Neighbors first.
We started with a wheelbarrow and a group chat. We are still mostly that.
Our mission
A clean, open shoreline for everyone who lives beside it.
Open Harbor Alliance turns ordinary free mornings into coastal protection. We believe conservation works best when it is local, regular and a little bit social.
We train volunteers, log every piece of debris we remove, and take that data to the shops, councils and harbors that can stop litter before it starts.
How we got here
2016
Eleven neighbors clear Pelican Cove.
2019
Saturday crews launch across four towns.
2021
Our litter survey is adopted by three harbor boards.
2024
Sixty-three beaches adopted and counting.
The crew behind the buckets
Marisol Quennell
Executive Director
Former harbor pilot's daughter who organized the first cleanup with eleven people and a borrowed wheelbarrow.
Teodor Fairweather
Volunteer Captain
Runs our Saturday crews and keeps a laminated tide table in his back pocket at all times.
Dr. Imani Okonkwo-Reyes
Lead Scientist
Designs the litter survey method every volunteer learns in their first ten minutes.
Linnea Aldous-Park
Schools Coordinator
Has taught tide pool etiquette to more than 3,000 children, and one very curious principal.
Bram Delacroix-Hale
Partnerships Lead
Brings local harbors, fish markets and cafes into the alliance, one handshake at a time.
Scenes from the sand
