{"product_id":"boat-green-50-steps-boaters-can-take-to-save-our-waters-9780865715905","title":"Boat Green: 50 Steps Boaters Can Take to Save Our Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Clyde W. Ford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New Society Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New Society Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Boating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecreational boating is a pastime enjoyed by millions. Yet the waters and marine environment that boaters so love are in serious jeopardy from pollution, resource mismanagement, and misunderstanding. Boaters can help change that. Although a relatively small part of the problem of marine environmental degradation, recreational boaters can be a huge part of the solution, writes Clyde W. Ford, an avid boater of over twenty years, whose encounters with polluted waters galvanized him to explore workable solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Boat Green\" provides a host of environmentally sound boating practices, based on scientific research and practical boating experience. In this book, boaters will learn ways to: Reduce vessel operation and maintenance costs Improve vessels performance Increase safety and health of vessel operators and crew Increase awareness of marine issues Enhance enjoyment of the marine environment \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll of these steps will help lessen the impact of recreational boating on the marine environment. These are practical solutions that have been field-tested and refined on actual vessels cruising the Pacific Northwest waters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Boat Green\" is an essential guide for recreational boaters and for all those concerned about protecting the marine environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Clyde W. Ford is the executive director of EcoMarine Institute and author of nine books, including the award-winning \"The Long Mile\" and the Charlie Noble series of contemporary nautical suspense novels. Ford enjoys cruising the waters of the Inside Passage aboard his single-engine biodiesel trawler.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47584913162391,"sku":"9780865715905","price":1876.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780865715905.webp?v=1774958341","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/boat-green-50-steps-boaters-can-take-to-save-our-waters-9780865715905","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}