Protect & Enjoy – California: Recent Episodes
Surfrider Foundation – California
- Blog: This Summer Opt for Reef Friendly Sun Protection
- Beachapedia: Reef Friendly Sunscreens
- 5 TIPS FOR YOUR 1ST PLASTIC-FREE JULY
- Plastic Pollution in Ocean May Harbor Novel Antibiotics, Study Shows
- Surfrider's 2021 Clean Water Report
- Keep in touch with Delia! deliabensekang@gmail.com
Dr. Ewing's podcast, Shorewords! is featured on the American Shoreline Podcast Network.
Article - "Stanford researchers reveal add-on benefits of natural defenses against sea-level rise"
- We Stopped Poseidon's Unnecessary, Expensive, Destructive Desalination Plant in Huntington Beach!
- Surfrider Santa Cruz Fundraiser - Save Our Surf!
- 50 WAYS TO SAVE WATER
- Undersea Cables Are Carrying Scientific Secrets
Come to a Hands Across the Sand event near you!
Check out Olivia for the Ocean's website and Instagram
- Surfrider Coastal Blog: Survey Tracks Health Issues From Red Tide Exposure in Souther CA
- Red Tide Respiratory Questionnaire Spring 2022
- Ocean Friendly Gardens
- 6 TIPS FOR A PLASTIC-FREE MOTHER’S DAY GIFT
Sign up for California News & Alerts
Olivia for the Ocean's Simple Swap
North Shore Home Falls in Ocean
STOP Poseidon on May 12, or Sign Our Action Alert
Laura interviews our Angela Howe (surfrider legal director), and Bethany Case (CBWN lead) on this amazing milestone in the campaign for clean water near the border.
Read more on the settelement here
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PlasticFreeParks Social Media Week of Action Toolkit
- Overwhelming Support for Plastic-Free National Parks
- 5 TIPS FOR A PLASTIC-FREE EASTER
- CA Ocean Day
- Ban Single-Use Vapes and Cigarette Filters
- PLASTIC-FREE COFFEE & TEA
- Appellate court rules Biden can consider climate damage in policymaking
- Take Action to Protect Our Coasts from New Offshore Drilling
Surfrider SD's (continued) campaign to stop Exxon from Trucking Oil in Santa Barbara
Icy cirrus clouds born from desert dust
Simple Swap - Tortilla Edition
- Atmospheric River Storm Observations over Pacific Ocean to Expand This Winter
- 10 TIPS FOR BUYING GROCERIES WITHOUT PLASTIC
- Poseidon Desalination Campaign Coming to a Head this Spring
- Eco-anxiety - How Plastic Impacts Our Mental Health
- MPA Decadal Review
- MPA Collaborative Network
- 10 TIPS FOR A PLASTIC-FREE VALENTINE’S DAY
- Surfrider Foundation Appoints Zach Plopper As Environmental Director
- Coastal Recreation Hill Day 2022
- 4 OPTIONS FOR HEALTHY PLASTIC-FREE SNACKS
- Campaign Page: Pass AB 1690 to Ban Single-Use Vapes and Cigarette Filters
- 2020 Beach Cleanup Report
- Dust Storm Engulfs Canary Islands
- Restore Sloat Action Alert
- Climate Change and the Future of the Olympic Winter Games: Athlete and Coach Perspectives
- Simple Swap
- West Basin Desal Officially Terminated
- Olivia for the Ocean’s 2021 Trash Audit
- Study Confirms Southern Ocean is Absorbing Carbon
- Olivia's 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
- Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary - Public Comment Guide
- Surfrider's Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Blog
- About King Tides
- NOAA Tide Predictions
- Send your King Tide photos (with subject “King Tides”) to ssekich@surfrider.org
- 5th Annual State of the Beach Report
- 7 COMMON FOODS THAT CONTAIN MICROPLASTICS
- Extinct swordfish-shaped marine reptile discovered
- Surfrider's 2021 State of the Beach Report
- Sea Grant's Dec 8 & 9 Coastal Dunes for Resilience Workshop
