How Big is the Ocean?
The ocean is vital to our planet but just as important, it is where sailors spend most of their time. How can you help?
Tag: environment
Sailing and The Responsibility of the Sailor to the Environment
As ASA does its job of being an advocate for the world’s oceans, we asked Marine Conservationist Lauren Coiro about how sailors can make an impact o…
Are We Still Trying to Clean the Ocean?
How is the enviroment reacting to COVID-19? There are a lot of changes and some appear positive.
It’s Valentine’s Day – Time to Love the Ocean
Help out the environment by joining a local sailing school to pick up balloons from the ocean this Valentine's Day
Green Boating with Sailors for the Sea
No sailor’s education is complete without an understanding of our impact on the oceans. It’s my honor to introduce you to the single best resource…
Beach Cleanups 101
Sailors don’t rely on robots and engines to clean up the ocean. We make the biggest collective impact by cleaning up our own communities ourselves. …
First Flush
After learning about Soraya Simi and her work, I checked out her short film First Flush. In just one minute we follow the journey of…
Young Sailors: Are You an “Ocean Hero”?
Young sailors, your sailing education is not just about learning to read charts and pull lines. Your generation faces a whole new set of challenges…
Introducing 5 Gyres: Sailor Scientists Fighting Plastic Pollution
Sailors in every corner of the world are taking the ocean’s plastic problem into their own hands, or rather, into their own nets. Balloons, bags,…
Could Algae Save the World?
Traditionally the boating community associates algae with one word: nuisance. It covers hulls, jams propellers, slimes up fishing poles, and can even make the water…
Ask Lauren: What is “Plastic Soup”?
ASA has brought on marine conservationist Lauren Coiro to help with advocacy and education when it comes to how sailors interact with the environment that…
American Sailing Association in 2018: The Year in Review
Our commitment is to be a voice for the sailing community and a role player in the global arena when it comes to environmental stewardship…
Plastic-Free for the Holidays
The holiday season is here! Although I am enchanted by the pretty lights decorating the ships in the harbor, this time of year is notorious…
Ocean Hope: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Cleanup Has Begun!
The Ocean Cleanup project, headed by 24-year-old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat, has spent the last 5 years designing a U-shaped floating trawl to scour th…
Ask Lauren: How Does a Hurricane Affect Water Quality?
ASA has brought on Marine Conservationist, Lauren Coiro, to help with advocacy and education when it comes to how sailors interact with the environment that…
Introducing Lauren Coiro, Marine Conservationist
ASA understands and accepts the responsibility that it is inherent in every sailor to be the caretaker for the oceans they journey on and the…
Save Our Sharks: Sailors for the Sea
This guest blog is by Jim Abernethy, renowned underwater photographer and pioneer in shark encounters without a cage. For decades he has interacted with the…
Today is World Oceans Day
There’s nothing the sailor likes more than a good ocean. We’re also fond of seas, straits, lakes, rivers, ponds, and puddles, but the lure of…