Who We Are
We are volunteers—climate activists, scientists, students, business people, teachers, health workers, and concerned residents. We were spurred to action by the Port of Seattle’s plan to build a third cruise terminal (now canceled), further damaging an environment already showing serious effects from our global climate emergency.
Our Mission and Vision
We work towards a transition to a Cruise Free Salish Sea.
We educate our community about the harms of the global cruise industry.
We engage community to persuade the Port of Seattle to end their support for current cruise industry practices that cause harm to public health, and damage an environment facing a climate emergency, as well as vulnerable shoreline communities, marine life, and the cruise industry workers.
We are recommending that the Port develop a plan to phase out its remaining cruise business as a source of Port revenue, given its many harmful impacts on the world’s oceans, air, climate, and public health. In the meantime, we advocate for the strongest possible regulations, policies and restrictions on the cruise industry.
We seek to build collaborative relationships with groups representing affected tribes, neighborhoods/cities, vulnerable populations, and workers/businesses impacted by cruising. We support strengthening the local economy and helping affected workers as we transition to a healthier, greener world.
History
We came together in 2019 to urge the cancellation of the Port of Seattle’s plans to build an additional, third cruise terminal at T46, opposite Pioneer Square. The project was cancelled in 2021. Since then, we have broadened our focus to address the multiple harms of cruise, in collaboration with cruise activists regionally, nationally, and internationally. While officials at the Port of Seattle celebrate the resumption of cruise and business as usual, we are building a long-term vision of a #CruiseFreeSalishSea, with an equitable transition for workers, communities, and local businesses currently dependent on this toxic industry. Follow us on twitter @SeaCruiseCntrl, on Facebook, YouTube, sign up for our newsletter, and join us! We are in an all-hands-on-deck moment for Planet Earth!