Happy Earth Day from 11th Hour Racing Team!
Did you know this year is the 50th Anniversary of this special day
celebrating our incredible planet by showing our support for
environmental protection? There's no getting around it, this year’s
Earth Day feels quite different as huge numbers of people around the
world stay home to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Our team Skipper,
Charlie Enright, has used this time to reflect on what lessons he has
learned from our current global situation, and how he can improve
tomorrow as a father and co-leader of our team in this blog for Waterlust.
While we can't gather in person to
recognize Earth Day, our sustainability team brought our crew together
virtually for our first #OceanHour Session with a Netflix viewing party
of Chasing Coral followed by a Q&A with Richard Vevers,
the inspiration behind the award-winning documentary.
Filmed over the
course of three years, the documentary follows the journey of Richard,
an ad-exec turned underwater photographer, as he travels around the
world mapping coral reefs and discovers the devastating impact climate
change is having on the incredibly sensitive ecosystems that are vital
to the health of our oceans.
Many people on our team are passionate
divers who have witnessed coral bleaching first hand. It wasn't until
watching this documentary that we were able to understand how widespread
the issue is and why it occurs so quickly as a direct result of ocean
acidification due to climate change. Watch this video on our takeaways from our viewing party and learn why this story hits particularly close to home for Mark Towill, our team CEO.
Don't miss your chance to stream Chasing Coral and ask Richard your own questions! NewportFILM is streaming the documentary and hosting Richard and Zackery Rago on Thursday, April 23 at 6:00 PM EST - register here.
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