- Olivia for the Ocean's Simple Swap
- Big Wave Risk Assessment Group ("BWRAG")
- The Core Project
- @thecore_projectt
- PLASTIC-FREE FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS
- Ban Single-Use Plastics at National Parks! Action Alert & Campaign Page
- Disposable Plastic Water Bottle Recycling and Reduction Program Evaluation Report (2017)
- Help Strengthen CA's Marine Protected Areas
- Register for MPA 2022 Decadal Management Review: Non-Consumptive Users Community Meeting
- River beds that can shift naturally are more efficient carbon sinks than straightened rivers
- Oil Spill Beach Impacts Reporting App
- Bay Area Beaches Remain Free
- Plastic Free Halloween
- Surfrider Bioplastics Toolkit
- Fungal Outbreak in Marine Mammals Began on Land
- Sealevelrise.ca.org
- CA Ocean Protection Council
- OPC Sea Level Rise Guidance Document
- Surfrider Oil Spill Updates
- OC Oil Spill Town Hall - Registration Link
- Surfrider Oil Spill Blog
- Surfrider Huntington Beach Chapter
- California Governor Signs Four Significant Bills to Tackle Plastic Pollution
- 5 Hidden Plastics You Didn't Know About
- Surfrider Blog: Major Oil Spill off OC Triggers Ecological and Recreational Disaster as it Washes Up on Local Beaches
- Take Action to Protect Our Coasts from New Offshore Drilling
- Join the Business Alliance for Protecting the Pacific Coast
- Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center
- ACTION ALERT: Keep Bay Area Beaches Free
- ACTION ALERT: Demand Congress Support the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2021
- Seawalls Are Stealing Our Sandy Beaches
- Long-distance relationships for endangered corals
- Email me! dbense-kang@surfrider.org
- Plastic Legislation
- Surfrider Foundation South OC Chapter
- How to Create a Capsule Wardrobe
- Freshwater ecosystems at risk due to glyphosate use
- Surfrider Foundation CEO Dr. Chad Nelsen
- Surfrider Foundation Victories
- Blue Water Task Force
- California Naturalist Program
- Email me! dbense-kang@surfrider.org
- Olivia for the Ocean: 6 Things I'd Grab in a Fire
- Surfrider Student Club Leadership Council
- Surfrider Isla Vista
- Rivers Are Largest Global Source of Mercury in Coastal Oceans
- Dosing the coast: Baltimore County’s leaky pipes are medicating the Chesapeake Bay
- Email me! dbense-kang@surfrider.org
- Creators and Innovators Upcycle Contest, Presented by Vissla and Surfrider
- Act Coastal
- Research shows flocking birds, schooling fish, other collective movements can stabilize ecosystems
- Email me! dbense-kang@surfrider.org
- CA Plastics Policy Mid Year Review
- CA Plastics Action Alerts
- Plastic Free School Supplies
- Hyperion Sewage Spill
- Stop Sewage Pollution
- Email me! dbense-kang@surfrider.org
- Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter website
- LA Times Article: Can reviving beach dunes help California with sea level rise?
- Factoid: New method to detect impact of sea level rise
- Email me! dbense-kang@surfrider.org
- Chardonnay-Under-the-Sea Goes a Bit Too Far Even in Wine Country
- Surfrider’s Beach Cleanup Report 2020
- Plastic-Fee Deodorant
- Low-oxygen waters off Washington, Oregon coasts risk becoming large 'dead zones'
- Email me! dbense-kang@surfrider.org
- Outdoor Alliance panel: Making Outdoor Recreation Accessible for All
- California Recycling and Plastic Pollution Reduction Voter Act
- Coral Research Conducted at BIOS
- Email: dbense-kang@surfrider.org for podcast suggestions, questions etc!
