Ocean Advocacy
Raising awareness to help keep our oceans clean
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it”
Robert Swan - 1st person to walk to both poles.
Through his adventures Cyril aims to raise awareness and do his part to help keep the ocean clean and inspire others to do the same.
He partnered with two great non-profit that he invites you to discover here below.
Rivers For Change
Rivers for Change is a nonprofit made up of a passionate group of river enthusiasts dedicated to changing the way people think about and interact with water. Through adventure, conservation and education, they work to connect individuals and communities to rivers and promote source to sea literacy. They envision a world where people and communities are active stewards of river systems with a holistic understanding of their interconnectedness and interdependence.
Founded in 2011 by Danielle Katz and John Dye, Rivers for Change’s mission is to connect people to rivers through Source To Sea adventures.
“Through the adventure of paddling a river from source to sea, engaging communities along the way through public paddling days and river cleanups, working with youth on stewardship, and collecting scientific data along our expeditions, we bring these rivers directly into people’s lives, connecting them with not only where their water comes from, and how they can use these resources responsibly, but with the knowledge that we are all interconnected through these waterways.”
Ocean Voyages Institute
Ocean Voyages Institute is a non-profit founded in 1979 by a group of international sailors, educators, and conservationists with a mission of teaching maritime arts and sciences an Ocean Voyages Instituted preserving the world’s oceans.
In 2009, Project Kaisei was launched to focus on major ocean clean-up and to raise awareness regarding the global problem of marine debris/ocean trash.
A prime target for Ocean Voyage Institute’s 2019 voyage was the fishing gear called “ghost nets.” Often weighing tons, these massive nets of nylon or polypropylene drift for decades, amassing plastic debris, ensnaring wildlife, and even entangling ships. An estimated 600,000 tons of this abandoned gear ends up in the oceans every year. According to the United Nations, some 380,000 marine mammals are killed every year by either ingesting or being caught in it..
“Because I’m tired of any kind of trash in our oceans, I will keep raising awareness about it, again and again, and again. And again.”
— Cyril Derreumaux