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Save Our Shores News & Events |
The Fight Against Offshore Oil Drilling Continues
Hands Across the Sand Protests
Over 250 protesters joined Save Our Shores & Surfrider at Cowell Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday, June 26th, to participate in the largest international protest against offshore oil drilling in history, Hands Across the Sand. People gathered in over 800 sites across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa unified under one message: NO to offshore oil drilling. YES to clean energy.Find out more about Hands Across the Sand...
Support the new West Coast Offshore Oil Bill
Email Barbara Boxer & Diane Feinstein to let them know you support their bill that calls for the permanent protection of California, Oregon, and Washington from new offshore oil leases. Clean energy and the protection of our coastal economies comes first.
Save Our Shores Works to Keep Small Spills at Bay
When you think of oil spills you immediately think of the current BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and the Exxon Valdez. But most people would be surprised to learn that smaller oil spills occurring in our ocean on a daily basis amount to roughly 11 million gallons, the same amount of oil that spilled during the Exxon Valdez crash of 1989.
Learn how Santa Cruz, Monterey & SOS have prepared for oil spills...
Did you know there are 27 offshore oil rigs in California waters?
Visit our information-packed offshore oil drilling page to learn more about what you can do to help in the Gulf; from donating hair, money, or volunteer hours, you can make a difference. If your focus is locally, check out how our Clean Boating Initiative helps keep small spills out of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Make Pollution Prevention Your Mission This 4th of July Weekend
On July 4th: Join us for Pollution Prevention activities from 1-4pm on Main Beach, Seabright
Beach, Twin Lakes Beach, Moran Lake Beach, and Seacliff/Rio Del Mar
Beach in Santa Cruz.
On July 5th: Join the Star Spangled Beach Cleanup from 7 - 10am for an early
morning beach cleanup on Davenport Main Beach, Panther Beach, Seabright
Beach, Twin Lakes Beach, and Seacliff/Rio Del Mar Beach.
Our mission: Stop pollution in its tracks.
Find out everything you need to know & join the solution today!
Tickets are on sale now!
When: Saturday, August 21st, 6 -10pm
Where: Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory, Santa Cruz
Tickets for the annual Toast to the Coast celebration on beautiful Monterey Bay are now on sale. We hope to see you there!
Raffle prize sneak peak: A week's stay in Hawaii, a private sail for friends & family on the Chardonnay, and two great weekend getaways!
Last Call for Video Contest Entries !
Deadline is 7/11 for our Video Contest: Upload your 60 second 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.
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Save Our Shores Volunteers Needed!
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- July 4, 1-4pm: Pollution Prevention at: Main, Seabright, Twin Lakes, Moran Lake, and Seacliff Beaches
- July 5th, 7-10am: Star Spangled Beach Cleanups at: Davenport Main, Panther, Seabright, Twin Lakes, and Seacliff Beaches
- July 10th, 10am-2pm: Monterey Monthly Beach Cleanup at Ocean Beach/Carmel City Beach
- July 10th, 10am-2pm: DockWalkers at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay
- July 17th, 10am-Noon: SC Monthly Beach Cleanup at Seabright Beach
- July 17th, 10a,-2pm: DockWalkers at Santa Cruz Harbor
- July 24th, 10am-Noon: HMB Monthly Beach Cleanup at Miramontes Point Beach & Arroyo Canada Creek
Visit our Event Calendar for more information...
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Take Action!
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Tell Costco to Step it Up & Stop Supporting Ocean Destruction!
Costco, the notorious big box store with all the big deals, has been selling red list seafood such as orange roughy and Chilean sea bass, as well as hiding information about where their seafood comes from in their labeling.
Take Action! Tell Costco that our oceans deserve better...
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Support Save Our Shores
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Want to help keep oil drilling out of the
Monterey Bay, to inform boaters how to prevent oil spills, to educate
the youth & public about plastic pollution, and keep our beaches
clean?
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Partner of the Month
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| Visits to the Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center during the week of July 26-31 will lead to a 10% donation of the proceeds to Save Our Shores.
You can find them at: 736 Chestnut Street in Santa Cruz
Thank you SCNMC!
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Wharf to Wharf 2010
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| Keep a look out for Save Our Shores along the Wharf to Wharf race route in Santa Cruz on Sunday, July 25th. We'll be on Lake Ave by the Santa Cruz Harbor dressed in marine animal costumes educating participants about pollution prevention. Email us if you'd like to volunteer!
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Thank You
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| Save Our Shores
thanks our many volunteers, sponsors, partners, and contributors for
helping Save Our Shores continue our work of caring for the marine
environment through Ocean Awareness, Advocacy, and Citizen Action!
The ocean and its inhabitants thank you, too.
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SOS: Winner of Best Non-Profit of 2010!
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