NOTE: An important flag on "reef friendly" sunscreens – the term is not regulated and some manufacturers use it incorrectly for marketing reef harmful products. Your best bet is to check the label and make sure zinc oxide or titanium dioxide are the only active ingredients
- Heal the Bay: Sewage Spill Update
- Heal the Bay: Beach and River Report Cards
- Surfrider: 2021 Clean Water Report
- Coastal Commission staff report: Ocean Fathoms
- Surfrider: Your Guide to Reef Friendly Sunscreen
- Olivia for the Ocean: 5 Tips for Plastic-Free Reef-Safe Sunscreen
- FACTOID: Saving Native Oysters
Photo of Jennifer Savage at Martins Beach by Philip Cheung
- DDT and Toxic Waste Dumped off California Coast
- Protecting Our Ocean and Coasts from the Climate Crisis
- Olivia for the Ocean: Plastic-Free July
- High Tide Flooding Predicted for Majority of U.S. Coastlines
- Beachapedia
- Los Angeles Times Editorial: As sea levels rise, California must increase Coastal Commission funding
- Contact Governor Gavin Newsom and ask him to agree to fund the Coastal Commission
- Pass a Law to Stop Consumer Confusion About Recyclable Materials!
- Coast & Ocean Legislation 2021, with updates and action alerts
- Study: As the Oceans Warm, Wave Intensity May Increase
- Warming Oceans, Stronger Swells: Big Wave Surfers Ride More Powerful Waves
- Beachapedia – Blue Carbon
- Surfrider Foundation – Get Involved!
- International Surfing Day 2021
- Olivia for the Ocean: 4 Ideas for a Plastic-Free Father's Day Gift
- Coast & Ocean Legislation 2021
- Tell us your plastic-free success stories and challenges! Send an email or voice memo to jsavage@surfrider.org.
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- CA Surfrider Chapters
- CA Coast and Ocean Legislation
- Act Coastal
- Are wind farms slowing each other down?
- Surfrider's Coastal Blog
- $100 Billion Budget Surplus, 12 Bill Limitation: What’s Up With California?
- ACTION! Call or email your representative and tell them Coastal Commission funding is a priority, ask them to support the proposed funding in the legislative budget. (Find Your Rep)
- Olivia for the Ocean: Filtering Water Without Plastic
- Meet 5 NOAA Buoys!
- Beachapedia
This week, a look at California's budget surplus, how Governor Newsom proposes to help the coast with it and the question of why the state's primary coastal agency isn't included in this massive funding opportunity. Also, an report from Mandy on the Coastal Commission's May meeting and a simple swap from Olivia!
- California Budget
- ActCoastal – The Coastal Commission Accountability Site
- 10 Less Wasteful Options for Common Plastics
- Episode 85: Plastic Pollution Legislation
- 2021 Coast & Ocean Legislation
- Surfrider – Get Involved!
- Hands Across the Sand
- Poseidon wins key permit (boo!)
- L.A. City takes a step to reduce plastic pollution (yay!)
- Adopt A Channel
- Ocean Friendly Restaurant webinar – get involved!
- What is "climate normal"?
- Beachapedia
- Get involved!
This week: the seemingly endless water war unfolding in Huntington Beach, a primer on how bills become laws in California and several of the ones we have high hopes for, plus a fantastic win for coastal access and the story of that nori holding your sushi roll together.
- Stop Poseidon's destructive ocean desal plant!
- LA Times: Water board's decision on Poseidon pending
- California Coast & Ocean Legislation
- Court Victory for Beach Access Rights in California
- Green Harvest in South Korean Waters
- Beachapedia
- Save Huntington Beach from Poseidon desal boondoggle
- 11 Tips for an Eco-Friendly Wardrobe
- FACTOID: Volcano action
- California Coast & Ocean Legislation
- Take Action!
