About
Healing the Earth, one beach at a time
Beach Recovery began in 2002 with a single idea: rather than hold a line against the sea, build something that persuades the sea to bring the sand back.
Our story
The early years went into understanding how land is reclaimed from the sea, learning from the handful of people then working on it. A car crash in 2008 forced the founder into a long recovery, and that pause changed the shape of the organisation: an art gallery opened, and a foundation was set up to teach why the shoreline is worth repairing at all.
The method itself is held as a trade secret. What is public is the record: the sites, the dates, the films, and the canvases now carried on the structures out in the water.
One World Trade Center, 85th Floor285 Fulton StreetNew York, NY 10007info@beachrecovery.comHow we got here
2002
Founded
Beach Recovery begins with a single aim: install coastal systems that encourage beach accretion rather than hold a line against it.
2004
Incorporated
The work is formalised and the early study of land reclamation from the sea continues alongside the few specialists then working in the field.
2006
Bill 5803 raised in Connecticut
Beach Recovery raised Bill 5803, an act concerning a pilot program to evaluate shoreline erosion, approved 9 June 2006.
2008
A turn toward the gallery and the Foundation
Founder Gregory Sarno was seriously injured in a car crash and faced a long recovery. That period led to opening an art gallery and establishing a foundation to teach why the shoreline is worth repairing.
2016
Address at the United Nations
On 20 January 2016 the founder presented the coastal accretion engineering approach at the United Nations, and has since travelled to speak on coastal management.
Ongoing
Canvas installations and film
The design has grown to include artistic canvas installations carried on the nearshore tubes, filmed as the beach, the birds and the turtles return. The film is titled SavingBú.
Strategic partners
Beach Recovery has worked with RPM International to extend installation capability internationally. Current partner agreements, territories and terms are [TBD].