Category Communications

Surfrider’s annual Wavemaker awards

Once a year we recognize the people and partners that have contributed in extraordinary ways towards our mission of the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches. The following is a list of the winners from 2010.
ALL of us at Surfrider Foundation offer a heartfelt thank you to everyone who engaged with our mission [...]

A Measure of Success: 150 Victories

Having come from the tech/business sector and worked for companies such as SAP, I am often asked what I perceive the major difference is between for-profit and non-profit business. Specifically, there seems to be some cloudiness within the general population as to how non-profit organizations measure success.
This is understandable if one compares a NPO to [...]

A day in the life of Mister O

A Day In The Life Of Mister O. from Kristijan Kolak on Vimeo.

Rise above plastics (via Yusuke Hanai)

My friend and Surfrider pal Ryo Kubota (from SF Oahu and SF Japan) sent me these images from Yusuke Hanai. I’ve been a fan of Yusuke’s work for a long time. Stoked to see him engaging on one of our campaigns. Check out his site here and his blog here.

And this one, also very cool…

Picking up the trash in front of you

Is Twitter worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize or is it just fluff?

I was speaking with a exec friend the other day and he said “I feel like I’m routinely having two sets of conversations–one with people that understand the game-changing power of (social) networks and another set with people that think the world is the same as it was five years ago.” I feel that same [...]

California Tourism Conference presentation

You may have seen Surfrider featured in advertisements for California tourism. We were honored to be asked to be part of that campaign and were honored again to be asked to kickoff their conference this morning in Lake Tahoe. The following is my presentation.
California Tourism Conference from Surfrider Foundation on Vimeo.

If one image could capture the international conference in Japan, this would be it.

Over the past few days a number of representatives came together in Kamogawa, Japan to share perspectives and best practices. 30 – 35 people from Argentina, Australia, Canada Japan, Europe and the United States were present and I hope to share a few blogs in the days ahead from specific presentations and learnings.
As all Surfrider [...]

The whale hunter

Killer creative by Young & Rubicam Paris (for Surfrider Europe). Click on image for larger version.

The fish hunter

Killer creative by Young & Rubicam Paris (for Surfrider Europe). Click on image for larger version.