We look at three bills that would help save California's coast, preview this week's Coastal Commission meeting (oh, Malibu!), ask you to take action to stop new offshore oil drilling (yep, still at it!) and offer an inspiring FACTOID about a novel way to help the ocean. Links below!
- California Coast & Ocean Legislation
- ActCoastal, the Coastal Commission Accountability Project
- ACTION ALERT! Tell the Biden Administration you oppose new offshore oil drilling
- FACTOID: Reducing ocean acidification by removing CO2
Featuring special guest North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman! We discuss federal efforts to fight plastic pollution, address climate change, what the 30x30 movement means for our ocean, and how he manages to stay hopeful despite his decades in politics.
This episode also includes:
- a Factoid from Surfrider scientist Katie Day about why we should never give up on seagrass
- a simple swap from Olivia for the Ocean addressing how you can answer nature’s call in without resorting to plastic
- California Policy Coordinator Mandy Sacket and the latest on Poseidon's questionable efforts to curry official favor for their ocean-life-killing desalination plant
Additional show notes:
- Say No To Poseidon
- Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act
- Off the Cuff with Congressman Jared Huffman
- Congressman Jared Huffman
- Huffman-Sponsored Legislation
- Why Surfrider Supports 30x30
- Surfrider – Get Involved
Feedback?
- msackettATsurfrider.org
- jsavageATsurfrider.org
- 40 Years of Dune Destruction to End
- Olivia for the Ocean: 5 Tips for Plastic-Free Spring Cleaning
- FACTOID: Wiyot Tribe Secures $250K Grant For Sea Level Rise Resiliency Planning
- Senator Atkins Calls for Californians to Support Legislation to Fight Sea Level Rise
- California Has A New Idea For Homes At Risk From Rising Seas: Buy, Rent, Retreat
- Plastics: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
- Surfrider – Get Involved
- Coastal Commission could decide fate of Oceano Dunes off-road riding
- Surfrider D.C. Hill Day to Protect Our Coast and Ocean
- Torrential Rains Drench Hawaii
- Beachapedia
- Pack a Go Bag Now
- Build an Emergency Kit
- Ocean Day California
- California Coastkeeper
- Tackling Microfiber Pollution
- Time for California to Fulfill the Promise of Fishable, Swimmable, Drinkable Water for All
- Preparing California for Sea Level Rise
- California Priority Coast and Ocean Legislation
- Coastal Recreation Hill Day
- Olivia For the Ocean – Plastic-Free Coffee and Tea
- Ocean Protection Council meeting (includes links to plastic pollution, coastal resilience and marine protected area projects)
- Olivia for the Ocean – plastic-free dental care
- FACTOID: Tracking carbon build-up in the ocean
- Surfrider – what we do!
- President Biden Signs Executive Order to Halt Oil and Gas Leasing and Tackle Climate Change
- ACTION ALERT: Demand Congress Support Ocean Climate Solutions
- SB 1
- AB 67
- Olivia for the Ocean: Plastic-Free Valentine's
- Tropical Fish Moving to Cooler Waters
- Surfrider California
- Biden Administration Announces Major Actions on Climate and the Environment
- Olivia for the Ocean: Five Reasons to Borrow Instead of Buy
- Potent Atmospheric Rivers
- Beachapedia
- Surfrider's 2021 Vision: Clean Water and Healthy Beaches for All People
- The Next 4 Years: Surfrider's Plan to Protect Our Coasts Under a Biden Presidency
- Ocean Climate Solutions Act
- Presidential Plastics Action Plan
- A Sea of Rubbish
- ActCoastal, the California Coastal Commission accountability project
- Clean Border Water Now
- Surfrider Response to Capitol Siege
- ActCoastal
- California Coastal Commission
- Olivia For the Ocean: Plastic Free Cleaning
- NOAA: Record Number of Billion Dollar Disasters
- Surfrider – Get Involved
- Capistrano Beach Plans To Come Before Coastal Commission
- ActCoastal
- Olivia For the Ocean
- Roly Polies Transfer Environmental Toxins to Fish
- CHApter Membership Program (CHAMP)
- Surfrider Holiday Memberships
- Surfrider's Partnership with Our Radioactive Ocean
- Contribute to the "Let's Measure Radiation!" Fund
- Off the Rails – A Bay Area Virtual Stoke Party
- Olivia For the Ocean
- Probing the Unknown
- Beachapedia
- Join Surfrider!
