Dear Swimmer

What are you doing to celebrate Earth Day? The world is 71% water, so everything we do to celebrate, raise awareness and protect our swim spots is super important.

This Earth Day, we share a few ways in which you can get involved, help protect the spaces you love to swim and help the campaign to end water pollution.

Our Swim the World issue shares ways in which swimming is important around the globe, plus check out our new Environment section.

Ella Foote, Editor

WHY WE MUST SWIM

The headlines are scary - and rightly so. We're in a water pollution crisis, which is a disaster for us all. However, if we stop swimming, we could lose vital environmental champions.

As swimmers, that's what we are - champions for the places we swim. By knowing, loving and sticking up for our swim spots, we add a powerful voice to the campaign for better water quality.

Read why swimmers are environmental stewards and how we can keep ourselves healthy when we swim.