SOS Ocean News June 2010

Going Back to our Roots to Oppose Offshore Oil

Save Our Shores was originally founded in '78 as a citizen-action group with the sole purpose of keeping offshore oil drilling out of the Monterey Bay and Central Coast waters. We succeeded. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf is a national disaster and we hope this tragedy will inspire citizens and legislators around the world to push for clean energy and the complete termination of new fossil fuel explorations off of our coastlines. Watch this video from the Gulf of Mexico...

On May 13, CA Senators Boxer and Feinstein introduced a new Senate Bill calling for the permanent protection of the Pacific Coast from new offshore oil rigs along the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington.

Join us in telling Congress NO MORE DRILLING! Clean Energy Now!

Save the Date for the 2010 Toast to the Coast!

When: Saturday, August 21st, 6 -10pm

Where: Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory, Santa Cruz

Please join Save Our Shores for our Annual Toast to the Coast celebration on beautiful Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz! The evening will feature live music, delicious foods, a beer and wine bar and some awesome raffle prizes!

Members-Only & Early Bird Discount Tickets are Available this week.

Enter our Video Contest & Win a New Flip Camera!

Save Our Shores is spreading the Hey-hey-hey, Goodbye Plastic Bags message by hosting a 60-second viral video contest about the unnecessary use of plastic bags.

To Enter: Upload you video onto YouTube.com, send your contact info & a link to your video to media@saveourshores.org, and use the subject line: Hey-hey-hey, Goodbye Plastic Bags. Videos must be relevant to the issue of banning single-use plastic bags, be 60-seconds long, contain audio, and mention saveourshores.org.

Find Contest Details Here!

Supporters Enjoy a Perfect Sunset Sail on the Bay

Save Our Shores donors enjoyed a beautiful sunset sail on Monterey Bay this month aboard the O'Neill Catamaran. Sunset sails are a perfect chance to show our donors how much their support means to our organization. Want to get in on the fun? Support Save Our Shores today!

Coming Soon - July 4th Pollution Prevention &
July 5th Star Spangled Beach Cleanups!

Mark your calendars and Save the Date - Save Our Shores needs you, our awesome volunteers, during the upcoming 4th of July weekend! Spend the day at the beach on July 4th educating beach-goers about pollution prevention and/or volunteer for a beach cleanup on July 5th at one of the following beaches:

Panther Beach, 4-Mile Beach, Davenport Beach, Seabright Beach, Twin Lakes Beach, and Rio Del Mar/Seacliff State Beach.

Visit our calendar for more info...

Mount Madonna School's Marine Debris Project Wins Nation Awards!

What started as inspiration after a Save Our Shores classroom presentation evolved into an award winning video produced by 5th graders. Their class project, a video titled "Our Big Blue Landfill and What We Can Do About It," won Siemen's "We Can Change The World Challenge"and will on the Discovery Network, with a chance to be featured on the Jumbotron in NY's Time Square! They also won Disney's "Planet Challenge," as well as other local awards from Santa Cruz and Morgan Hill. Congratulations!

Watch their Video...

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