Eco-swim
From Openwaterpedia
noun - Eco-swim is an open water swim, relay, stage swim, race or charity swim with goals related to the environment or marine life.
Goals of Eco Swims
- aims to protect, conserve or call attention to the environment or ecology,
- improve or protect the welfare of marine life or the local or indigenous area,
- incorporates education of the natural environment or ecology,
- is conducted in an ecologically-sustainable or environmentally-friendly manner,
- is held in areas that are under environmental protection or that protect marine life,
- aims to create or enhance environmental or ecological awareness,
- raises money or provides direct financial benefits for conservation, marine life or environmental protection, research and/or education,
- builds awareness or provides education of a local community or culture,
- lobbies local governments or officials for access to, protection of or a clean-up of a waterway, or
- minimizes the impact of mankind on the environment
Usage
His swim in the North Pole helped draw attention to climate change.
Synonyms
green swim, green swimming, Ecoswim, Ecoswimming, Eco Swim, or part of Ecotourism, environmental swim
External links
- Mathieu and Chloé Witvote Across The Atlantic and Into French Schools
- Dr. Meenakshi Pahuja's Eco-swim Tribute To Her Father V.K. Pahuja
- SwimTrek 60k Swim, A November Challenge
- Lewis Pugh Starts After The Hudson Swim Is Over
- The Best Open Water Swimmers from 1950 to 2020
- Lewis Pugh On His Final Stretch Into Manhattan
- Lewis Pugh Swimming with Like-Minded Children, College Students, and Marine Environmentalists
- Lewis Pugh Is Just Starting
- Lewis Pugh Looking Up Going Downstream
- Getting Muddy In The Open Water
- Boris Nowalski Takes To The Sea In Order To Help Save It
- Bucket Lists Of Ice Swimming
- Race Directors For The Environment
- Julia Washbourne Eco-Swimming Aquapreneur
- Race For Conch Eco-swim
- 100 Things Every Open Water Swimmer Should Know
- Wild Swim From South Africa's Cape Point To Simonstown
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- 10 More Swimmers Join The Wild Friend's Campaign Trail