- California King Tides Project
- California's Rising and Sinking Coast
- Beachapedia
- How Radioactive Is Our Ocean?
- Chapter Membership Program
- Membership Drive
- Surfrider California
- Feedback: jsavage@surfrider.org
- The Next Four Years: Surfrider's Plan to Protect Our Coasts
- Olivia For the Ocean: Plastic-Free Showering
- ActCoastal
- Record wildfires, historic hurricanes
- Feedback? Email jsavage@surfrider.org
- Congressional leaders introduce the Ocean Climate Solutions Act
- ACTION ALERT: Pass the Break Free from Plastic Act!
- ACTION ALERT: Pass the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act!
- Olivia for the Ocean
- Microplastics Health Effects Webinar Series
- Emerger screening featuring Senegal's Khadjou Sambe
- She is the Ocean screening
- Plastic Pollution: Getting to Zero
- California Surfrider
- Surfrider L.A.
- Surfrider Ventura
- ActCoastal, the Coastal Commission Accountability Project
- October 9, 2020 Coastal Commission hearing
- Olivia for the Ocean
- Olivia's Tortilla Recipe!
- Zero Waste Foodware Kit
- Warmer Water Causing Change in Mussels
- Climate Change Activist Toolkit
- ActCoastal
- Culture Clash at the Coastal Commission
- Surfrider Beach Cleanups
- California's Plastic Pollution Initiative
- Beyond the Beach, How Cleanups Create Change
- Found Objects Contest 2020
- California Governor Gavin Newsom Orders Shift From Fossil Fuels
- Olivia for the Ocean
- Protect Oceano Dunes – Campaign
- ACTION ALERT: Protect Oceano Dunes
- An Orange County marine biologist wants to weed the ocean to help kelp grow
- Beachapedia
- Surfrider California Region
- Email Jen! jsavage@surfrider.org
- ActCoastal, the Coastal Commission Accountability Project
- Vote 2020
- Beachapedia
- Radioactive Effluent Release webinar
- AirNow
- The Link Between Fossil Fuels, Single Use Plastics and Climate Change
- Surfrider Kicks Off International Coastal Cleanup 2020
- Industry’s Federal Government Ties Lead to Unjust Plastic Waste Export to Kenya
- Beach Cleanup Activist Guide
- Surfrider Found Objects Contest
- Tell Congress to Get Nuclear Waste Off Our Coast Now!
- California Heat Wave Fits a Trend
- Vote 2020
- How California's most pressing problems fell victim to legislative infighting
- Urge Governor Newsom to permanently protect San Onofre
- Vote 2020
- ActCoastal, the Coastal Commission accountability project
- California Coastal Commission
- Surfrider continues to oppose Poseidon ocean desalination plant
- Let's Make California a Zero Waste State! (AB 1080/SB 54)
- Permanently Protect San Onofre State Beach! (AB 1426)
- State Fails to Protect Frontline Communities from Oil Drilling
- Sea Level Rise Linked to Higher Water Tables Along California Coast
- ActCoastal, the California Coastal Commission accountability project
- Surfrider's #SoloBeachCleanup and #BetterBeachAlliance video
- Surfrider Beach Cleanups Data Base
- ACTION ALERT: Permanently Save San Onofre State Beach!
