Since November, 2007 the West Coast/North Outpost has been heavily-involved in advocating for bans on polystyrene (expanded plastic foam or Styrofoam) food take-out containers in restaurants and other food-service businesses around Monterey Bay and elsewhere in California, and in the past three years we have also advocated for the reduction in single-use plastic carryout bags. […]
Styro-Ban Project
Since November, 2007 the Santa Cruz Chapter has been heavily-involved in advocating for bans on polystyrene (expanded plastic foam or Styrofoam) food take-out containers in restaurants and other food-service businesses around Monterey Bay in California. Why? Well, because it’s a no-brainer for anyone who cares at all about the health of oceans and wildlife and […]
New Jersey Surf Reef
The New Jersey Surf Reef enters modeling design phase at the state level. After an 18 month stall at the state level due to lack of funding and political will, the SEA NJ surf reef project is now being modeled using the wave tank at Stevens Instititute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. In a meeting […]
Pleasure Point
SEA led the effort to preserve public pathways to the surf at one of the most famous and historic surf spots in Northern California — Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz. SEA entered into agreements with private property owners and state and local officials to maintain the conditions of the paths. Also, SEA has funded the […]
Beach Replenishment
US ARMY CORPS of Engineers adopts Surfers’ Environmental Alliance (SEA) design for modified beach replenishment project. For the better part of the last decade SEA activists, including the current acting executive director Andrew Mencinsky, have been working with local, state, and federal officials to modify the unnatural straight line design of beach fill projects. “Our […]
The 2nd Annual SEA NYC Paddle around Manhattan
I guess I just plain forgot. I had forgotten about the pain. I had forgotten about how long 28 miles is. I guess I had forgotten everything negative about the whole darn thing. I remembered when it was over how strong the sense of accomplishment was and the satisfaction that went with it. But I […]
Chapter Building
We are pleased to support interested groups who are committed to establishing or expanding SEA chapters. We have prepared a draft charter which is authorized by the SEA board of directors based on location, degree of commitment and the submission of a plan to ground the chapter firmly, and will provide it with other materials, […]
Scholarship
SEA SCHOLARSHIP Provided By: Surfers Environmental Alliance Deadline: 3/1/10 Type of Award: Scholarship Amount: $1,500 Awards Available: 2 Description: Available to sophomores, juniors and seniors who are majoring or minoring in Environmental or Marine Studies at an accredited university or college. You must be a fulltime student in good standing. You must demonstrate participation in environmental community service, leadership and […]