Oceans, Waves and Beaches

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.

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 [...]

There are a few titans when it comes to business thinking. Historically speaking one would probably push Peter Drucker to the top. In the next few places we would find Harvard University professor Michael Porter. He literally wrote the book on competitive advantage.
In this video he promotes an intersection of the environment, social values and [...]

Surfrider Europe is, literally, writing the book on educating people on coastal ecosystems. To add some context to that statement they connect, face-to-face, with over 100,000 people. At the forefront of that effort is Mathieu Berge. Listen in as I caught up with him at their Biarritz hq.

A few years ago I was at a water quality conference in Indonesia. One session involved local journalists and during the Q&A session I stood to ask what I thought was a safe question “Do you report the local water quality in your papers?”
They looked at each other and didn’t answer. Finally one of [...]

Advertisement for Oceans Initiative, an event started by Surfrider Europe, which has the goal of minimizing our use of single-use plastics (and keeping plastics out of our oceans).

Think about your friends. They include people you used to work with, people you spend time with on weekends… it’s a diverse group.
We all know some friends are closer than others. Some will listen to you and spend time to hear what’s on your mind. If you’re doing a walk to raise money for breast [...]

I’ve always thought that non-profits don’t compete with other non-profits as much as they compete with every alternative a person can invest their time, energy and resources into. Non-profits, like for-profits, compete with Starbucks, Target, ESPN and someone reading a book. When Justin Bieber is this month’s flavor of the month, we are competing [...]

Surfing Magazine asked their readers for ideas that could improve the sport of surfing. They then culled the list of 100+ submissions down to seven and asked people to vote. The results are below. Of course we’re stoked that Surfrider came in at number two but I’m more drawn to the fact that the top [...]

I podcast to share the gold.
(re-posted from mid-2008)
A few days ago I had breakfast with Julia Chunn. She was born and raised in San Diego, became smitten with the ocean while perched on the front of her dad’s longboard as a kid, came up through the ranks of the San Diego chapter, went on to [...]