A Busy Summer of Events

The summer is well and truly here and The Green Blue team is busy planning for the season's events. The August Bank Holiday weekend sees us exhibiting at the Inland Waterways Association Festival at Beale Park on the Thames, where we will be raising awareness of environmental issues amongst inland waterways users and running activities for young boaters.

The PSP Southampton Boat Show begins on Friday 10 September; as well as showing off ‘Calypso’ (our Contessa 32 project with boat builder Jermey Rogers) in the Marina, The Green Blue will be celebrating its 5th Birthday with a drinks reception on the RYA stand.  Sustainable Facilities Officer, Dan Reading, will be running a breakfast briefing for marine businesses that need to register under the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, and we will be recognising the achievements of several marine businesses that have completed the online self-assessment tool, marine toolkit, by awarding certificates at a celebratory lunch. These businesses will have identified steps to develop and deliver an environmental policy, adopt environmental best practice and monitor progress and regularly review their environmental performance.  For more information on these events please contact helen.waterhouse@thegreenblue.org.uk

Thanks to the support of GTG Training, Scottish Natural Heritage and The Crown Estate, planning is underway for our Scottish conference to be held at the GTG Conference Centre, Glasgow on 9 October. The day will focus on showing clubs, training centres, marinas and harbour authorities how they can save money and reduce their impact on the environment. If you would like more information about this or any of our other activities in Scotland, Wales and N Ireland please contact sarah.brown@thegreenblue.org.uk 

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