Surfrider Foundation Slams Abbott Plan to Ban Future Marine Parks
www.surfrider.org.au/surfers-want-to-fillet-abbott The peak coastal organisation Surfrider Foundation Australia has come out strongly against Tony Abbott’s sudden ban on new marine parks and has accused him of “eco vandalism” and “dog-fish-whistling”. “The claim that marine parks harm tourism and fishing is totally untrue and irresponsible,” said the Chairman of the Surfrider Foundation Australia Board Dr Rex […]
Hawaiians celebrate historic shark fin ban
Animal advocates celebrate historic shark fin ban Posted: Jul 01, 2010 2:52 PM Updated: Jul 01, 2010 3:59 PM By Tim Sakahara – bio | email On July 1 Hawaii will become the first government in the world to ban the possession, distribution and sale of shark fins and it’s already sending ripples to the […]
The Plastiki Expedition closing on Sydney
The Plastiki is sailing toward Sydney, having crossed most of the Pacific ocean in a campaign to raise awareness of ocean pollution – particularly of the plastic kind. Most of the boat’s displacement comes from 12,000 empty plastic drink bottles (or roughly how many are consumed across the USA in 1/3 of a second!). Here’s […]
International Surfing Day – Sunday 20th June
This Sunday 20th June is International Surfing Day. To mark the occasion, the Northern Beaches Branch of the Surfrider Foundation will be undertaking a Beach Clean at Manly (South Steyne) commencing at 8:30am for around 2 hours. If you want to give something back to the coastal environment you are invited to come and join […]
Sydney swamped: sewage alert to surfers
Authorities are warning swimmers and surfers to stay away from Sydney's beaches due to high pollution levels caused by heavy rain, warns an article on the SMH site. It continues: The rain over the past week has also forced some sewage plants into a partial bypass system, whereby some sewage is running into the ocean […]
Causes: Peter Cundall “Florentine – worth more standing”
Peter Cundall coming to Sydney on Saturday 29 May 2010! Peter Cundall, Australia’s favourite gardener, is coming to Sydney to carry on his fight to save the Upper Florentine Valley in Tasmania from logging. Though better known as the host of the ABC’s Gardening Australia television program and a newspaper columnist about gardening across the […]
Warmest April Global Temps on Record, NOAA says
It’s not just you. Sydney’s extraordinary late season warm water temperatures may not just be a fluke of the east coast currents. According to NOAA, the planet has just experienced the warmest April and January to April period since recordings began. If you have a look at the graphic below, you’ll note that the SE […]
Surfrider Northern Beaches beach cleanup Saturday arvo
Surfrider Northern Beaches will be combing Fishermans Beach at Collaroy Basin for rubbish this Saturday 20 March 2010 from 3pm to 5pm. The clean up is part of the Tangaroa Blue global project to identify marine debris distribution and origins. So we’ll be working in teams to pre-sort the rubbish we find for our rubbish […]
Shark Attacks vs. Victim’s Activity
The shark attack file is full of interesting information and statistics about the er, interaction between species.
We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change: Al Gore
You mean scrunching our eyes shut, blocking our ears and shouting “it’s not happening, it’s not happening!” may not work? Great editorial from the New York Times site by Al Gore. We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change By AL GORE Published: February 27, 2010 It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on […]