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LIFE ON THE WATER - Miss Ocean is an awareness campaign and an award for the people or politicians who the Foundation considers made the greatest contribution to cleaning up and conserving the marine environment in any one year. This also includes efforts to combat climate change. We were looking forward to commitment on all fronts at COP 26 to be held in Glasgow in November 2021. COP 25 was a wash-out in climate terms, more turning up the heat. What might happen at COP29 in Azerbaijan?

 

 

Meantime, we are continuing with our Awareness campaigns and lobbying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OCEAN CLEANING INNOVATION - This amazing autonomous boat called "SeaVax", was on display at the Old Billingsgate exhibition centre in London on the 9-10th of November 2015 for Innovate 2015. The stand was especially made for this show with a direction from the organizers that the base should be finished in white. It is possible to tilt the robot vessel so that it is horizontal or vertical. The stand is motorised to revolve at about one revolution every 35 seconds.

 

ROAD SHOW - Although not ready for this year's outing, it is planned to make the stand interactive with audiences as part of a rig intended for road show. We may fit driven wheels in place of the adjustable feet such that the robotic boat and stand combined can give interesting displays, demonstrating the versatility of robotics. The "SeaVax" boat is designed to vacuum plastic waste from the polluted oceans of the world. Not at this scale. This proof of concept model is only 2.2 metres long. The full size vessel is 44 metres long with a suction head some 13.5 metres wide - making it the world's largest vacuum cleaner and a potential Guinness world record holder. Miss Ocean is very proud to be associated with such an ocean friendly project.

 

RECYCLED - The stand was made from 100% recycled steel on a shoe-string budget. The re-engineered machinery is salvaged from everyday conveniences, such as cars and washing machines. Despite the elegant appearance, the stand has an exceptionally low centre of gravity that makes the exhibit rock steady. Chris Close, the project manager, is seen here with the vessel giving you some idea of scale. The stand is nicknamed Nelson's Column and has a base (not shown here) complete with hand carved lions (as per Sir Edwin Landseer) by way of a miniature Trafalgar Square. A tribute to one of the most famous British Admirals: Horatio Nelson.

 

 

 

4OCEANS - ONE POUND AT A TIME

ABOUT MISS OCEAN - MORE

AGENDA, DATES

AMPHIMAX - ENGINE TRAILER

ANGEL - OCEAN SOUTHERN QUEEN'S FACE

AQUATICS

AVAAZ - PEOPLE POWERED POLITICS & FUNDRAISING

BARBARA JACKSON - RACE FOR THE BALTIC

BARCLAYS BANK - £BILLION POUNDS PLEDGE FOR GREEN BONDS

BBC - 

BEAUTY PAGEANTS - MOST FAMOUS

BLACKPOOL'S PIERS

BLUE GROWTH

BOYAN SLAT - OCEAN CLEANUP PROJECT

BREXIT - THERESA MAY v IMPERIALIST THATCHER FANTASIES

BRIGHTON - WEST PIER - MARINE PALACE PIER

BUSINESS PLAN

CARBON FOOTPRINTS - CLIMATE CHANGE REDUCTIONS

CAROLINE ANSELL - POTHOLES

CHRIS CLOSE - DIRECTOR SUPPORT

CHRISTINA DUSART - TRUSTEE

CLEAN OCEANS FOUNDATION - AUSTRALIA

CLEANER OCEANS FOUNDATION - TRUSTEES

CLEOPATRA - LAST ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARAOH: QUEEN OF THE NILE

CLEVEDON PIER - GRADE I LISTED BUILDING

CLIMATE CHANGE - AGREEMENT DECEMBER 2015 - UN PARIS GLOBAL MARCH - BAN KI-MOON & JOHN KERRY

CODING QUEENS - CALIFORNIAN ALL GIRLS ROBOTICS TEAM

COCA-COLA PLASTIC BOTTLES - GREENPEACE & COKE CHOKE & PEPSICO'S BIO PLANT PET

COMMONWEALTH NATIONS - ROYAL FAMILY

CONFERENCES - 2016

CONTACT US

COSTUMES

COPERNICUS

CROWN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRES - CUERDEN LEISURE - 

