Jill Savery, Head of Sustainability, America’s Cup Event Authority, recently succeeded at making the 34th America’s Cup a sustainable event, setting the standard for all future America’s Cup events and other marine-related events worldwide. Jill is a Gold Medal Olympian (1996 Synchronized Swimming), earned a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from Yale University, and leveraged both experiences to put her in the position she’s in today.

How has your Nominees efforts made a difference for the better?

She was responsible for making the event zero waste, carbon neutral and environmentally sustainable. For example, she and her colleagues kept event waste largely out of landfills (85% diversion rate) and plastics out of the San Francisco Bay (no single use plastics were sold or distributed by the organizers). Most of all, Savery has made environmental responsibility integral to the sport of big-time sailing, which, if one thinks about it, it should be.

How will being recognized as a YachtWorld Hero further your nominee’s cause?

Savery is on the leading edge of a vital trend: World sporting events and large corporations are gradually becoming the vanguard in sustainability programs. More and more these are genuine efforts, and because of their notoriety can have an impact that few governments or environmental groups can match.

Please share any website or online articles about your nominee’s activities.

http://www.americascup.com/en/news/3/news/18544/34th-americas-cup-earns-highest-level-clean-regattas-certification

http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/1049-saving-the-oceans-are-ocean-conservation-efforts-finally-starting-to-make-headway

http://www.americascup.com/en/sustainability

http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/images/stories/web/releases/sailors1023.pdf

Jill Savery was nominated by Kurt M. Hoehne, Navigator at nwyachting.com in the category Defending our Oceans.

]]> http://oceanheroes.org/?feed=rss2&p=1358 0 http://oceanheroes.org/?p=1308 http://oceanheroes.org/?p=1308#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:33:42 +0000 http://yachtworldheroes.com/?p=1308 Who is Your Hero? Stan Honey is a hero to sailors everywhere, and particularly to those of us who would like to see more people on the water. Honey’s work on the TV technology in the America’s Cup has revolutionized…]]> Who is Your Hero?

Stan Honey is a hero to sailors everywhere, and particularly to those of us who would like to see more people on the water. Honey’s work on the TV technology in the America’s Cup has revolutionized the way sailboat racing can be understood by non-sailors. Perpetually seen as “boring as watching grass grow,” sailboat racing can now be understood by laymen. It’s well known that often graphics can convey extremely complex situations where words fail miserably. The complex geometry of windshifts, current, disturbed wind, racing rules and tactics can now be visualized. Image copyright Team Groupama.

How has your Nominees efforts made a difference for the better?

From this point forward, anybody can “explain” much of the sport by passing along a YouTube link, and most people will be able to comprehend the basics.

How will being recognized as a YachtWorld Hero further your nominee’s cause?

First of all, this technology will excite people about the sport of sailboat racing, which has struggled in recent times. With additional recognition, Honey’s groundbreaking work will also inspire more technology and teaching experts to convey complex marine information simply and graphically.

Please share any website or online articles about your nominee’s activities.

americascup.com/about/ac-liveline

usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/sailing/2012-04-30-4152747351_x.htm

Stan Honey was nominated by Kurt M. Hoehne, Navigator at nwyachting.com in the category of Marine Industry Professional Changing the World.

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