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PROTECT OUR WAVES
Global ActionBy Andy Cummins
Under Threat From Development
Under Threat From Restricted Access
Under Threat From Pollution
Under Threat From Radioactive Waste
Proactive Case Study: Adapting Current Legislation To Better Protect Surfing Waves Or
Creating New Law Protection Legislation.
Protect Our Waves Petition.
Inappropriate coastal development.
Restriction on raw sewage discharges via CSOs
Management systems in place to tackle marine litter
Secure water users rights to sustainably access the coast
Raise awareness across the surfing community about the array of threats facing our coastline.
Raise awareness amongst developers & polluters about the value of waves and the surfing community
Raise awareness amongst legislators about the economic, social, cultural and environmental value of waves
The petition calls on Parliament to debate the economic and intrinsic value of UK surfing waves and beaches, and produce specific legislation to protect these unique, finite assets for this and future generations.
ACTIONGlobal Wave Wednesday
www.protectourwaves.org.uk/Surfrider
Encourage your supporters to sign the POW petition for legislation to Protect Our Waves.
The Global Wave Wednesday Action
Facebook posts
Tweet #GlobalWaveWednesday
Email your mailing lists
Write a blog for your website
Promote across your surfing media
Promote the POW ambassadors
Benefits for your organisation
A free high quality website to promote as your own
An immediate action from the Global Wave Conference 3
A great opportunity to test how effective the Global Wave Coalition is
Understand how wide each groups reach is
Understand how receptive our audiences are to overseas issues
Be a part of a successful campaign
Reasons not to support the action?
It doesn’t directly benefit your members
It’s not your campaign, and takes the space away from your campaign message.
Giving SAS your valuable supporter networks and data
At 3pm, in every time zone on Tuesday, 14th May the POW Global Wave Action could travel around the
world.
Thanks for listening
Any questions?