A record number of university sailing clubs signed-up to join The Green Blue s University Sailing Sustainability Challenge (USSC) this year. However, unlike in any other year the students participating in this year s Challenge had the extra hurdle of achieving their sustainability goals whilst complying with their local coronavirus restrictions.
The annual challenge, which is sponsored by OceanR, encourages members of university sailing clubs to become more environmentally aware and recognises the positive actions that the clubs have implemented to lower their environmental impact.
The clubs move through a three-tier award system: Bronze, Silver and then eventually to Gold. Each tier has a different set of actions for the club to achieve, which range from raising awareness of The Green Blue s key campaign issues, eliminating single use plastics from training and events, to undertaking an environmental assessment of the club s sailing venue.