We are very concerned by environmental issues at the Sama Gazette. Everyday, each member of the Sama Team tries to reduce his/her impact on the environment. If climate change is almost everyday on the front news, we often forget the oceans. So today we want to share with you our Favorites Tweets from the Surfrider Foundation, ‘dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the worlds oceans, waves and beaches’.
About Surfrider Foundation Overview, Mission and Principles (read more here):
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 90 chapters worldwide.
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education.
Represented by over 50,000 members and 60+ local chapters in the U.S., the Surfrider Foundation also has affiliations in Australia, Japan, France, and Brazil. The Surfrider Foundation has adopted the following principles to guide and govern the activities of the organization.
Here are our Favorites Tweets @Surfrider!
9 Problems Destroying Our Oceans http://huff.to/ae9OTZ
– which do you think is the most dangerous?
Surfrider Foundation: Expansion of offshore drilling
is not the answer http://shar.es/m2Hk0
The #oceans are clean! We’re closing down.
Nah, just kidding. April Fools!
Plastic Bags Used in DC Drops From 22 Million to 3 Million a Month…
http://bit.ly/cusGgE /via @TreeHugger
For each reusable bag you use,
you will save approximately 400 plastics from being used.
Like Music? Like Movies? Like Art? Check out the Save My Ocean’s Tour
– coming to a college campus near you. http://bit.ly/979GM0
Did you miss the @SurfriderSD Premiere?
Watch The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water http://vimeo.com/10328536
Surfrider Foundation says expansion of offshore drilling is not the answer, and invite you to tell Obama what you think of his oil drilling plan. The Foundation declares: ‘Offshore drilling not only places our environment at risk, it threatens the livelihood of millions of Americans who rely on clean, healthy, oil-free oceans and beaches to support fishing, tourism and other industries’.
Surfrider has strong arguments, please read, make your own opinion and act if you think you have to!