Oceans, Waves and Beaches

Sometimes we make things too complicated.

Come Hell or High Water Trailer from Woodshed Films on Vimeo.

Surfers have scoured the planet for waves. We’ve put many things on the back burner to seek out new waves or return to faraway waves that have carved memories into our minds.
We know where the diamonds are on this planet, they are the waves that already exist… the gems we surf every day. Some are [...]

I love this work by Casey McKee because it illustrates real life.
We tend not to connect the dots in our lives.
The plastic products we buy require oil which must be extracted from somewhere. They require more oil to be manufactured somewhere else and yet more oil to get those products to us.
Our choices have footprints [...]

The Chapters in NY and NJ scored a major victory when the NJ Governor declared he would veto an LNG, Liquid Natural Gas, facility off of Asbury Park.
This was on the eve of public hearings for the project named Liberty Natural Gas.  Previous LNG applications were also withdrawn due to public opposition.
The Liberty Natural Gas [...]

Worthwhile view regarding why charities and nonprofits continue to not deliver the impact we all want them to… but won’t as long as they continue to be constrained the way they are.

Momentum continues to build as one more bag ban passes.
This time it’s in Santa Monica.
In a unanimous decision, Santa Monica City Council voted to pass a single-use plastic bag ban ordinance on January 25, 2011.
The decision took nearly four years to pass completely, since the city was plagued by ongoing threats of litigation by the [...]

Why do some people think it’s acceptable to litter?
In this case I’m talking about people who smoke and then flick their butt with seemingly zero regard for where it lands.
The #1 most littered item is… drum roll… you already know the answer… cigarette butts.
Cigarette butt litterers take a pristine area like the beach and visually [...]

“If there are 120,000 New Haven residents that are drinking tap water and that tap water is high quality then it should be good enough for our municipal employees.” – New Haven Alderman Justin Elicker
If that’s not good enough Justin offers more simple, logical truths… “Frankly, it’s embarrassing that we use bottled water… [...]

We’ve all felt the power of the ocean. Maybe you felt that power of the ocean when you were a kid playing in the shorebreak and not paying attention to an incoming wave. Or maybe you’re a surfer and you’ve been held under water for one, two or even three waves. When I think of [...]