The document summarizes the activities of the Brasil Surf Pro program in promoting sustainability in coastal ecosystems through surfing events and environmental education. It discusses seminars held in several cities that brought together 340 people to discuss sustainability. Beach cleanups occurred at each event location and collected a total of 940kg of litter. Other activities included releasing rehabilitated sea turtles, a breakfast on sustainable surfing, and planting trees to offset the event's carbon emissions.

1. Surf and Sustainability Program – Rio de Janeiro 1st time ever to feel sand and water at a beach The ocean being presented by the BSP champion

2. Ecoencontro is a 3-4 hour seminar about sustainability in coastal ecosystems and the role that surf can play in the decision making process. It was held in Ubatuba (Aquarium), Florianópolis (Praia Mole hotel) and in Rio (Windsor hotel) and brought a total of 340 people together, among them regional NGO leaderships, professional and amateur surfers, students, businessmen and government representatives. The three Ecoencontros provoked healthy discussions and debates on the creation of nationwide networks for the beaches and how the hierarchy of brazilian surfing (conferedation, fedration, association to surf school) can take a leading role in stewardship and monitoring functions. Ecoencontro Seminars

3. Beach cleanups were carried out at each of the 5 beaches visited by the BSP circuit and involved Pro Surfers, production crew, environmental leaderships, surf schools and the general public on the beach. A total of 940kg of litter was collected, mainly plastic and micro litter such as ice cream packaging, plastic bottle tops, straws and hundreds of cigarette butts. In Búzios we were invited by local NGO activists to organize a cleanup at a rare ecosystem on the other side of the peninsula, a rocky beach mangrove facing the ocean that recieves ocean going plastic by the truck load. We partnered with the local Agenda 21 team, a local school, SPORTV reporters and film crew and brought pro surfers with us and in around two hours we removed nearly half a ton of plastic from the 1 km stretch of this spectacular open ocean facing mangrove. Beach Cleanups

4. Beach Cleanups - moments

5. Beach Cleanups – Mangue de Pedra, Búzios

6. The CO2 emissions of the Brasil Surf Pro 2010 circuit are being neutralized through the planting of Atlantic Rainforest tree saplings.This service is being carried out by Instituto Terra, a NGO specialized in reforestation. The only exception was in Ubatuba where a partnership was formed between the local environmental government agency and a forest restoration company to generate a precedent in the region. The 150 trees were planted close to the contest site involving the local school also. Carboneutralization

8. 1. Ubatuba – “Dia da Volta” Our main NGO partner project in the region, TAMAR, which celebrated 30 years of service along Brazil´s coastline, and 20 at the Ubatuba base, carried out a simultaneous release of rehabilitated sea tutles at all of their 12 bases along the country´s coastline, “Dia da Volta” which took place on Saturday (10/04), at 16h30 when 4 rehabilitated sea turtles were released to their natural habitat, right in front of the contest structure, between quarter final heats. Three of the pro surfers participated in the activity, Suelen Naraisa, Guga Arruda and Franklin Serpa as well as TV celebrity Fernanda Pontes of TV Jam.

10. On invitation by BSP and the Búzios Municipal Government, Roberto Vámos, Brasil representative of the NGO The Climate Project, founded by Nobel Peace Prize holder, Al Gore, delivered an eye opening speech regarding Global Warming and Strategic Sustainability Planning. Present at the speech were 65 people including the Mayor and 9 of the main government department managers as well as leading local businessmen and NGO´s. 3. Búzios – Strategic Sustainability Planning speech

11. 4. Rio de Janeiro – Vegetation restoration 700 saplings of beach vegetation species were planted in the direct influence area of the contest at Barra da Tijuca beach. The BSP 2010 male champion, Jean da Silva and many of the production crew, sponsors and VIP celebrities participated in the planting. This activity was carried out in partnership with Rio´s governmental department for the environment

12. 1. UBATUBA :Term of Conduct agreement Local authorities were very surprised by the depth and seriousness of the BSP environmental program and asked if we could help put together a document to pressure other contest organizers to adopt at least certain basic criteria. Co-signed by Ubatuba Municipal Secretary for the Environment, Brasil 1 Esportes, Ubatuba Surfing Association and Itamabuca Beach Condominium Association, this document establishes from now on 10 basic environemtal criteria for holding future events on Itamambuca beach. Documents

13. 1. Cupe: Sustainable Surfer´s Code During the contest at Cupe (PE) the general surfing community was consulted as to what could be the key 10 guidelines for a code of Sustainable Conduct for surfers. Several pro surfers, judges, Federation and Association staff and sponsors were all consulted so as to put together a participative list of guidelines. This was then blown up into a large banner and fixed in the surfers area at the Barra event and signed by many of the top pros. Documents

20. Thankyou for listening Grande abraço, Equipe Surfrider Foundation Brasil