Jim's Blog — Modern Activism
February 15, 2013
Taking coastal conservation to Main Street
Topics: Joy Stories Campaigns Activism Culture Shifting Modern Activism
Helping main street audiences find a way to engage in coastal conservation.
January 28, 2013
Surfers Against Sewage
Topics: Modern Activism Plastics Water Quality Surfing
Protecting waves every day. Love this crew.
November 28, 2012
Twenty men fighting for twenty years to save twenty miles of Southern California coast
Topics: Beach access Coastal development Chapters Economics Stories Culture Shifting DIY Activism Modern Activism Surfing
Can a small group of people really make a difference? Yes, they can.
October 12, 2012
Refuse to reinvent the wheel… as it’s already been created by another volunteer
Topics: Strategy Chapters Culture Shifting Modern Activism Plastics
Let's put as much focus on protecting waves and beaches... not reinventing something that probably already exists.
October 02, 2012
Twitter is an amplifier for protecting waves and beaches
Topics: Events Strategy Activism Modern Activism
We use twitter to amplify our work to protect waves and beaches.
September 05, 2012
How can we get 10x the number of people to connect with our upcoming Summits?
Topics: Strategy Chapters Activism Communications Modern Activism
We're about to host two conferences that will attract 250 people, let's make that 2,500 people.
August 30, 2012
They can’t protect themselves
Topics: Kids Water Stories Fish Art Communications Modern Activism Water Quality
What if animals had to wear... armor?
July 12, 2012
Would you care more if I was a panda?
Topics: Ads Strategy Campaigns Fish Activism Modern Activism Water Quality
What does it take for us to care? Sometimes it takes a cute animal.
March 23, 2012
Capturing the essence of water in 3 seconds
Topics: Water Joy Communications Modern Activism Water Quality Surfing
How do you capture something as valuable as water in 3 seconds? Find out right here.
March 05, 2012
Stiv Wilson >>> Surfrider activist profile
Topics: Podcasts Stories Activism DIY Activism Modern Activism Water Quality
Stiv Wilson's story of how he became a leading coastal conservation activist.
February 27, 2012
Reinventing activism
Topics: Strategy Activism Culture Shifting Modern Activism
What will Surfrider be in the future? We will be a network that is constantly learning from itself, getting better and becoming more potent... all for our coasts.
February 15, 2012
A room with 800,000,000 people
Topics: Strategy Activism Modern Activism
It is never about the technology, it's always about what the technology enables. Facebook is one more tool that helps us scale our mission.
February 14, 2012
私たちの水の循環が壊れている (our water cycle is broken)
Topics: Coastal development Water Chapters Ocean friendly garden Coastal armoring Stories Communications DIY Activism Modern Activism Water Quality
Surfrider's mission spans the globe, so it makes sense that The Cycle of Insanity, a video about our broken water cycle and how to fix it, is now available in different languages.
February 07, 2012
Peter Douglas: Patron saint of the California coast (podcast)
Topics: Beach access Policy Victories Coastal development Beaches Podcasts Coastal armoring Stories Activism Communications DIY Activism Modern Activism Water Quality Surfing
It is challenging to point to an individual who has done more to preserve the California Coast than Peter Douglas. This is Peter Douglas' story told in his own voice.
January 23, 2012
A network that learns from itself
Topics: Strategy Chapters Campaigns Activism Culture Shifting DIY Activism Modern Activism
Surfrider strives to become a network that learns from itself... for the benefit of our coasts.
January 04, 2012
What do we want? A bag ban in NYC.
Topics: Activism Communications Modern Activism Plastics
Single-use plastic bags have no place junking up one of the best cities in the world.
December 05, 2011
Waste to waves, from trash to… slash
Topics: Waves Activism Culture Shifting DIY Activism Modern Activism Oil Pollution Plastics Surfing
What better way to recycle EPS foam than into a surfboard blank. I'm not sure I can think of a better way. Nope, I can't.
November 30, 2011
Seattle’s Space Needle snags giant plastic bag
Topics: Events Chapters Campaigns Activism Communications DIY Activism Modern Activism Plastics
I heard a representative from NYC share the joke that the State flower is a plastic bag stuck in a tree. Looks like bags are taking over cities all over.
October 21, 2011
How valuable is a friend?
Topics: Strategy Activism Culture Shifting DIY Activism Modern Activism
We tend to miss the value of innovations early on.
October 18, 2011
Greetings from Surfrider Jamaica
Topics: Chapters Beaches Activism Modern Activism Surfing
I love seeing our mission spread around the world. The newest member is Surfrider Jamaica.
