Formed in 2017, Coastal Restoration Society (CRS) has quickly grown from a small team of five to an organization of 300+ people and become a leader in industrial-scale environmental restoration and stewardship projects. Our aim since the beginning has been to transform marine and aquatic restoration (a traditionally volunteer-based sector) into a large-scale industry, one that provides meaningful careers. We believe that the ever-increasing impacts of climate change and environmental degradation requires an equally expansive response. By developing broad, long-term strategic partnerships, guided by foundational values, our projects have been incredibly successful. With this foundation we are continually innovating the Blue Green Economy and modeling a different way of doing business. 

CRS projects succeed thanks to several core practices that facilitate collaborative, engaging, and equitable project implementation.
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They include: ‍
-Mutually beneficial partnerships
-Reconciliation in practice
-Indigenous Nations First Policy
-Research Protocol Agreements Process
-Respectful Workplace Practices and Procedures
-In-House Training - Bridging the Education to Employment Gap
-Vertical Employment Mobility

As a direct result of these practices and  by focusing our work within impacted communities, gaining a ground-level perspective of needs, we have built respectful and trusting relationships. By working in this way we have created a proven framework to support the development and expansion of the Blue Green Economy in a way that is equitable and scalable.