Ocean summit on marine debris
The Volvo Ocean Race held a landmark Ocean Summit on Marine Debris at the Newport, Rhode Island stopover in 2014-15.
READ MORE2011-12 Keep the Oceans Clean
In association with the artists collective Skeleton Sea, the Keep the Oceans Clean campaign was designed to inspire people of all ages, but particularly children, to take action against the estimated 100 million tonnes of plastics and other materials polluting our oceans.
READ MORESave the albatross campaign
Sailors believe that the soul of a drowned sailor comes back in the form of an albatross. In the wildest oceans of the world, where no ships venture, often the only company the sailors have, as they push their boats to the extreme, is an albatross gliding in their wake.
READ MORE2008-09 WWH Ballast water research
As part of a global science project, each boat collected water samples to contribute towards preserving the health and diversity of the world’s oceans. The project’s aim was to track the amount of ocean life and assess the risk of invasive marine species, the by-product o…
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