- FACTOID: Disease risks from ocean plastics
- Rise Above Plastics
- Santa Ana Regional Water Board to Vote on Poseidon Desal Plant
- California Coastal Commission Agenda, Viewing and Participation
- @Surfrider_CA on Twitter
- New Study on 'Best of Last' Tropical Forests
- Surfrider California
Watch the Poseidon hearing HERE
More on Poseidon HERE
Are Reef Sharks Functionally Extinct?
More on Reef Sharks
Surfrider CA 2020 Legislation
- Help Stop A Terrible Desalination Project!
- Pristine environments offer a window into our cloudy past
- Surfrider's chapter network
- JOIN!
- Surfrider California live screening of White Wash with Air Copeland
- Change.org
- Black Lives Matter
- Color of Change
- Black Future Labs
- M4BL
- ActCoastal: A Coastal Commission accountability project
- Climate change and harmful algae blooms
- ActCoastal, the Coastal Commission Accountability Project
- California Coastal Commission
- New study predicts coral-bleaching and coral-eating starfish invasion months in advance
- Surfrider California
- Together We Can Protect Our Coasts
- Email Jen! jsavage AT surfrider.org
- ACTION ALERT: Wipes Clog Pipes!
- Victory at Cowell's
- Heal the Bay 2020 Beach Bummer List
- Surfrider Santa Cruz
- Surfrider San Mateo
- ActCoastal, the Coastal Commission Accountability Project
- California Coastal Commission
- FACTOID: Farewell, Smooth Handfish
- Surfrider California
- Together We Can Protect Our Coasts
- Email Jen! jsavage AT surfrider.org
- Surfrider Responds to Recent Acts of Racial Violence
- Color of Change
- NAACP #WeAreDoneDying
- How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality
- Plastic Free July
- Surfrider Beach Cleanups Database
- Making Your Home Plastic Free
- Ocean Friendly Restaurants
- San Mateo Chapter
- SONGS Task Force Recommendations
- Donate to Surfrider
- Confronting Racial Inequity in Beach Access
- A Reality Check on Environmental Racism and Plastic Pollution
- Tribal Marine Stewards Network Pilot Program
- Ocean Protection Council June 19 meeting
- New Survey Tracks Health Issues From Red Tide Exposure in Southern CA
- Beachapedia
- Comments? Questions? Send to jsavage@surfrider.org!
- International Surfing Day + Surf Contest!
- Reef Friendly Sunscreen
- More on Reef Friendly Sunscreen
- Coastal Commission Victory in Newport Beach
- AP: Surfers paddle out in honor of George Floyd
- STAND L.A. – Demand Governor Newsom and California Oil Regulators Protect Public Health and Safety With a 2,500-foot Setback
- AZUL
- Brown Girl Surf
- Black Girls Surf
- The Wahine Project
- Outdoor Outreach
- Black Surfers Collective
- Latino Outdoors
- Coastal Commission livestream
- ActCoastal list-serve sign-up
- NatGeo Shark Vs Giant Squid
- Surfrider Foundation Responds to Recent Acts of Racial Violence in the U.S.
- Anti-racism toolkit
- Black Girls Surf
- Brown Girl Surf
- Support the Chumash Heritage Marine Sanctuary (blog post)
- Support the Chumash Heritage Marine Sanctuary (take action)
- California Coastal Commission June agenda
- ActCoastal, the Coastal Commission accountability project
- Regulators express concerns about Huntington Beach desalination project
- State Lands Commission adopts principles for aligned state action to make California’s coast resilient to sea-level rise
- Support the Proposed Chumash Marine Sanctuary off California
- 2019 Clean Water Report
- Salted Spirit podcast
- FACTOID – California Pollution drop
- Safe Recreation at the Beach
- California Coastal Commission May agenda
- Virtual Procedures for the Coastal Commission meeting
- Sea Level Rise Principles
- ActCoastal
- Wipes Clog Pipes
- Alana Blanchard's workout
- "Riss" the movie
- Surfers Journal
- WSL Pure One Ocean Podcast
- WSL The Lineup Podcast
- Talk Wave Podcast
- Sccoos website
- California live animal strandings
Hi everyone! We're taking this week to regroup and will return next week – along with the California State Senate – with an update on legislation, beach access and how to participate in the California Coastal Commission's first virtual meeting.
