Sailors and the Environment
Every time we hoist a sail we utilize a natural resource that needs attention. The water we sail on needs an advocate and that person is you. The Amer…
Tag: The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup- Update
Boyan Slat, Founder of The Ocean Cleanup, updated the status of his ocean clean up project with encouraging news about the progress that the organization…
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. …
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…
Sailing for Science
The Plastic Change organization is working to combat the problem of plastic pollution by understanding its origin and informing the process of prevent…
Boyan Slat Interview
ASA caught up with Boyan Slat last week to talk about how his large scale environmental project, The Ocean Cleanup, is progressing...
Ocean Cleanupdate!
Back in the spring, the ASA became involved in The Ocean Cleanup – an ambitious project devoted to ridding the world’s oceans of harmful plastic p…
Jared Leto interviews Boyan Slat (Beyond The Horizon Web Series)
In this episode of "Beyond The Horizon" Jared Leto interviews 21-year-old Boyan Slat, an entrepreneur who is developing technologies to extract, preve…
ASA was in San Francisco for the conclusion of the Mega Expedition…
ASA was in San Francisco for the conclusion of the Mega Expedition... watch the video and find out how The Ocean Cleanup hope to fix the plastic pollu…
ASAs Exclusive Report from the Pacific Garbage Patch
ASA interviews Stella Diamant, The Mega Expedition Coordinator, via satellite phone from the middle of the Pacific Garbage Patch!
ASA Coverage of the Departure of the Mega Expedition
From the shores of Hawaii, and the shores of the mainland the Mega Expedition has begun... watch the video...
ASA Joins The Ocean Cleanup To Fight Against Plastic Pollution
ASA will be providing exclusive content from the Pacific Garbage Patch as certified sailing instructor Bob Solliday joins the Mega Expedition, a resea…
Mega Expedition, Mega Incentives
This is a great opportunity to get involved - The Ocean Cleanup are even offering to cover all your costs associated with your participation in their …
Big Opportunity to Sail and Help Clean the Ocean at the Same Time
Young Boyan Slat made a splash when he announced a year and a half ago he had a plan to rid the oceans of plastic pollution. Check out our exclusive i…
This Kid Says He Can Rid the Ocean of Plastic Pollution! ASA Interview With the Amazing Boyan Slat (part 1)
Young Boyan Slat made a splash when he announced a year and a half ago he had a plan to rid the oceans of plastic pollution. Check out our exclusive i…