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What's going on...
This season’s edition comes hot on the
heels of the PSP Southampton Boat Show – read on to see what we got
up to, who won our new Award for Individual Environmental
Excellence and which marinas were presented with our Marine Toolkit
Certificates.
Since the last edition we have teamed
up with Defra to promote their Check-Clean-Dry campaign to stop the
spread of invasive species.
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Carol Gilles from the Toward Sailing
Club, Argyll was presented with The Green Blue’s Inaugural Award
for Individual Environmental Excellence by Dee Caffari, an
ambassador for The Green Blue, at a special ceremony held at the
PSP Southampton Boat Show on Thursday 22 September.
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At the PSP Southampton Boat Show The Green Blue congratulated the
latest group of marina operators for completing our Marine Toolkit,
an online environmental self-assessment tool for marine
organisations.
The marinas included: Penarth Marina, Portland Marina, Clyde
Marina.
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Practical Boat Owner magazine announced the winners of the
PBO 2011 Green Awards at the PSP Southampton Boat Show on
press day, Friday 16 September. The awards recognise marine
businesses that are leading the way in reducing the environmental
impact of leisure boating.
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It’s been over two years since Henri Lloyd teamed up with The Green
Blue as part of a long-term strategy to become more environmentally
sustainable. In that time The Green Blue has delivered awareness
training to Henri Lloyd staff on sustainable boating, advised on
resource efficiency measures within their HQ operations and
encouraged boaters to take a look at Henri Lloyd’s recycled and
recyclable Blue Eco technical clothing range.
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For the first time, The Green Blue joined the TYHA Inland Marinas
Managers Forum held at ABC Leisure Group’s Alvechurch Marina in
Worcestershire on Wednesday 14 September.
Over 50 inland marinas were represented by Inland Marina
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Back in the summer we teamed up with Defra to promote their new
Check-Clean-Dry campaign, which aims to stop the spread of aquatic
non-native invasive species (NNIS). Aquatic NNIS cost the UK
economy £102million every year to clean up and what’s more they can
unfortunately spread around the coast by hitching a ride on our
boats.
But there are measures that boaters can take to reduce this spread
and so we launched a joint competition at the PSP Southampton
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The Green Blue played a key role in
entertaining and enthusing the captains and crew of The Tall Ships
Race in Greenock which took place in July.
Sarah Brown, Regional Advisor for The Green Blue, gave a series of
wildlife talks on-board the ships when they docked at Greenock.
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