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Climate Change - A Surfers Perspective (2007)

With support from The Crown Estate, this SAS report examines the possible impacts a changing climate could have one of the UK's fastest growing sports - surfing. The report analyses the latest scientific evidence available on climate change in terms of impacts on water quality, sea level rise, coastal erosion, storm tracks, water temperatures and ocean acidification. It also looks at the emergence of the marine renewables sector as one of the solutions to reducing our energy requirements. Download a copy here or contact campaigns@sas.org.uk for a hard copy to be sent.

SAS Mark World Water Day By Launching Operation Beach Clean

World Water Day on Thursday 22nd March sees Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) encouraging school children to be more aware of the quality of their water by releasing a free, innovative, interactive, animated online education resource for Key Stage 3 Science, English and Citizenship.  With Support from Rip Curl, the resource is called Operation Beach Clean and stars an SAS campaigner and 2 real life junior Rip Curl professional surfers.

SAS will be at the Education Show at the NEC on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of March to launch and promote this free resource, at stand E127.  But if you can’t make it along you can use the resource online at www.sas.org.uk/education/obc   

Operation Beach Clean stars Rip Curl professional surfers Jayce Robinson, current UK U18 No: 2 and Gisela Pulido, the 14 year old Spanish kitesurfing wonder who already has 3 world titles (Open category!) to her name.

Operation Beach Clean transforms Jayce and Gisela into the cool manga style animated characters Sandy Bottom and Crystal Clear.  These Ecogroms (young surfers who care about the environment) move, walk, talk, surf and help to clean up their beaches with the guidance of Key Stage 3 Science, English and Citizenship students.

The animation follows Sandy and Crystal down to the beach for a surf.  But they find their beach and waves covered in pollution.  This is the introduction to the Science activities; investigating pollution, biodiversity, laboratory research, analysis statistics, producing explanatory graphs and searching the internet. 

Throughout their virtual tour, they are guided by Andy, the SAS Campaigner.  Andy covers the key environmental issues and provides information on who SAS are and what they do.

The English and Citizenship activities engage the students with the community and focuses on the beach clean, generating interest and support by organising a debate, designing posters and writing a targeted press release. 

At the end of these fun activities the students are rewarded with a short film of the real life Sandy and Crystal surfing amazingly at their local beaches. 

Andy Cummins, SAS Campaigns Officer, says; “Operation Beach Clean could be the most exciting education resource out there.  It’s free, interactive, animated and packed with Science, English and Citizenship work that is made fun and exciting.  Surfing is used to sell everything from cereal to cars, so we are using it to sell Science, English and Citizenship to Key Stage 3 students.

    
Rip Curl Junior Pro Surfer Jayce Robinson says; “I’m stoked to be turned into a cartoon that can help make Science and English school work cool.  I wish I had the chance to watch surfing and use something this cool when I was stuck in Science.”

Notes For Editors

Operation Beach Clean is aimed at Key Stage 3 Science, English and Citizenship.  It covers SC1 Scientific Enquiry, SC2 Life Processes and Living Things, English Speaking, Listening and Group Discussion and Interaction.  Under Citizenship it also covers, knowledge and understanding about becoming informed citizens, developing skills of enquiry and communication and developing skills of participation and responsible action.

For more information please contact Richard Hardy or Andy Cummins on Mob: 07711 767548

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