CLT Cares. You Care. Join Us in Making Charlotte an Ocean-Friendly City.

Cleaning local lakes. Reducing the use of plastics. Eliminating straws in CLT eateries. Group trips to the ocean. Surfrider Foundation Charlotte has FUN, impactful projects IMPROVING YOUR WORLD.

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The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.

THE CHARLOTTE CHAPTER implements new campaigns that not only improve the lives of Charlotteans, but ultimately improve the purity of the world’s oceans. This is achieved because of the connection between North Carolina’s local lakes to the oceans.

The Surfrider Foundation headquarter’s staff of nearly 50 people help support our chapter network in their campaigns, champion for policy and fight legal battles for our coasts, bring awareness to the issues facing our ocean, provide critical support on stuff like accounting, technology, and HR, and raise money to make all of this happen. We have an appetite for adventure and we all share a common passion – we love and appreciate our ocean, waves and beaches.

Today's Coastal Factoid

Largest Marine Plastic Clean-up System to Deploy within 12 Months

"Located between Hawaii and California, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest of the five global Garbage Patches. In May 2017, The Ocean Cleanup team unveiled the latest improved design that will enable the start of the extraction of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months—two years ahead of schedule." Members of the Ocean Cleanup team note that “[w]e will not be able to get every last gram of plastic out of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but calculations show we can remove 50% in just five years from deployment of our system. An 80% to 90% reduction should be possible by 2050." - excerpts from Ocean News & Technology.

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