15 andy cummins - protect our waves petition

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?