Water
Now this is a cool company with a great project. When Eli Marmar and Martin Kim set out to start their own footwear company just over a year ago, they ended up creating more than just awesome sandals.
“At the end of a 14-hour work day, would designing cool products… Read the rest
If you happen to be in Oregon this weekend, don’t miss out on the opportunity to be part of the Great Willamette Clean Up 2011.
The 187-mile effort to clean up a river essential to life in Oregon takes place both on land (by foot and by bike) and water… Read the rest
This video has all the necessary elements to make anyone smile, or laugh. It’s got slipping penguins, shoving penguins, cute penguins and diving penguins. It’s Friday, a.k.a. the lazy day of the week, so sit back and spend a minute an 27 seconds of your day watching these flightless seabirds… Read the rest
We could say this video is ‘green’ for a few reasons.
1. The gorilla, Zola, is showing how fun it is to play in one of Earth’s most fantastic natural resources, water.
2. Zola’s life is enhanced by said water, thus giving a presumably longer lifespan to Zola.
3. Zola… Read the rest
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is a non-profit environmental group based in the U.K. that focuses on protecting the country’s oceans, waves and beaches so that people may safely experience them for years to come. SAS was founded in 1990 by a group of surfers “sick of getting sick” from sewage… Read the rest
A recent conjunction between the Surfrider Foundation and Protect Our Winters has made it easier (and cheaper) than ever to protect where you play. If you’re a boardsport enthusiast who enjoys the summit as much as the sea, now you can help protect both areas with a dual membership to… Read the rest
The digital world is an expansive and inclusive one. And now, thanks again to Google, it can even bring us below the concrete surfaces of Earth, into the depths of the ocean. Google Earth recently launched what seems to simply be called ‘Ocean’, which enables you to explore the entire… Read the rest
America has National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and bumper stickers that announce Keep Tahoe Clean… Read the rest–but we have yet to protect our nation’s waves with the same fervor–until now.
As of this Saturday, October 9th, Malibu’s Surfrider Beach–an iconic area for surfers around the world–will become the first World Surfing Reserve
Between 2006 and 2007, the Southern Nevada Water Authority in Las Vegas screened tap water from 19 U.S. water utilities for 51 different compounds. The 11 most frequently detected compounds are highlighted in the cartoon and described below.
1.used to treat cardiovascular disease, 2.an herbicide banned in the European Union … Read the rest
Thanks to the brains of French engineers, such a contraption as a pedal-powered submarine now exists. Scubster is more of a mini-sub, to be exact, but it can go 20 feet below the surface, and can be propelled at speeds up to 5 miles per hour. It may not sound… Read the rest
