Boat International - June 2018

PHOTOGRAPHY: MATT AUSTIN

I

foundedPassionSeain2014,torehabilitate,restore

andcherishthewaterofourplanet.Weareanon-profit

organisation promoting the respect and preservation of our

waters through education and creativity, on an international scale.

Idirectprojectsinconjunctionwithmydaughter,FionaTan,a

world-renowned artist.

Weworkwithscientistsandresearchersandinvitethemto

speaktoyoungchildren,whoareencouragedtoseeforthemselves

what happens in our oceans. Our book,Water is Life: Thoughts of

Our Generation, combines artwork from an international children’s

artcontestwithwordsfromroyalty,celebritiesandscientists.

Webelievestimulatingbothsidesofchildren’sbrainshelpsthem

have a holistic understanding of the importance of water and

encourages them to start their own investigation process.

Instillingmindfulactionsisessential,whetherit’sturningof

thetapwhenyoudon’tneedanywater,recycling,orjustthinking

about the amount of water you use daily. While on board, encourage

childrentobringbackanyrubbishtheyfindintheformofagame.

The more items children bring, the more points they win. Give

them an underwater camera to photograph all the diferent fishes

and corals they see. Teach them that the clothes they wear, and

everything that surrounds them, have been made using water.

CHECKLIST

CEAN

We should be encouraging the next

generation of marine conservationists,

saysHelga Piaget, founder of Passion Sea

EDUCATE

YOUR

CHILDREN

Fishing nets are

thought to make up

to 10 per cent of all

marine litter, and

they take at least

600 years to break

down in the ocean.

A British brand,

Davy J, has decided

to do something

about it and has

launched the Waste

Collection, a line of

heavy-duty, hard-

working (and yet

stylish) swimsuits

and bikinis, made

with 100 per cent

regenerated nylon

yarn from waste left

in the ocean. For

every ton of waste

nets collected,

enough yarn is

regenerated to create

more than 10,000

swimsuits.davyj.org

WET YOUR

WASTE

LINE

Swimsuits

from £140,

davyj.org

Left: the

prizewinning

artwork by

four-year-

old James

Murphy

from the US

Painting by

12-year-old

Wang Wei

from China

Our goal is to spread our

message – ‘unite like drops

of water to create a Passion

Sea for Change’. So next we’re

launching a Passion Sea World

Flag initiative where children

from each country collaborate

on a flag artwork expressing

their thoughts about water.

We are also producing a

theme song, with children and

known artists. We hope this

will help to spread the message

about water [pollution].”

passionsea.com

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