We are excited to introduce our new campaign: The Million Mile Clean. Created in response to the pandemic, the Million Mile Clean connects your beach, street, river and mountain cleaning action. Running throughout the year, we aim to inspire, empower and support 100,000 volunteers walking 10 miles whilst cleaning the places they love. It […]
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APPLICATIONS OPEN: Youth, Ocean & Climate Summit!
We need to discuss some burning issues. We are searching for the next generation of activists to come together at the Youth, Ocean and Climate Summit, on 8th of June 2021 for World Ocean Day. With world leaders congregating in the UK this year, for two of the most substantial talks on the climate […]
Campaign Win: One Step Closer to Cleaner Seas
Over the last year surfers, swimmers, SUP’ers, ocean activists and river-lovers from around the country joined us in the call for water companies and the government to End Sewage Pollution. We were overwhelmed with the response. 44,000 people supported our petition calling on the government to take urgent action to stop sewage pollution of our […]
BREAKING NEWS: Deposit Return Scheme DELAYED UNTIL 2024!!!
In 2018, the UK Government made a commitment to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England and to work with Devolved Administrations to set up schemes across the UK to help tackle the plastic pollution crisis . After three years of waiting, today, the government announced a further delay to the introduction of the […]
Richard Walker is appointed our new Chair of Trustees
We’re very happy to announce the appointment of Iceland Foods Managing Director, Richard Walker, as our new Chair of our Board of Trustees. The appointment follows three years of collaborative environmental campaign work between SAS and the Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation. “There is huge momentum to be gained from activists and businesses talking to each […]
A Not So Blue Budget
Today saw the Chancellor deliver the UK Governments budget for the year ahead. Unsurprisingly the budget focused on the measures the government will take to help the UK economy recover from the pandemic. But what did it do to help the blue planet recover? This is what our CEO Hugo Tagholm thought. “As we begin […]
CAMPAIGN VICTORY: Water Companies commit to real-time data on sewage discharges year-round
In our 30th year campaigning for clean seas and building on the amazing work of dedicated SAS campaigners from the last three decades, we launched the #EndSewagePollution campaign to put a stop to sewage pollution. We combined forces with other organisations, environmental NGO’s, local campaign groups, national governing bodies, and media as well as almost […]
WE ARE DECLARING AN OCEAN AND CLIMATE EMERGENCY!
As we step into the United Nations Ocean Decade and we are now left with only 10 years to reverse the damage humans have inflicted on our blue planet. Alongside the destruction caused by deep-sea mining, unsustainable fishing and pollution; climate change is causing ocean temperatures and acidity levels to rise dramatically. The ocean is […]
Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill delayed AGAIN
The Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill, which was due to be voted on by MPs in Parliament on the 22nd January, has unfortunately been delayed again. Due to lockdown, government have decided to stop parliament from meeting on Fridays which are when Private Members Bills, like the Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill, would normally be debated. Like […]
Sea Change – The hope, resilience & impact of Ocean Activism in 2020
As we started 2020, little did we know what the year had in store for the world. As the global pandemic swept the globe in March bringing so much anxiety, fear, sadness and financial challenges, we were all dramatically thrust into new ways of working, new ways of being and new ways of living on […]