Surfers
Against Sewage’s (SAS) new campaign Protect Our Waves (POW) campaign is
having its first action, The Gathering, and we need you to get
involved! Simply turn up to Kimmeridge Bay with your wetsuit and board
at 10am on Saturday the 20th of June, International Surfing Day and
show the MoD how important waves are to surfers and waveriders. This is
your chance to be an active part of a solution-based campaign
protecting waves.

The
Gathering will be a mass paddle out at Kimmeridge to demonstrate how
significant and passionate the UK’s surfing and wave-riding communities
are, not least local Bournemouth and Dorset surfers. Winning this
campaign will set a strong precedent for protection of all waves and
all waveriders’ rights to access them, so all surfers have a vested
interest! The Gathering will form the foundations for the Broadbench
campaign and we need the foundations to be as strong as possible. We
need you to attend!

Broadbench is a quality wave in
Kimmeridge Bay, described by many as one of Britain’s best.
Unfortunately it falls right on the outer boundary of a MoD firing
range. Obviously SAS are not asking the MoD to reduce their use of this
important firing range. However, there is a compromise that will ensure
surfers and waveriders can have 100% access to Broadbench without
impacting on the MOD’s full use of the firing range.

We
are calling on the MoD to revert to a previous firing station, changing
where they fire from. This will in turn change the direction of their
firing and leave Broadbench outside the boundary of the firing range.
Leaving surfers and waveriders with 100% access to Broadbench without
it impacting on the MoD in any way.

We are meeting for the
Gathering at Kimmeridge Bay 10am, Saturday the 20th of June at 10am, it
will be finished by 11.30. Please bring your wetsuit and
surfboard/windsurf/kite board/kayak etc… Parking is £4 so please car
share. It will be a fun event and your chance to be an active part of
this solution based Protect Our Waves SAS action in association with
ABBA.

For more information contact Andy Cummins on 01872 555 950 / 07711 767 548 or andy@sas.org.uk

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Just
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guarantee sending any particular colour.

This offer is for
new members only, but we have an exclusive competition in the Member’s
Area of the website for current members too! To win one of these
fabulous Ripcurl/SAS tees, email us the answer to the simple question
in the Member’s Area and you’ll be in with a chance of winning!
Competition closes 10am Monday 15th June.

8^th
June 2009

World
Ocean Day (http://www.theoceanproject.org/wod/wod_about.php) is an initiative used to celebrate and support
the protection of our world’s oceans through sustainable actions,
events and activities. Here at Article 13, we believe that natural resource
management, water governance and sustainable stewardship are hugely
important to protecting and conserving the world’s most important
natural resource for future generations. Through a collective response
to this day, we can move to a more sustainable management of the oceans
and its resources, which we rely on for our survival; it generates oxygen,
offers us a reliable food source and regulates our climate.

The world’s oceans
deserve our attention and support, and World Ocean Day can encourage
different action such as:

• Encourage individuals and
  organisations to think about what the ocean means to them and their
  livelihood.
• Deepen the understanding of
  the wealth of diverse and beautiful ocean creatures and habitats, how
  our daily actions affect them, and how we are all interconnected.
• Change our ways to greatly
  benefit our blue planet – Make small changes to everyday habits, e.g.
  purchase fish from sustainable fishing sources.

As part of Article 13’s United Nations Global Compact
(UNGC) commitment (http://www.article13.com/csr/ungc_iip_values.asp) we are supporting World Ocean Day in our efforts
to apply the precautionary approach to environmental challenges ( Principle
8 ). Below are some Article 13 resources which make up part of our advocacy
and information dissemination.

Tackling water consumption
as a core business issue

http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1239

Water risks and opportunities

http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1389

Article 13 case examples:

BAA http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1364

AWG http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1314

Aviva http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1376

For information on how
Article 13 can assist you in auditing your company’s practices, developing
water action plans, and reducing your businesses water use and related
impacts on the environment, contact Fiona Banyard on 020 8840 4450 or
mail fionab@article13.com