Oceans, Waves and Beaches

The passage of ballot measure 76 continues to dedicate 15% of lottery proceeds to Oregon State Parks & Watershed Restoration activities, which were set to expire in 2014.
Oregon Chapter members helped in this effort by collecting signatures to get the issue on the ballot, as well as educating the citizenry about [...]

If a picture tells a thousand words, then the one below goes well beyond that.

The front row of Portland’s Council chambers, complete with a bunch of bag monsters. Nice visual.
Yet the story is larger than even this photo would suggest. The Oregon crew brought together 6,100 petition signatures, a sign-on letter with the support of [...]

With the backdrop of roller coaster financial markets, Times Square bombings and an oil slick twice the size of New jersey in the Gulf of Mexico… what is better than a hand-crafted, as-authentic-as-is-humanly-possible video capturing kids plugging into the role of becoming stewards for our coastlines?
I love the blank canvas given to kids to let [...]

I met Stiv a few years ago up in Portland. It was immediately clear that he was dialed into the local eco-braintrust. He was leading the local Surfrider chapter and one of the people behind Wend, the brainy action sports / adventure publication. The more I found out about him the more I was impressed.
He’s [...]

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Note: Fighting for coastal environmental victories is one single element of what Surfrider Foundation does around the world. I’d venture to say it represents approximately 50% of what we do. Also, while I am confident of the domestic figures accuracy I’m equally confident that there are many victories that have [...]

The City of Port Orford amended its stormwater ordinance to strengthen protections for water quality in both freshwater streams and the nearshore environment.
The successful campaign was part of implementation of the Port Orford Community Stewardship Area, a community-based approach to ocean and coastal stewardship. Partners in the effort included the Surfrider Foundation’s local chapter, the [...]

What is better than a DIY video made by kids to educate and illustrate an environmental issue that most people have written off as a non-issue?
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The crew in Oregon made this to show their elected officials. It’s less than a minute… so simple and yet so strong.
Excellent use of video. Visceral illustration. Targeted demographic. Perfect.

Ok, the truth is we love coastal towns all over the world.
Check out this video, tied to the SOLV Award that was given to the Newport chapter.
As Charlie Plybon mentioned in regard to this video, Joe Haxel and the rest of the message in this…”solid Surfrider DNA.”
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