Oceans, Waves and Beaches

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.

Building on the recent great article about Surfrider’s work in the Gulf is the below video.
It’s University of South Florida researcher Rip Kirby, recently featured on National Geographic, at this months Emerald Coast chapter meeting. The video is a tad shaky but priceless nonetheless. Rip’s commentary illustrates out the value of local knowledge and grassroots [...]

I made a trip to the Gulf of Mexico after the oil spill and it was one of the most defining experiences I’ve had at Surfrider. The essence of Sufrider boils down to an activist engaging to preserve their local coasts and the Gulf trip illustrated that concept in spades.
In the midst of a Wag-the-Dog-esque, [...]

The Atlantic’s list of the 14 biggest tech stories of 2010 is full of the usual suspects; ipad release, netflix gobbling up net traffic, etc. One caught my attention, the BP oil spill.
Here is an excerpt
“All of our fancy technology and (you know) civilization sit perched atop a distressed and risky energy system. While [...]

If we are honest with ourselves we will admit we’ve industrialized the open spaces that we used to hold up as examples of places too special to develop.
What do you think of when you hear the word “beach”?
Casey McKee takes the idea of “beaches” and “coasts” and challenges the imagery that’s commonly associated with those [...]

Online and on tv, starts tonight, looks worthy. Check local listings.

File this one under “Activists in the Gulf.”
You can think of Mike Sturdivant as our Gulf of Mexico point person. He’s the Chair of Surfrider’s Emerald Coast Chapter, covering the Pensacola to Panama City region.
I caught up with him on August 2nd to get his take on what had happened, how it was affecting the [...]

I spent this past week on the Gulf coast along the upper Florida panhandle (everything west of Panama City) and on the Alabama coast. During my trip, I spoke with various business owners, water enthusiasts, lifeguards, hazmat workers, tourists and our Emerald Coast Surfrider chapter. Many topics were discussed but the one that rises [...]