DAILY EXPRESS - 26-1-16

DAME ELLEN MACARTHUR - MORE PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN THAN FISH BY 2050

DANIEL GOLDSMITH

DATES, IMPORTANT

DAVID CAMERON

DIARIES - PROJECT ARCHIVES 2018

DIVE PLANIT - MYTH BUSTING OCEAN CLEANUP MACHINES

DIVING - SCUBA

D'ORTONA, LOLITA

EASTBOURNE MARINE GROUP LIMITED

EASTBOURNE PIER - AMUSEMENTS - ARSON - BLESSING - PARTNERS - SHEIKH ABID GULZAR 21-10-15

                              £1-2 CHARGE - PLANNING APP 141413 - HERALD 22-9-15 - DAVID TUTT -

                              CHAMBER COMMERCE - INDEPENDENT 7-11-15 - EUGENIUS BIRCH

                              FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - FOUNDATION - GEORGE OSBORNE

                      GOING FOR GOLD - PERMISSION GRANTED

ECHO - EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION and HUMANITARIAN AID OPERATIONS

ELIZABETH SHAW MELVILLE - WIFE OF HERMAN MELVILLE, AUTHOR OF MOBY DICK

EUROPEAN MARITIME DAY - MAY 17

 

Brussels 2008

Rome 2009

Gijón 2010

Gdansk 2011

Gothenburg 2012

Valletta 2013

Bremen 2014

Piraeus 2015

Turku 2016

Poole 2017

Burgas 2018

Lisbon 2019

Cork 2020

Den Helder 2021

Ravenna 2022

Brest 2023

Svendborg 2024

 

EMSA - EUROPEAN MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY

ENERGY MATTERS - SEAVAX OCEAN CLEANER 23 FEBRUARY 2016

ESA - EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY

FEEDING THE MULTITUDE - FIVE LOAVES & TWO FISHES

FISHING BOATS - TRADITIONAL - GREEN AUTONOMOUS - BLUE GROWTH

EU - MARIA DAMANAKI'S OCEAN INNOVATION

FILMING - JAMESON HUNTER LIMITED

FITNESS - KEEPING FIT

FOOD FOOTPRINTS - MEAT, PESCETARIANS, VEGETARIANS, VEGANS

FORD TRANSIT - CUSTOM OCEAN ART

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH - ELECTRICS - FRAME - ART - FONTSTUDY - PUMPS

