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Environment Community resilience


By focussing on a single region that has existing strong awareness of ocean health, groups in Newport RI are working towards a scaleable solution-oriented model with potential to be exported worldwide


We all know that the health of our oceans is deteriorating and most of us want to do something about it before it’s too late. But where to start? The scale and complexity of the problem are daunting. Rising sea levels, soaring sea temperatures, acidifying seas, toxic runoff, and plastic pollution are just a few of the symptoms – and that’s before you begin to consider the fundamentally interconnected nature of land and water, soil and sea. But there’s hope. In the coastal city of Newport, Rhode Island, where 11th Hour Racing has fostered a coordinated shift towards a sustainable future in partnership with a wide-ranging, forward-thinking group of local organisations, an answer is starting to emerge. This solution-oriented approach to building a community that cares about the ocean needs to be socially and economically sustainable, while also robustly scalable. From local grassroots initiatives to the regional, national, and global levels, we need a paradigm shift from an extractive economy to a sustainable model that uses resources wisely and enables communities to flourish and allows lands, coasts and oceans to thrive. Why Newport, Rhode Island? ‘We


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strongly believe in taking care of our own backyard,’ says Rob MacMillan, president and co-founder of Newport- based 11th Hour Racing. ‘We know the community well, sailing is part of the culture and we can use that to talk about ocean health. We have some great partners here who are easy to work with and have the vision to look beyond the short-term grant cycle.’ The city of Newport hosts a passionate, ocean-loving community with an economy focused on boating, tourism, and nature, and residents have become awakened to the seemingly endless human-made issues affecting the ocean. But there’s a lot more to Newport than sailing. ‘It’s not the community that people think it is,’ MacMillan says. Beyond the mansions, yacht clubs and marinas it actually has the demographics of a working-class town and is home to many low- income families. With its diverse community, limited size and strong ocean connections, Newport is an ideal venue to trial sustainability schemes that can then be scaled up and deployed elsewhere. One of 11th Hour Racing’s long- standing grantees, Sail Newport, is addressing the social aspects of


Above: up to 3,000 people attend the free public outdoor


screenings of environmen- tally focused documentary films on Thursday evenings in Newport,


Rhode Island, organised by NewportFILM and funded by 11th Hour Racing. The film makers often attend and lead Q&A sessions after the screen- ings to


encourage the audience to take personal action on


environmental issues


sustainability through sport. New England’s largest public sailing centre, it is best known in the sailing world for hosting large-scale regattas and grand prix events. However, its main purpose is to offer affordable public sailing instruction, attract new sailors to the sport, and foster personal connections with the ocean. One of its great successes is the 4th Grade Sailing Programme which provides sailing and STEM education to every 4th grade student in Newport public schools as part of their curriculum. Summer sailing courses for grades 1-5 are also offered and both programmes encourage all students to become ocean stewards. By enabling the younger generation of Newport residents across the socio-economic spectrum to grow up enjoying a positive, personal experience of their local marine environment, they too will be inspired to protect it. Inspiring, educating and


entertaining to build community and propel change is also the mission of another 11th Hour Racing grantee, newportFILM. Its public outdoor screenings of environmentally focused documentaries are popular with Newport residents and visitors


JENNIFER MANVILLE | NEWPORTFILM


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