Workshop in Sanya finished
Our workshop during the stop over of the Volvo Ocean Race in Sanya, China just finished and we proudly present the PRESENTS OF THE SEA installation, which will remain in Sailing school of the Serenity Marina in Sanya.
Puma skipper Ken Read said, “It’s an incredible place to sail, the sad part is how much stuff is in the water, how much junk there is in the water. How people in the world can’t treat the ocean with more respect is just fully beyond me”.
Oceans are so important to all living creatures including us humans. Every second breath we take is oxygen produced by our oceans and the carbon dioxide is absorbed by them too. Without our oceans life on earth would not exist!!I We hope our Skeleton Sea awareness project “KEEP THE OCEANS CLEAN” together with the popularity of the Volvo Ocean Race sailing around the world will help to make society aware of the degradation of such a vital part of our ecosystem!!
An ocean load of problems
A constant stream of debris including a piece of trash the size of a small car has shocked the Volvo Ocean Race sailors as they weave around the potentially boat breaking obstacles in the Malacca Strait.
Read the full article under: http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/4933_An-ocean-load-of-problems.html
Beachcleaning in Sanya, China
Local students motivated to strengthen Sanya’s tourism stronghold turned out in force at the Keep the Oceans Clean! beach clean at Luhuitou Village Beach on Saturday.
The university students joined more than 100 locals, race supporters and the CEO Knut Frostad and made light work of the rubbish including plastic bags, cigarette butts and burger boxes.
It is the fourth beach clean organised by environmental campaigners Skeleton Sea and the Volvo Ocean Race through their combined Keep the Oceans Clean! project.
Skeleton Sea artist João Parrinha, who again led the clean-up, said the local enthusiasm for protecting the environment was similar to that shown at previous stopovers Alicante, Cape Town and Abu Dhabi.
Read the full article under:
http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/5064_How-we-are-keeping-Sanya-s-sands-super.html
Skeleton Sea in Sanya, China
Flyer Beach Cleaning Sanya // Click for Zoom
Sanya Race Weekend
- Friday February 17, 1200 local (0400 UTC) – Pro-Am Race
- Saturday February 18, 1400 (0600 UTC) – In-Port Race
- Sunday February 19, 1400 (0600 UTC) – Leg 4 start to Auckland
Key Dates
- Wednesday February 8 – 12 – Academy Team Racing
- Saturday February 11 – Beach Clean
- Sunday February 12 – 18 – Environmental Art Workshop
- Monday February 13 – Skeleton Sea Q&A
- Wednesday February 15 – Skeleton Sea Q&A
- Friday February 17 – Pro-Am Race
- Saturday February 18 – In-Port Race
- Sunday February 19 – Leg 4 start to Auckland
Location
Skeleton Sea on show at winter ISPO 2012 & VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Skeleton Sea is proud to announce it will exhibit a selection of “Keep our Oceans Clean” art during ISPO MUNICH 2012 at the entrance East walkway to halls A scheduled to take place in the Bavarian capital from 29 January to 1 February 2012.
As the leading international sports business trade show with more than 2,200 exhibitors presenting to more than 80,000 visitors from over 100 countries, ISPO MUNICH represents the perfect platform for Skeleton Sea to reach out to like-minded people that share our passion for the environment.
Abyss in the background
Handover of Abu Dhabi’s Lulu fish
After a successful week of workshops in the Volvo Ocean Race village in Abu Dhabi, the Lulu Fish was finally completed. Lulu means pearl in Arabic, and given that the beach cleaning session took place on Lulu Island, the name of our new fish is very fitting.
Turning beach debris into art
Skeleton Sea artist João Parrinha is sending us some updating images of the the creative process after another successful beach clean.
An 80-strong group of children and adults from Abu Dhabi and the Volvo Ocean Race family took part in the beach clean on Lulu Island last Saturday, collecting the raw materials that will become part of a sculpture during the workshops João is running since last Sunday.
The name giving to the marine debris fish is Lulu fitting perfectly referring to the clean up location and on top in Arab language “Lulu” means pearl.
For the entire story of the beach clean up please read:
http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/4691_Turning-beach-debris-into-art.html
Beach Cleaning Abu Dhabi
The Volvo Ocean Race’s beach clean team, including Skeleton Sea artist João Parrinha, will be hitting Abu Dhabi’s Lulu Island on Saturday as part of the race’s campaign to Keep the Oceans Clean!
The public are invited to join Portugal’s Parrinha, local dive centre Al Mahara and members of the Volvo Ocean Race family for the beach clean.
Adventurous beach cleaners (those over the age of 18) can kayak over to Lulu Island, while everyone else will be shuttled over to the island in a boat.
Registration will be between 0900 and 0930 local time at the main entrance to the Destination Village and boats will leave from the main pontoon shortly afterwards.
Rubbish bags and gloves will be provided, and water will be available, but everyone is asked to bring their own water bottle.
The waste materials found on the beach will then be used for the Skeleton Sea sculpture which will be created at the Keep the Oceans Clean! art workshops during the Abu Dhabi stopover.
These will be held on the beach outside the Keep the Oceans Clean! dome under the Etihad tent between January 8 and January 14.
In addition to the beach clean, João will be giving a talk about his work with artist collective Skeleton Sea in the dome at 2000 local time on Monday, January 9.
Thanks go to the following organisations for their help in the co-ordination of the beach clean: Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club, Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi, Al Mahara Diving Center, Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA), Emirates Diving Association and Center for Waste Management Abu Dhabi.
For more information on the beach clean or the Keep the Oceans clean project, contact jacqui.smith@volvooceanrace.com.
PUMA net completes Skeleton Sea beach art sculpture
Marine rubbish picked up by the crew of PUMA’s Mar Mostro during Leg 1 has been added to the Skeleton Sea sculpture created from Cape Town beach trash.
‘Keep the Oceans Clean!’ in Cape Town
After a beach clean at Mouille Point at Green Point with over 140 people, the rubbish was sorted and washed, then taken to the Waterfront Craft Market where Art Workshops were conducted by the Skeleton Sea artists João Parrinha and Xandi Kreuzeder.
