This article talks about Surfrider and their involvement in helping the world's beaches and sealife.
Who
is Surfrider? Surfrider is a non profit organization that was founded
in 1984 by a group of environmentalist surfers, their ultimate goal is
to help keep our world safe and clean from ocean to ocean. The roots of
this visionary group began in Malibu, California and have become a
global movement inspiring over 50,000 members to preserve the beauty
and quality of our beaches and oceans worldwide.
This
non-discriminative organization strives to maintain a healthy and open
relationship between the natural eco systems and the free and public
use of these waterways and beaches, keeping a low impact effect while
allowing the enjoyment of swimming and surfing without limitations.
Surfrider believes in educating our youth of the effects that we have
on our environment through research, and enforcing conservation and
activism.
The difference between the Surfrider organization and
others is that the members are composed of surfers, swimmers, divers
and others whose lives are centered around the oceans, these people are
immediately affected by the conditions of these natural eco systems and
thus are extremely passionate about their cause. How would you react to
someone dumping their trash in your driveway? Or along the sidewalk
that you jog on? Of course your response to this would be quick and
thorough, because the problem would be directly affecting your life.
Surfrider
is committed to their cause achieving many accomplishments over the
years, they won the national Renew America Award for their efforts
nationwide to clean-up the coasts, won the approval of the federal
BEACH act in 2000 to require a uniform national water quality
monitoring, as well as winning the second largest clean water act suit
in American history back in 1991, against two pulp mills in Humboldt
County that were charged with over 40,000 violations of the law. This
group backs their convictions and follows through.
Surfrider is
a supporter of other ecological organizations as well, determined to
help our earth to maintain its natural beauty and eco systems, Dot Eco
is an active group composed of entrepreneurs, scientists, celebrities
and others who are able to use their wide range of influence to promote
the protection and conservation of our planet. They have backed the Dot
Eco initiative to establish the .eco top level domain. This new
initiative will donate over 50% of domain registration proceeds back to
fund scientific initiatives and research in climate change, ocean
analysis, economic policy, and other environmentally-related areas.
Surfrider supports any and all who adamantly believe in this and strive
to continue with their cause, keeping the planet safe. We only have one
home let's keep it healthy for the generations ahead.
