SeaKeepers joins Clean Sailors and Cleaner Marina to promote Global Citizen Science

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The International SeaKeepers Society joins forces with Clean Sailors and Cleaner Marina to inspire and encourage the global boating community towards Citizen Science and sustainable boating practices.

This new partnership underlines the commitment that SeaKeepers, Clean Sailors, and Cleaner Marina all have to improve research and action for cleaner waters. The shared goal is to encourage the global boating community to get involved in Citizen Science initiatives through research opportunities and educational programs; And to adopt best practices for those on the water as outlined in SeaKeepers' A Green Guide to Boating. Together, they will demonstrate the impact the global boating community can have on advancing marine research, conservation and education.

To help enable this, Cleaner Marina and SeaKeepers will work with the marina community through SeaKeepers' DISCOVERY Yacht Program and A Green Guide to Boating, which aims to help safeguard the future health of the ocean. This dynamic partnership will offer free online resources that support and encourage the protection of our marine ecosystems for marinas, ports and harbours across the globe.

Gill Rodrigues, Lead of International Partnerships at SeaKeepers, comments:

"We are thrilled to be partnering with Holly and her team at Clean Sailors. Together we see an urgent need to inspire future generations to safeguard the ocean we all love and adopt green boating practices. It will be a privilege to collaborate with sailors both here in the UK, and all over the world, in our shared mission to research, educate, protect and restore the ocean through the SeaKeepers' DISCOVERY Yacht Program.

Clean Sailors has harnessed the support of international marine industry partners through their Cleaner Marina initiative. Marinas around the world are pivotal guardians of cleaner waters and their support is essential as today's leaders in ocean conservation. Together with SeaKeepers' Marina Program, we are joining forces to further inspire this global community, committed to a cleaner and healthier ocean for all."

Holly Manvell, founder of, of Clean Sailors and Cleaner Marina, comments:

"Educating and providing cleaner solutions and opportunities for sailors and marinas around the world is exactly what we, Clean Sailors, are about. Working with SeaKeepers is both a big compliment and a great opportunity for us to build the largest and most ambitious global citizen science platform in boating and marine.That we, as sailors, can help contribute to the incredible field that is science and oceanographic research is just awesome, and I'm super proud that we can work with our friends at SeaKeepers to provide this."