- Isla Vista Compost Collective victory!
- Surfrider Foundation – Climate Action Now! film
- Demand Congress take action on climate change!
- More protection needed to safeguard biodiversity in the Southern Ocean
- Beachapedia
- Surfrider California
- Help Surfrider Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
- Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day with California's Natural Resources Agency
- Surfrider Earth Day Climate Change ACTION ALERT
- Save the Land and Water Conservation Fund!
- Congress Should Stick with Conservation Funding in Dark Times – SF Chronicle editorial
- Scientists trial world-first 'cloud-brightening' technique to preserve coral reefs
- Beachapedia
- Surfrider California
- A beach coronavirus warning meets a tidal wave of controversy, and the test of science
- California issues warning against disposable wipes
- California Legislature extends recess till May 4
- Coronavirus crisis upends Sacramento policy plans
- Let's make California a zero-waste state!
- Beachapedia
- Surfrider California
-
StayHomeShredLater
- Ocean Friendly Gardens Nurture Healthy and Resilient Communities
- Chapter Network
- Ocean Friendly Restaurants
- Plastic Pollution During the Pandemic
- Your Guide to Building a Worm Composting Bin
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cams
- Outside Magazine's Definitive Wildlife Cam Guide
- California Coastal Webcams
- How Do You Ethically Get Outdoors?
- Beach Access With the COVID-19 Threat
- Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus Productivity Pressure
- The World is Changing, So Can We
In which Surfrider Staff Scientist Katie Day tells you all you need to know about beach safety during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic!
- COVID-19 and Beach Water Quality: Updates from the Research Community
- Coronavirus Research Update webinar
- Find Your Grind: Mentor Katie Day
- Katie's bio
- 2020 Ocean and Coast Legislation
- Hands Across the Sand
- Santa Cruz Beach Management Plan
- Santa Cruz working to define homelessness, public space rules
- Demand Congress take climate change action now!
- Federal action needed: 4 bills to get ahead of climate change impacts
- Ocean Day Sacramento
- Ocean Day sign-up
- Study finds Pacific marine national monuments do not harm fishing
- Coastal Commission denies Dana Point seawall – OC Register
- ActCoastal, the Coastal Commission accountability project
- Surfrider – take action!
- Urge Your Elected Officials to Stop San Diego Water Spills!
- Clean Border Water Now!
- Unlikely allies got White House to tackle Tijuana River mess: How they pulled it off – L.A. Times
- Join Us For Ocean Day Sacramento!
- California Coastal Commission
- ActCoastal – a California Coastal Commission accountability project
- Land Water Conservation Fund: Protecting Special Places
- 2010-2019: A landmark decade of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters
- Olivia for the Ocean: 6 Tips for Plastic-Free Makeup
- FACTOID: Seabird Cops!
- Let's Make California a Zero-Waste State!
- California State Lands Commission
- Stop Poseidon’s Unnecessary, Expensive, Destructive Desalination Plant in Huntington Beach!
- What’s tangling up the humpback whales? A food chain snarled by climate change
- The California Current Marine Heatwave Tracker – An experimental tool for tracking marine heatwaves
- Surfrider California
- Get Involved!
- Surfrider's New Year's Resolutions: Let's Protect Our Coasts in 2020
- Trade agreement includes $300 million for border pollution cleanup, including Tijuana River Valley
- Surfrider San Diego – Clean Border Water Now
- Surfrider's Blue Water Task Force program
- California's Comprehensive Plastics Legislation
- Protect California's Coast! Reject Wall Street Greed!
