🌊
We have secured charity places for Ocean Activists to run for the ocean at the Brighton Marathon in April, the Bath Half in March and at Ride London and Vitality London in May. Get in contact to find out more and help raise vital funds for our work.
SAS super volunteers needed 🙋🏾♀️
We're on the hunt for new Regional Reps, our super volunteers, in Devon, SE England, London, Central England, N Wales and NW England. So if you want to up your Ocean Activism, get in touch for more info.
Vote for SAS in video awards 🗳️
'Thank You, Sea', our love letter to the ocean and all that it makes possible, is up for a charity film award. Click below to vote for us (if you think we're worthy).
Three Ocean Links
🌊 1. Watch: Channel 5's report on our 2021 Water Quality report
🌊 2. Read: Our Thriving Ocean, Thriving People report
🌊 3. Act: Join the SAS membership community of Ocean Activists
Before you go, browse our festive gift guides from our Teemill shop. Help the Ocean Activists you know wear their support for SAS loud and proud.
