Every year, 8 million metric tons of plastic enters the ocean. That’s enough to cover every coastline on earth.

Sailors For The Sea, a leading Newport-based conservation organization that engages, educates, inspires and activates the sailing and boating community toward healing the ocean, is working to stop this problem at the source by eliminating single use plastic and they say they need leaders like you to get involved.

You can join the race to restore ocean health at http://sailorsforthesea.org/join-our-crew.

 

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...