#sailing

🇳🇴 Norway · In The Same Boat

International volunteers on sailboats have hauled over 1,700 tonnes of plastic off Norway's remote beaches.

🌍 Global · Sailors for the Sea Powered by Oceana

Since 2004, Sailors for the Sea has turned sailing regattas into environmental testing grounds, certifying events worldwide through Clean Regattas -- the sport's leading sustainability standard -- to keep plastic and pollution out of the water sailors race on.

🇰🇪 Kenya · The Flipflopi Project

A traditional Kenyan dhow built from 10 tonnes of ocean plastic and 30,000 flip-flops sails East Africa's coast to prove single-use plastic can become a boat, a bus stop or a school desk.

🇫🇲 Micronesia · Waa'gey

Master carvers on Yap's remote outer islands are teaching the next generation to hand-build ocean-going canoes and navigate by the stars, keeping millennia-old wayfinding knowledge alive.

🇲🇭 Marshall Islands · Waan Aelõñ in Majel (WAM)

A Majuro boatyard turns at-risk Marshallese youth into master canoe builders, reviving ancient seafaring skills as a path to jobs and cultural pride.