Environment
Remembering a World Before Plastic Pollution
Pipeline Master/Shaper
The splendid waves of G-Land were a surf paradise beyond compare. And it opened my eyes to how quickly an absolutely pristine, totally natural place can become a mess. Plastic is a problem for all of us.
Interview: Andrew Fish, A Plastic Plundering Pirate
Writer/Buddhist Chaplain/Single Mom Surfer
Andrew Fish has been an active contributor to Surfrider for years, and recently set sail to help figure out a way to make our ocean a bit more hospitable for us.
NYC Hosts World’s Largest Recycling Bin
Scientist / Infographer / Surfer
Plastic waste is causing a seven-billion-pound problem in our oceans. On April 30th, Honest Tea erected the world’s largest recycling bin in Times Square, New York City.
A 23-Year Battle to Save Ma’alaea: Won
CEO, The Surfrider Foundation
Twenty-three years after we started the fight to preserve the surf break at Ma’alaea we succeeded. It is now saved.
Surf Tourism: A Sustainable Alternative
Surfer/Writer/Researcher
How does a nation balance economic development with environmental sustainability?
Private Access: Go Away
CEO, The Surfrider Foundation
Beach access is one of those things we take for granted until it’s too late. Think how simple an issue this is: you want to get to the beach and you can’t.
Peter Douglas, California Coastal Crusader
Executive Director, WiLDCOAST
If Peter Douglas hadn’t dreamed of a coastline in California that belonged to us all, there might not be a San Mateo Creek or surf at Trestles.
Happy Earth Day
Scientist / Infographer / Surfer
The ocean takes up at least seventy percent of our world, and the human body has roughly the same composition. Coincidence?
The Ongoing Tragedy of the BP Oil Spill
CEO, The Surfrider Foundation
It was clear then that Corexit was being used in very large quantities (between 800,000 to 1,000,000 gallons) to get the oil off of the evening news. No visible oil, no story.
I’m a Surfer, So I Believe…
CEO, The Surfrider Foundation
I surf because I love the water, I love waves. I’m not Kelly Slater and never will be. That’s not the point.
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