- Addressing Global Warming with New Nanoparticles and Sunshine
- Get involved!
- All current Surfrider Action Alerts!
- Surfrider Foundation Australia Facebook
- How to Help Australia bushfire victims
- Fundacíon Surfrider Rincón
- Ongoing Relief to Puerto Rico
- Protect California's Coast! Reject Wall Street Greed!
- 75 percent of Americans now believe in human-caused climate change
- Beachapedia
- Surfrider's New Year's Resolutions
- California sues Silicon Valley billionaire over Martins Beach access
- Surfrider San Francisco – Restore Sloat
- LA Times Editorial: California needs to get serious about sea level rise
- Scientic American: The Biggest Climate Change Questions in the Coming Decade
- Lighthawk
- Get involved!
Note: We'll be taking a break for the holidays! See you in January 2020!
- Without urgent action, California sea level rise a threat to housing, economy
- Luxury hotel to offer 72 affordable rooms under Coastal Commission agreement
- Sea otter study
- Nice write-up on the sea otter study
- Join Surfrider!
Show Notes:
Women invited to The Eddie Invitational, story HERE
Find your chapter HERE
December CA Coastal Commission Agenda HERE
Factoid! Article HERE
(No FACTOID this week 'cause Katie Day is on VACAY.)
- WSL Pure
- Large Sewage Spill Plagues OC Beaches
- Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Martins Beach Owner
- Pacific Ocean: California's Secret Weapon Against Climate Change
-
GivingTuesday
- Surfrider California
Photo by California Policy Coordinator Mandy Sackett.
Recorded at Café Brio – an Ocean Friendly Restaurant! – and Slice of Humboldt Pie.
- Ocean Desalination Setback But The Fight Continues
- New Earth Mission Will Track Rising Seas into 2030
- Beachapedia.org
- Volunteer with Surfrider!
- Surfrider Releases State of the Beach Report
- Help Stop Harmful Ocean Desal in L.A.
- Oppose West Basin Ocean Desal Plant
- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies report
- The real concern of seabed mining
- City Surf Project
- Save the Waves Film Fest
- About the State Lands Commission
- About the Ocean Protection Council
- ActCoastal – Coastal Commission Accountability Project
- Help Stop Harmful Ocean Desalination in Los Angeles
- Take action on climate change and ocean health - oppose the proposed LA ocean desalination project!
- Surfrider Joins the Outdoor Alliance in Pledging Support for Public Lands
- The Land Water Conservation Fund Needs Your Help
- Shore Hotel's egregious flaunting of the Coastal Act
- ActCoastal, the Coastal Commission Accountability Project
- About the Whale: Marine Mammal Experts Explain Why Your Rescue Ideas Probably Would Not Have Worked
- Gray Whales are starving to death in the Pacific and experts want to know why
- Solana Beach on the verge of banning single-use plastics
- Surfrider Foundation San Diego County
- Surfrider Foundation California
- Civics Is Sexy!
- Wildfire Relief Fund
- Business Alliance for Protecting the Pacific Coast
- Trump administration's offshore drilling plan is a disaster
- Americans would rather reduce oil and gas exploration than ‘drill, baby, drill’
- Humboldt State University researchers join statewide efforts to monitor marine protected areas
- Beachapedia
- Join Surfrider!
- Protect the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
- Coastal Commission Accountability
- Krill's Influence on CO2 and Global Climate
- Del Mar still working it out
- San Onofre Decommissioning a Go
- Save San Diego's Beaches From Sea Level Rise
- Get Nuclear Waste Off California's Coast
- ACTION! Tell the Trump Administration to Reinstate the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee!
- FACTOID: Managed retreat through voluntary buyouts of flood-prone properties
- Surfers Force Pulp Mills to Halt Ocean Pollution: Suit brings about precedent-setting accord
- San Diego Beach City Could Set Precedence In How CA Deals With Rising Sea Levels
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