Event Details | |
Host | Confederação Brasileira de Vela - CBVela |
Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Certification Level | Silver |
Website Link | www.cbvela.org.br |
Best Practices Achieved
20. Encourage Green Boating Practices
Action 1 - Participants made use of the drinking fountain available at the club, located in the boat area
Action 2 - Plastic straws are prohibited in the city of Niterói and this information was published in the regatta's Sustainability Guide
Action 4 - No disposable plastic bags were distributed during the event
Action 5 - The trophy was a framed watercolor by artist Márcia Valle
Action 6 - We distributed the regatta's Sustainability Guide, digital, containing the challenges of the Clean Regattas program
Action 7 - Students from the Grael Project participated in the regatta
Action 8 - Signage made from reused paper
Action 10 - We had two people on the green team
Action 11 - As the club was in the process of implementing selective waste collection, we marked the bins and spoke with the cleaning team in order to organize the best way to separate the waste for collection by the city hall
Action 13 - Registrations made through the VelaID platform, from the Brazilian Sailing Confederation
Action 15 - To raise awareness about the regatta’s carbon footprint, we inventoried the fossil fuel consumption of the boats and participants’ travel.
Action 16 - We distributed, digitally, the book by economist Gunter Pauli, who developed the concept of Blue Economy, which deals with Guanabara Bay and the State of Rio de Janeiro
Action 18 - We provided guidance on the responsible use of boats. We collect information on the supply of boats during the championship.
Action 19 - We provided sunscreens with scientifically proven formulas that are environmentally responsible and have minimal impact on marine biodiversity.
Action 20 - We provided a lecture on good environmental practices for sailors