Oceans, Waves and Beaches

President Bush has proposed to reduce EPA’s budget by $330 million (a 4.4% cut).• More than $270 million in cuts to programs that help local governments pay to cleanup sewage and protect rivers, streams, and lakes from pollution, and for other local water projects• Cuts over $16 million in [...]

What would you say to the following scenario.
Crime is at an all time high in your neighborhood. Taxes are collected with the understanding that some meaningful percentage will go toward preserving peace and well-being of your neighborhood. Let’s make it even more concrete… your taxes were collected to build a new police station and populate [...]

com-mu-ni-ty (ka-myoo-ni-tee) n. A group of people having common interests.
I was grabbing a cup of tea the other day and someone noticed my, somewhat noticeable coffee mug, and asked me about the California Coastal Commision hearing this Wednesday.
She shared how furious she felt about park lands being taken away and a toll road being [...]

There is a lot of chatter across the globe regarding how to address the tsunami-esque plastic problem we’ve all created.
Increasingly there are various angles and multiple solutions to this problem.. outright bans, phase-outs, etc.
Ireland’s approach is simple. Pass on the larger, more accurate cost of using these raw materials. They recently implemented a 15 cent-per-gag [...]

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Australia’s Bondi Beach, just outside of Sydney, gained the prominence and (hopefully) protection with the inclusion on Australia’s Heritage List. Bondi is known for being one of the country’s most famous beaches and is known for it’s sand, cliffs, waves, parks and surf lifesaving clubs. Also on the list are the Great Barrier Reef and [...]

You can just feel things tipping… serving food or coffee in a Styrofoam container in Santa Cruz, California, will soon be illegal.
Nice.
No exemptions are allowed under the new ban on all polystyrene food packaging, commonly known as Styrofoam, that passed unanimously by the City Council Tuesday night.
Kudos Santa Cruz!
More.

I’ve heard the various sides of the Save Trestles argument and I’m ending up with one question. What do we want?
Look at these pictures, look at them. Understand you are looking at the before and after photos/renderings of the last clean watershed in Southern California… there aren’t any other remaining clean watersheds. This is it.
Look [...]

Surfrider Foundation is a non-partisan organization, we represent all sides, all ages, all parties, etc. Oceans, waves and beaches are all of ours to enjoy and protect for generations to come.
It’s interesting to see how much time environmental issues are getting in the current race in the United States. The data suggests that 2,938 questions [...]