Green Heart Coastal • Florida
Protecting the places we love.
Protects the places we love and supports the people who need us — through cleaner waterways, marine wildlife and research support, and practical community outreach.
♻️ Waterway stewardship
🐬 Wildlife support
💚 Community connection outreach
🌴 Florida Gulf Coast
Good people.
Dirty hands.
Cleaner water.
Dirty hands.
Cleaner water.
Our Impact
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0+ lbsDebris Removed
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0Cleanup Projects
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0 miShoreline & Waterways Cleaned
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0Volunteer Hours
Counters track verified Green Heart Coastal work from launch forward.
From the waterline
Why Green Heart exists.
The coast is beautiful, complicated and worth showing up for. These are the places, problems and people that shape the work ahead.
🌊 Local waterways
🛟 Hands-on support
📷 Real field moments
✨ Community energy
About Green Heart Coastal
Built to help — and built to stay in our lane.
Green Heart Coastal is a Florida nonprofit centered on practical coastal stewardship, support for authorized marine wildlife and research organizations, and meaningful community and family outreach.
What GHC does
We organize and support cleanup work, provide vessels, captains, personnel, equipment and logistics when appropriate, help connect real needs with useful resources, and build community projects that fit our mission.
Support — not overreach
GHC supports authorized wildlife and research teams with practical resources and logistics. We do not independently conduct regulated rescue, veterinary care or research requiring another organization's permit or authorization.
Formal relationships are identified only when they actually exist.
Three pillars • one mission
Where Green Heart goes to work.
The structure stays simple: protect our waterways, support authorized marine wildlife and research teams, and show up for families and communities when practical help matters.
Coastal & Waterway Stewardship
Marine debris, monofilament, marina and boat-ramp cleanups, and harder debris or derelict-work support that leaves waterways better than we found them.
Marine Wildlife & Research Support
Vessels, captains, personnel, equipment, logistics and field support for authorized organizations conducting wildlife and research work.
GHC does not independently conduct wildlife rescues.Community & Family Support
School and community outreach, practical family support, hospital-focused projects, and the human side of caring for the coast we all share.
Latest from the coast
What we're building now.
Real updates, real projects, and the behind-the-scenes work that turns a new nonprofit into a useful one.
Out here • field gallery
See the coast we're talking about.
Wildlife, water, debris, vessels, community and the places worth protecting — using real photos instead of stock imagery.
📷Some images document prior field experience or local conditions and are used as context. Only work specifically labeled as a GHC project represents work completed by Green Heart Coastal.
Research • conservation • community
Organizations & resources worth knowing.
Green Heart Coastal is built to support authorized organizations, learn from established research, and connect people with credible resources. These links make that network easier to explore.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute
Marine mammal, manatee, right whale and habitat research with a strong Florida conservation focus.
Visit research institute ↗Sarasota Dolphin Research Program
Long-term bottlenose dolphin research, conservation science and field-based population studies in Sarasota Bay and beyond.
Explore SDRP ↗FWC Fish & Wildlife Research Institute
Florida research covering marine mammals, sea turtles, fisheries, habitats, red tide and broader wildlife conservation.
Explore FWRI ↗NOAA Fisheries — Southeast Stranding Response
Official coordination and authorization information for marine mammal and sea turtle stranding response in the Southeast.
NOAA resource ↗Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
Independent marine science focused on wildlife populations, animal behavior, ocean health and applied conservation research.
Visit HSWRI ↗SeaWorld Rescue & Rehabilitation
Educational information about marine animal rescue, rehabilitation, regulations and conservation work.
Explore rescue resources ↗Friends of Anclote Key
A local volunteer organization supporting Anclote Key State Park, its lighthouse, island ecology and underwater habitats.
Visit Friends of Anclote Key ↗The Liam Foundation
Family support, awareness and research funding focused on mitochondrial disease, including POLG-related disease.
Visit Liam Foundation ↗Florida PPEC Information
Florida's official information on Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care centers for children with medically complex needs.
Florida PPEC resource ↗Resource note: These are mission-relevant organizations and information sources. A listing or support role does not by itself mean a formal partnership or endorsement.
Featured project • commissioning
Ripple Effect
A donated-vessel project can become much more than a boat. The goal is a practical platform for cleanups, outreach and mission support — but only after ownership, condition, equipment and operating requirements are properly handled.
Planned roleCleanup and outreach platform
Current phaseTransfer / evaluation / prep
Operating standardSafe, documented, mission-ready
Next stepCommission only when ready
Harper is why.
Green Heart does the work.
Magic is what we leave behind.
Website + app
One Green Heart. One update stream.
The website and app are now built around the same content model for impact totals, updates, events and mission resources. The public cloud-sync layer comes next when we choose hosting.
✅Verified impact: public totals and project updates should reflect documented Green Heart Coastal work from launch forward.
Get involved
Be part of what happens next.
Volunteer, share a local problem that needs attention, support a project, provide equipment or services, or help connect Green Heart Coastal with people who can move good work forward.
VolunteerCleanup events, community outreach, logistics and hands-on project support.
Partner or collaborateBring a real need, a useful capability or a mission-aligned opportunity.
Donate / sponsorFormal donation tools are being prepared. Contact us now for project or in-kind support.