Archive for 2012

Do You Know Your H20?

February 15th, 2012

We will be hosting a water policy training on Thursday, March 1st from 7-8pm at 7590 Fay Avenue La Jolla, CA 92037 (5th floor conference room). If you want to understand our position on desalination, water recycling, conservation,… more »

Debunking ‘Toilet to Tap’

February 13th, 2012

Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter activist Belinda Smith addresses the misconceptions about ‘toilet to tap’ and the importance of effective water management in a recent article in the New Your Times titled As ‘Yuck Factor’ Subsides Treated Wastewater… more »

FREE Bag It Screening at Cali Bamboo

February 3rd, 2012

We will be hosting a FREE screening of the movie Bag It on Tuesday, February 21st from 7-9pm at Cali Bamboo (9365 Waples Street, Suite D). This award winning film follows Jeb Berrier as he navigates our plastic… more »

Splinters is coming to San Diego

February 2nd, 2012

Splinters is the first feature-length documentary film about the evolution of indigenous surfing in the developing nation of Papua New Guinea. In the 1980s an intrepid Australian pilot left behind a surfboard in the seaside village of Vanimo…. more »

Rise Above Plastics at our Next Chapter Meeting

February 2nd, 2012

Join us for our next chapter meeting on Wednesday, February 15th from 7-8:30pm at Forum Hall in UTC (4545 La Jolla Village Drive). This meeting will be focused on our Rise Above Plastics campaign, which seeks to reduce… more »

Surfrider To Launch New SURF MONITORING PROGRAM

January 30th, 2012

This month Surfrider San Diego will launch a brand new scientific SURF MONITORING PROGRAM to establish baseline data about our local surfing resources and track their response to the influx of sand from the Regional Beach Sand Project… more »

Surfrider San Diego Presents at Southern California Water Conference

January 30th, 2012

Advocating for the prioritization of water supply options from least EMBEDDED ENERGY to the greatest and multi-benefit solutions, Surfrider San Diego was asked to present at this year’s UCLA The Future of Water in Southern California Conference last… more »

Report Shark Sightings with the Shark Research Committee

January 25th, 2012

The Shark Research Committee documents predation events and shark/human encounters by the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, along the Pacific Coast of North America. If you would like to volunteer to assist in one or more of these research… more »

San Diego Surfrider Chapter to Monitor Costly Beach Sand Fill Projects

January 19th, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE 1/19/2012 San Diego Surfrider Chapter to Monitor Costly Beach Sand Fill Projects San Diego, California – This month’s remarkable wintertime surf is a reminder San Diego County is an all-season beachgoer’s paradise, and the volume… more »

City of San Diego now offering rebates for Rain Barrels!

January 18th, 2012

Now is a great time for City of San Diego residents to go out and get that rain barrel they have always wanted.  If you have a barrel/tank purchased after January 1st, 2012, the Public Utilities Department will… more »