We conveniently segment the way we think about the ocean. We think of the ocean as some infinitely large area which, no matter what we do to it… no matter what we dump in it… it’ll be fine. We think it’s too large to NOT be fine.
One fact we tend not connect to any ocean-related [...]
Eating from a food chain we’re tainting
Apr 8, ’11
8:49 AM
Plastic water bottle fossil
Apr 1, ’11
1:49 PM
What do we leave behind?
What will the fossils from our era highlight?
More great work from Young and Rubicam Paris.
Ocean garbage – Where does it all end up?
Mar 10, ’11
8:32 AM
Plastics end up in the ocean. It’s pollution like any other type of pollution except plastics never biodegrade. Plastics end up in natural “toilet bowl” currents around the globe called gyres.
Rise above plastics.
5 minutes on single-use plastics
Mar 8, ’11
4:39 PM
Our very own Angela Howe shares why Surfrider is focused on single-use plastics. She also walks through how the issue connects with our mission, the momentum we have across the nation and our state-level focus.
Engage on this topic, if you’re an Oregonian support the Oregon state-wide ban here.
For general info on this topic go here.
The massive gap between plastics generation and recovery
Feb 11, ’11
9:01 AM
We’ve all heard a myriad of statistics regarding plastics in our oceans. We’ve seen images of ocean animals dead from ingesting plastics. This graph illustrates the delta between how much plastic have been created and how much as been recovered. Gulp.
Data: CalRecycle
18 year old Jordan Howard speaks on plastics at TEDx
Jan 25, ’11
10:29 AM
“People listen when it’s a child standing in front of them telling them that they’re doing wrong and they need to start doing right.” Jordan Howard
Great, straightforward message about awareness, engagement and leadership.
Surfrider activist: Elizabeth Willes
Jan 17, ’11
3:07 PM
On this Martin Luther King day I thought I’d kick off a new series of blogs focused on volunteers and activists. If I had to distill Surfrider Foundation down to it’s essence it would be a picture of a volunteer or activist. My goal with this series is to offer a glimpse of who these [...]
Surfrider’s annual Wavemaker awards
Jan 11, ’11
2:00 PM
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 [...]