Come Sailing!
Come Sailing!

The Spring 2013 Sailing Schedules for the sloop Clearwater and the schooner Mystic Whaler are now posted! Click here to book your sail today!

Call for Onboard Volunteers
Call for Onboard Volunteers

One of Clearwater’s greatest assets are our enthusiastic volunteers. If you would like to help protect the Hudson River, meet other like-minded people, contribute to an organization you believe in, then join us as a volunteer aboard our “Sailing Classroom.” Click here to sign up!

Education Pipeline
Education Pipeline

Clearwater is helping to inspire, educate, and activate the next generation of environmental leaders. Our education programs create a continuum of lifelong learning for students in the Hudson Valley. Learn more

Youth Empowerment Programs
Youth Empowerment Programs

Our summer leadership programs offer young women and young men an opportunity to sail on the Hudson River while studying ecology, history, navigation, and biology. Participants also gain a greater knowledge of themselves, their environment, and how they represent the next generation of environmental leaders. Learn more.

Hudson Valley is named one of the “Must See in 2013″ destinations by Nat Geo Traveler
Hudson Valley is named one of the “Must See in 2013″ destinations by Nat Geo Traveler

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Clearwater Festival – Great Hudson River Revival
Clearwater Festival – Great Hudson River Revival

June 15 & 16, 2013! Inspired by Pete Seeger’s desire to clean up the river over forty years ago, the Great Hudson River Revival initially helped raise the funds to build the sloop Clearwater, which has since become a world-renowned floating classroom and a symbol of effective grassroots action.  Click here to purchase tickets or visit www.ClearwaterFestival.org for more information.

Power of Song
Power of Song

Throughout history, music has been a catalyst for change, a medium for protest and a way to deliver a message of hope. Read more…

Clearwater has a Home Port
Clearwater has a Home Port

The sloop Clearwater has spent her first winter in her new home port on Kingston’s Historic Rondout Landing. This past winter she has undergone extensive restoration work and repairs. Read more…

Indian Point Campaign
Indian Point Campaign

Clearwater is fighting to close the aging, leaking Indian Point nuclear plant, which is reaching the end of its designed 40-year lifespan and applying to renew its license for an unthinkable 20 years.

Coalition Urges Action on Indian Point
Coalition Urges Action on Indian Point

Citizens’ Coalition releases its own report card on Indian Point’s safety, as the NRC Rubber Stamps another Safety Assessment. The coalition is calling for the NRC to be held accountable to address critical issues of evacuation and nuclear waste storage. Read more …

Green Cities Initiative
Green Cities Initiative

Clearwater continues the legacy of our founder, Pete Seeger by bringing environmental education, watershed awareness, and stewardship training to under-resourced communities, thereby using community power to create green power.

Eco-Equity in our Communities
Eco-Equity in our Communities

Eco-Equity means that every person is entitled to equal environmental protection under the law, has the right to be free from ecological destruction, and receive assurance that environmental burdens are fairly distributed. Clearwater partners with grassroots community leaders along the Hudson River corridor to identify environmental inequities and empowers underserved communities to take effective action.

Fair winds, Richie; you will be missed
Fair winds, Richie; you will be missed

Clearwater offers our condolences to his friends and family. He charmed us all with his talent, humor, and kindness.

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Latest News

Zumtobel Lighting Inc. Supports Clearwater as its First Corporate Member

    BEACON, NY — Clearwater is pleased to announce Zumtobel Lighting, Inc., a leading international lighting solutions provider, has joined as the organization’s first Corporate Member. Zumtobel Lighting, Inc., a Zumtobel Group company, with North American headquarters located in … Continue reading →

Clearwater marks the passing of former Clearwater captain, Albert Nejmeh

Clearwater captain Albert Nejmeh was beloved by many in the Clearwater community, and will be missed. Al Nejmeh served as the captain from March, 1987 to June, 1989. Fair winds, Al, and thank you. Photo of Al (on the left) and Steve Stanne onboard … Continue reading →

Citizens’ Coalition Calls for Action as NRC Rubber Stamps another Safety Assessment of Indian Point and Reduces Number of Inspectors at the Plant

 Urges hearings on evacuation planning and immediate dry cask storage of dangerous nuclear waste; releases report card giving the NRC failing grades for not addressing critical safety issues at Indian Point Media Contacts: Julia Church, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, julia@clearwater.org, … Continue reading →

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Events

Great Hudson River Revival — Clearwater Festival

June 15 and 16: Clearwater’s 2013 Great Hudson River Revival, or Clearwater Festival,  is the country’s oldest music and environmental festival and a regional tradition that takes place every year over Father’s Day weekend at Croton Point Park, Croton-On-Hudson, NY. … Continue reading →

Festival Friday – A Patron Fish Thank You

Friday, June 14, 6:00 – 9:00PM Great Hudson River Revival Croton Point Park, Westchester County, NY With your Patron Fish donation of $500 or more, you can join us for Festival Friday, June 14 from 6:00 – 9:00PM, for a … Continue reading →

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