BY-:Kushagra Gangrade

Abhishek Sendre
Arya Shukla
Abhiraj Singh Tawar
 "Think Global, Act Local“
 The phrase "Think global, act local" has been used in
various contexts, including planning, environment,
education, mathematics, business and the church. For
many environmental activists, the phrase has been
changed into "act globally, act locally" due to the growing
concern for the whole planet and thus the need of activism
everywhere in the world.
 Think globally, act locally" urges people to
consider the health of the entire planet and to take
action in their own communities and cities. Long
before governments began enforcing environmental
laws, individuals were coming together to protect
habitats and the organisms that live within them.
These efforts are referred to as grassroots efforts.
They occur on a local level and are primarily run by
volunteers and helpers.
 "Think Globally, Act Locally" originally began at
the grassroots level, however, it is now a
global concept with high importance. It is not
just volunteers who take the environment into
consideration. It is corporations, government
officials, education system, and local
communities.
 Surfers Against Sewage
 (SAS)
 Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is a 
marine conservation charity working with
communities to protect oceans, waves, beaches
and marine life. It was created in 1990 by a group of
Cornish surfers from the villages of St Agnes and 
Porthtowan on the north coast of Cornwall.
 Setup as a single-issue campaign group in 1990, Surfers
Against Sewage led a nationwide campaign for improved
water quality. Their campaign's success was helped by
the privatisation of English water companies in the late
1980s and key pieces of European Legislation including
the Bathing Water Directive.
 In 2012, Surfers Against Sewage was recognised as
a national marine conservation charity focused on
the protection of waves, oceans, beaches, marine
wildlife and coastal communities.

 In 2018 it was one of the seven charities nominated

by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to receive
donations in lieu of wedding presents.
Campaigns

 Today the organisation represents an ever-expanding supporter base

and campaigns on a diverse range of issues. SAS campaigns for
both the UK's coastal environment and the health of all surfers and
other recreational waters users. Recently, SAS has expanded its
remit into the protection of the wave resource and surfing spots
through the Protect Our Waves (POW) campaign. Since 1990, SAS
has secured a multitude of campaign successes on behalf of all water
users.
Plastic Free Coastlines

 More recently, Surfers Against Sewage have turned their

attention to battling the new sewage - plastic pollution.
Through national initiatives such as the Big Spring Beach
Clean and the Autumn Beach Clean Series they hope to
empower communities to protect their coastlines. Further up
in the chain of events, SAS are using their Waves All-Party
Parliamentary Group (APPG) to encourage politicians to
explore and introduce policies to prevent plastic emissions
from entering the environment.
Protect Our Waves

 SAS launched the Protect Our Waves campaign to

increase public awareness to the importance of waves
in the socioeconomic fabric of many UK coastal
communities. Behind the scenes SAS has been
consistently representing surfers and waveriders on
rights of access, and ensuring the wave resource is
recognised and valued.
Beach Bum Survey

 Surfers Against Sewage helped recruit participants

for a University of Exeter study on the prevalence
of antibiotic-resistant E. coli in surfers and
bodyboarders. The work was published
in Environment International in January 2018.