GLOBAL OCEAN COMMISSIONERS - LINKS

GLOBALSPEC INSIGHTS - IHS 360 ENGINEERING, ROBOT VESSEL

GRETA THUNBERG - SCHOOLS STRIKE, UNITED NATIONS COP24

GULZAR - FINED FOR REVENUE & CUSTOMS OFFENCES

              - HMRC TAXES HOTELS PIERS, EASTBOURNE, HASTINGS

              - CROWD FUNDING HASTINGS PIER ENGINEERS

GYRES 5, FIVE - TECHNO FIX TO PLASTIC POLLUTION

HASTINGS - PIER - BATTLE

HEART OF THE OCEAN - TITANIC - CROWN

HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND - EASTBOURNE PIER

HERMAN MELVILLE - AUTHOR OF MOBY DICK, WHITE JACKET & BILLY BUDD

HOAD, EMILY

HOLLY GILLIBRAND - SCOTTISH SCHOOLGIRL CLIMATE ACTIVIST 13

HORIZON 2020 - BLUE GROWTH - FEED THE WORLD

INDEPENDENT - OCEAN CLEANUP PROJECT 19-1-16

INTERNATIONAL - 2017 - VIETNAM

INTERVIEW TOPICS

ITV - 

JAMIE HACKESON

JANET COLES - MAYOR OF EASTBOURNE

JO JOHNSON - OPENS MARINE ROBOTICS CENTRE AT THE NOC

KERRY McCARTHY - MP BRISTOL EAST

LAURA DEKKER - YOUNGEST ROUND THE WORLD SAILOR

LAURA PEREGRIN - SWAMPY

JEEP - BEACH BUGGY

LINKS PAGE, EVENTS

LLOYD STEBBINGS

LORD BRETT MCLEAN - ESCC ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD

LUKE GARDENER - VIRAL VIDEO, ARGUS 30-11-15

MARINE, COASTAL & CIVIL ENGINEERING EXPO 2017

MICROBEADS BAN - PRESIDENT OBAMA GETS TOUGH ON PLASTIC

MICROPLASTICS - TOXIC OCEANS

MISS OCEAN 2018 - CITY NJ - VIETNAM - SONGWRITER - QUEEN OF THE NILE

MISTER OCEAN - 2018

MPs - PENNY MORDAUNT - DAVID CAMERON - GEORGE OSBORNE

MUSEUM ATTRACTIONS MARITIMENATURAL HISTORY

NATIONAL PIERS SOCIETY - WATCHDOGS OR WHAT? 

NELSON KAY - DESIGN CONSULTANCY

OCEAN A -

OCEAN B -

OCEAN BUSINESS 2017 @ NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON

OCEAN CLEANUP PROJECT - MEDIA REVIEWS, BOYAN SLAT 2016 - JUNE NORTH SEA

OCEAN PLASTIC CLEANUP -

OCEANS DAY - COP21 UN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS, PARIS

OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL - 2016 - WORLD TOUR 2015

OCEAN REGENERATION PROGRAMME

OVERALL IMPRESSIONS

PACIFIC OCEAN - WOMEN'S ROWING RECORD 2016

PETER LINDSEY - PR MAN

PIERS - TOP 10 FIRES, HARD TIMES & INSURANCE SCAMS

PLASTIC FOOTPRINT

PLYMOUTH HO - FORT BOVISAND

POTHOLE POLITICS - CONSERVATIVE PARTY AGENDA

PRIZES

RANMARINE - WASTE SHARK

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - TEST TANK - SOLAR POWERED - GRP LINER

RICHARD WHELAN

RNLI - 

ROWING

RULES, COMPETITION

SEABIN - SURFER'S TRASHCAN, MIAMI MARINA

SEAVAX - INNOVATE 2015, OLD BILLINGSGATE, LONDON 9 NOV - 

 

HORIZON 2017

COVERED WAY JUNE 17

 

SEAWORK - 2017

SKY - OCEANS

SOUTH PARADE PIER, SOUTHSEA, PORTSMOUTH

SOUTHERN OCEAN ANGEL - STATUE & FOUNTAIN

SPECIAL TALENTS

SPONSORS

STATHAM, ANDREW - WILDLIFE & CONSERVATION

STEM - EDUCATION & VEX ROBOTICS

STUDY - DESIGN TIARA JEWELRY

SURFING

SURVEYING - INSTITUTE OF MARITIME INTERNATIONAL

SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN  - CLEAN UP INDIA MISSION

