We have a very odd and wildly inconsistent way of behaving around our oceans.
On one hand we are drawn to it like few other things. The most expensive real estate borders the ocean, many people’s preferred vacation is to go to the beach, etc. On the other hand we seem to treat this very thing, [...]
The ocean as a dump
Apr 5, ’11
10:21 AM
Captain Charles Moore at this weekends Surfrider Hawaii chapter conference
Mar 28, ’11
9:05 AM
Captain Charles Moore at the Surfrider Hawaii Conference from Rise Above Plastics on Vimeo.
Santa Monica Bag Ban
Mar 18, ’11
8:59 AM
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 [...]
Half empty: New Haven says no to bottled water
Mar 15, ’11
9:44 AM
“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… [...]
Gulf spill ultraviolet-enabled beach cleanups
Mar 10, ’11
9:55 AM
Meanwhile back in the Gulf of Mexico they are still cleaning up oil. They’ve evolved their approach, using UV light to identify oil on the beaches.
Ocean garbage – Where does it all end up?
Mar 10, ’11
8:32 AM
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.
5 minutes on single-use plastics
Mar 8, ’11
4:39 PM
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.
Ocean garbage – The water slide from land to sea
Mar 8, ’11
8:29 AM
Sometimes it’s abstract for people to think about how trash ends up in the ocean from places far away from the coasts. Is it possible for a candy wrapper littered on a ski slope to really make it all the way to the ocean? Of course it is… water flows downhill to… the ocean.
Rise above [...]