Passion Experience Collaboration for Ocean Conservation by Dan Pingaro
Channel: EarthSayers.tv
Date: 2013-10-31

Dan Pingaro is the Executive Director of Sailors for the Sea, the only ocean conservation nonprofit focused on the sailing and boating community.  We asked him to talk about his career path leading him to Sailors for the Sea and the commitment he has made to growing the organization and remaining, always, an advocate for a clean and healthy ocean.  His passion, experience, education and working with partners collaboratively came together, contributing to the success of the Sailors for the Sea team in growing the organization and having a major impact on ocean conservation. 

He was interviewed at the 34th America's Cup Finals in San Francisco where Sailors for the Sea was the official Clean Official Clean Regattas Partner to the 34th America's Cup.  They worked closely with the America's Cup Event Authority (ACEA) to expand and enhance its Clean Regattas program. Most notably adding a Platinum Level certification and creating a more stringent, comprehensive evaluation system that covers large events and ties evaluation directly back to metrics.  Sailors for the Sea was proud to announce that the 34th America's Cup earned the  Platinum Level Clean Regattas certification, the highest level possible.

Dan was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett with support from videographer, David Okimoto of EarthSayers.tv, Voices of Sustainability at the America's Cup Finals in San Francisco, September 10, 2013.