2021 State of the Beach Report (Surfrider Foundation)
Earlier this week Surfrider Foundation released it's 2021 State of the Beach Report. While we have yet to read through the entire report, that will take a few weeks at 85+ pages, thought it was worth bringing this to light sooner rather than la…
World Oceans Day 2021
Tomorrow, June 8th, is World Oceans Day. This is the first World Oceans Day in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development which runs from 2021 to 2030. World Oceans Day is a celebration of the ocean(s) and the role it plays in e…
2021 - 2030 United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
As we are 2+ days away from turning the page on 2021, and would suspect everyone in the US is ecstatic about this given how 2020 has gone (except for a soon to be ex President), I wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate that on New Year's Day it…
Giving Thanks
Four years ago yesterday I landed in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, as I was visiting my 50th state to watch my alma mater, UMass Amherst, play Hawaii in football on Thanksgiving Day. Great game even though UMass lost and the closest we have…
Beautiful Day
To quote U2, "It's a Beautiful Day" today! As I would hope most people are now familiar with, earlier today it was announced that Joe Biden was elected as the 46th US President. This bodes well for the ocean as under the current administr…