Oceans, Waves and Beaches

We conveniently segment the way we think about the ocean. We think of the ocean as some infinitely large area which, no matter what we do to it… no matter what we dump in it… it’ll be fine. We think it’s too large to NOT be fine.
One fact we tend not connect to any ocean-related [...]

What do we leave behind?
What will the fossils from our era highlight?

More great work from Young and Rubicam Paris.

I love seeing the idea behind Surfrider embraced by new regions. Our mission “… protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network” has been live in North and South America, Japan, Australia and Europe for years. Now it is being embraced on the African continent. The following is a great [...]

Captain Charles Moore at the Surfrider Hawaii Conference from Rise Above Plastics on Vimeo.

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… [...]

Sometimes we think things are are harder, more complicated than they really are.
This hit me as I was heads down and got a ping regarding the video below. The question was “how did you do this?” (flipcam, phone, etc?).
I didn’t even think about what I did until I replied to the person.
1. FIND CONTENT. The [...]

Plastics end up in the ocean. It’s pollution like any other type of pollution except plastics never biodegrade. Plastics end up in natural “toilet bowl” currents around the globe called gyres.
Rise above plastics.

Our very own Angela Howe shares why Surfrider is focused on single-use plastics. She also walks through how the issue connects with our mission, the momentum we have across the nation and our state-level focus.
Engage on this topic, if you’re an Oregonian support the Oregon state-wide ban here.
For general info on this topic go here.