This weekend will see SAS’s 4th annual Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Tour hit Northern Ireland for the last stop of this year's tour. This year SAS & Barefoot Wine have together already visited13 locations across the UK ensuring they are as clean and safe as possible for all to enjoy. The tour has one final date so make sure you join us if you can!
SAS and Barefoot Wine are calling on community volunteers to help clean beaches at locations around the country as part of the growing wave of grassroots activism protecting some of the UK’s finest beaches. To date, the... Read more
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) will be recruiting & educating new environmental ACTIVISTS at the UK’s biggest surf contest this summer. The Relentless Boardmasters takes place from 10th – 14th August at Fistral Beach, Newquay, and always draws huge crowds who come to see the best surfers in the world battle it out at Cornwall’s premier surf spot. The event offers SAS a fantastic platform to educate the public & local communities about how they can get involved with protecting the UK’s coastline.
Planned activities at this year’s festival include:
SAS ‘Trash Mob’ Beach Cleans - daily beach cleans from 1pm –... Read more
Beach Lovers in Cornwall Set The Bar High For Scottish Beach Lovers!
2 beautiful Cornish beaches, over 300 amazing volunteers, more than half a tonne of marine litter swept from our coastline and a storming sunsoaked set from Ben Howard! The weekend of the 25th and 26th of June, at Widemouth Bay and Porthtowan, saw SAS's Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project reach a new level. Even though we were treated to the two extremes of a Cornish summer the beach clean spirit was evident at all times.
25/06/11, Widemouth Bay: SAS and Barefoot Wines were greeted upon arrival by howling onshore winds and Cornish... Read more
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), the Quiksilver Foundation and Quiksilver athletes got together to highlight SAS’s ongoing environmental campaigns and new educational programme on World Ocean Day. The launch of the SAS’s new education programme promoting marine conservation and activism took place on Wednesday 8th June at the National Maritime Museum, Falmouth.
Quiksilver athletes including professional Roxy sailor Sam Davies (4th place, 2009 Vendee Globe race, 1st Woman to finish, 1st British finish) and top UK professional surfer Toby Donachie joined SAS to talk about their inspirational oceanic stories, passion and motivation for protecting the marine environment.
250 local primary & secondary school... Read more
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) are delighted to have collaborated with M&C Saatchi and Coy! Communications on the release a new series of campaign adverts, which highlight the ongoing environmental campaigns in an extreme and humorous way. This is classic SAS territory, and a technique that has been used since the organisation’s very inception in 1990 with giant turds and gas masks amongst other items making a regular appearance on the campaign trail.
The three adverts depict the ongoing campaigns on sewage, marine litter and toxic chemical campaigns in a graphic and perhaps, shocking way. The issue of marine pollution is a... Read more
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has been selected as the official UK environmental partner for International Surfing Day (ISD) 2011.
On Sunday, June 19, thousands of people will celebrate International Surfing Day all around the world. As part of this celebration of surfing, waves, oceans and beaches, SAS will be hosting various activities at the Goldcoast Oceanfest Surf & Music Festival in North Devon, and via its network of Regional reps right across the UK.
SAS Reps & youth volunteers will be on site for the duration of Goldcoast Oceanfest Festival from 17th – 19th June, distributing campaign literature, membership information, Butt Bins,... Read more
SAS is currently working with schools, universities, youth groups and other community partners to deliver Motivocean Beach Cleans right across the UK. SAS is particularly encouraging youth volunteering and promoting the link between coastal environmental protection and the sports that rely on a clean and protected coastal environment. SAS is holding events right around the country between March 11th and 30th June2011, offering volunteers the chance to get involved with beach clean activities and learn to surf as a reward*. The tour will be calling at many beaches around the country shown below. Unless otherwise indicated, all events will start at... Read more
After the success of its Motivocean Beach Clean Tour last year, we are proud to announce a new Motivocean tour starting on March 11th in Weston-Super-Mare.
Working with schools, universities, youth groups and other community partners, SAS is encouraging youth volunteering and promoting the link between coastal environmental protection and the sports that rely on a clean and protected coastal environment. SAS is holding events right around the country between March 11th and May 8th 2011, offering volunteers the chance to get involved with beach clean activities and learn to surf as a reward. The tour will be calling at many... Read more
2010 saw SAS turn 20 and it was one of our best years ever! Our campaigns were splashed over the front pages of The Sunday Times, featured in The Observer and starred in the UK’s most watched current affairs TV programme to mention but a few. This momentum translated into significant campaign victories for surfers and waveriders all over the UK.
SAS has never rested on our laurels and we have big plans for all of our campaigns in 2011. But before we get ahead of ourselves, we thought it would be the perfect time to reflect... Read more
SAS are concerned to learn that Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE) is considering rewriting the rulebook to relax regulations on sewage discharges from Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs). Our directors are writing to the director of FEE calling for Blue Flag beach users to be protected from raw sewage discharges and we need you to do the same. Scroll down to sign and send our letter.
We have learned that FEE is considering amending the criteria that beaches have to meet to achieve the coveted Blue Flag status including watering down criterion 28 relating to real-time public warnings when raw sewage is discharged from Combined... Read more