SYMPOSIUM - OCEAN, HASTINGS ST MARY IN THE CASTLE SEPT 2018 - UN ASSOCIATION

TERESA MAY - WAR ON PLASTIC

TERRAMAR PROJECT, THE - ROBOTIC BOAT TO SUCK UP PLASTIC WASTE UNVEILED INNOVATE UK

TERRY VALERIANO - SAFETY & SECURITY

TEST TANK - CARRIAGE - GRP - HATCHES - SOLAR POWER

THANGAM DEBBONAIRE - MP BRISTOL WEST

THE GUARDIAN - 26-3-16

TIPS, COMPETITION

TELEVISION

TOP 21 SPORTY WOMEN

TOUR BUS - VW CAMPER VAN SURFING WAGON

TRADEMARKS - PRIORITY REGISTRATION - AMPHIMAX - RIVERVAX - CLASSES

THE CROWN

VIRTUAL REALITY - 3D OCEAN AWARENESS TOUR, SHARKS, TURTLES

VENUES

VOLKSWAGEN - T1 & T2 ENGINE REBUILD - TOUR BUS

VOLUNTEERS - WORK EXPERIENCE, ELDERS - LOLA

WASTE FREE OCEANS FOUNDATION - FISHERMEN TRAWLING FOR WASTE

WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCILLORS

WESTON SUPER MARE - PIER CHARGES

WILLIAM ALCHORN MARITIME RESTORATION

WORLD OCEANS DAY - 8th JUNE 2016

WORLD SURF LEAGUE - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP: PURE

YOUTH OCEAN CONSERVATION SUMMIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

OBJECTIVES - Miss Ocean is not a pageant as you may imagine, it is an ocean awareness drive, where the achievement of any person making a significant contribution to climate change or pollution research or other activities aimed at resolving these issues, is recognised by us..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

INNOVATION - This amazing autonomous boat was on display at the Old Billingsgate exhibition centre in London on the 9-10th of November 2015. The stand was especially made for this show. As you can see it is possible to tilt the robot vessel so that it is almost vertical. The stand is motorised to revolve at about one revolution in half a minute. Although not ready for this year's outing, it is planned to make the stand interactive with audiences and to fit driven wheels such that the robotic boat and stand combined can give interesting displays, demonstrating the versatility of robotics. The boat is designed to vacuum plastic waste from the polluted oceans of the world. Not at this scale. This proof of concept model is only 2.2 metres long. The full size vessel is 44 metres long with a suction head some 13.5 metres wide (44 feet) - making it the world's largest vacuum cleaner. 

 

 

  SeaVax ocean cleaning ship model with Chris Close, project manager

 

 

PICTURED ABOVE - [LEFT] Christina is helping to organise and develop the Miss Ocean event. Here she is seen beside the propeller of one of the fishing boats on Hastings beach that she relies on to feed her two children. Christina knows that the fish these boats will catch will become more and more toxic as plastic in the ocean increases, potentially harming her family and her children's children in years to come. She is concerned just as much for your family. 

 

INNOVATION - [RIGHT] This amazing autonomous boat called "SeaVax", was on display at the Old Billingsgate exhibition centre in London on the 9-10th of November 2015 for Innovate 2015. The stand was especially made for this show with a direction from the organisers that the base should be finished in white. It is possible to tilt the robot vessel so that it is horizontal or vertical. The stand is motorised to rotate at about one revolution every 35 seconds. 

 

The stand was made from 100% recycled steel on a shoe-string budget. The re-engineered machinery is salvaged from everyday conveniences, such as cars and washing machines. Despite the elegant appearance, the stand has an exceptionally low centre of gravity that makes the exhibit rock steady. Chris Close, the project manager, is seen here with the vessel giving you some idea of scale. The stand is nicknamed Nelson's Column and has a base (not shown here) complete with hand carved lions (as per Sir Edwin Landseer) by way of a miniature Trafalgar Square. A tribute to one of the most famous British Admirals:

 

 

 

 

PICTURED BELOW - "Lucky Lucy" is one of the beach launched fishing fleet at Hastings in East Sussex, England. She was a hard working semi-swath catamaran, that is not used much these days with fish stocks declining. If we don't take immediate action to stop plastics and other waste poisoning our oceans, poor old 'Lucy' won't go to sea anymore. Did you know that Hastings has the largest beach launched fishing fleet in the world? Hastings is famous for its fish and chip shops and the listed fishing net buildings that are also seen higher up the beach. In essence, the whole community was founded on produce from the sea - now a town with a bleak future, apart from tourism.

 

 

 

Lucky Lucy is not so lucky fishing against declining fish stocks

 

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