Who is Surfrider ?
Surfrider Foundation Europe est une association à but non lucratif (loi 1901), ayant "pour but la défense, la sauvegarde, la mise en valeur et la gestion durable de l'océan, du littoral, des vagues et de la population qui en jouit".
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Who is Surfrider ?
Surfrider Foundation Europe is a non profit organization, dedicated to defending, saving, improving and managing in a sustainable manner the ocean, coastline, waves and the people who enjoy them.more information
Maritime transport : prevent pollution
95% of oil spilled are intentional. Surfrider puts in place a research program for pollution prevention.more information
Water quality and health: protect the ocean user and the environment
Surfrider Foundation Europe fights to protect European beaches to allow future generations to be able enjoy healthy, living seas. more information
Artificial coasts and climate changes : protect the coastal ecosystems
As the artificialisation of the coast threatens coastal ecosystems, Surfrider Foundation Europe is organising to protect European coastlines from the by-products of concretisation.more information
Macro waste : Struggling against a forgotten pollution
Surfrider's lobbying initative puts pressure on European institutions to acknowledge the severity of the problem while "Ocean Initiatives" works on the ground to combat macro-waste.more information
To protect in a sustainable manner the coasline and de manière durable le littoral and the people who lives there
To raise awareness and to change minds is a priority for Surfrider
To invite everyone to join and support Surfrider's fightSurfrider in the field
Local chapters
Across Europe, our volunteers are involved in loads of different ways... hosting awareness events at schools, attending local meetings and events, reporting pollution and appealing against coastal construction developments.
Laboratories and watermen tester
The quality of our bathing water is more and more under threat, Surfrider Foundation Europe is putting in place action plans to provide users of the Coastline with better information and also to ensure that watersports enthusiasts are not forgotten.
Keepers of the coast
Surfrider fight against all sorts of attacks to the European Coastline including those caused by pollution, erosion as well as irresponsible construction. Give us information on the coastline next to your place, and Surfrider Foundation Europe will support you through its « Keepers of the Coasts » program.
Distribution of your donations
- 8% - Operating
- 26% - Environment and local actions
- 29% - Educative programs
- 37% - Mobilization, communication and merchandising
Press release
- 02-05-2010 134 million Euros against green algae, and then what ? The French government presented the 3th of February a five year-plan against green algae. In this plan there are several points which describe how to control the development of this phenomenon, as the necessity to reduce the nitrate rate, to improve the collecting, to make the agricultural...
- 02-03-2010 Answers to Creativity Waiting for them? At last, here are results of our Call for Creativity special 20th anniversary! We thank all the artists for their participation and work.Eventually, a "20 years" logo and several creations that will decorate t-shirts for children and older. Winners (themes / designer /...
- 01-21-2010 Antifer methane port, a small company that knows the crisis. Because of the lack of investors, a methane port construction project, located just around Etretat resort, has been suspended.As soon as the tender was publicated, in 2006, Surfrider Foundation Europe and its locals representations denounced this large scale project with elected representatives and...