08.25.08
project BLUE featured on TreeHugger.com
TreeHugger.com just did a great interview with project BLUE founder Vipe Desai that has some great information on how we got started and what's coming up in the future.

08.11.08
TRUE BLUE: interview part 2
Part 2 of EXPN's interview with project BLUE founder Vipe Desai.

08.07.08
TRUE BLUE: EXPN interviews project BLUE founder
EXPN sits down with project BLUE founder Vipe Desai to ask some questions about project BLUE.

07.25.08
Donavon rocks Long Beach for project BLUE
Donovan Frankenrieter played a private show for a couple hundred lucky guests at the one year anniversary party for project BLUE.

07.24.08
Find out whatÂ’s next for project BLUE on Shop-Eat-Surf.com
project BLUE founder Vipe Desai talks about whats in store in the future for project BLUE

06.05.08
Bluewater Grill and project BLUE, June 24th 2008
Bluewater Grill and project BLUE invite you to celebrate the opening of Bluewater Grill's newest location at The district in Tustin. A portion of the proceeds from all food sales from June 24th - June 30th will be donated to the Surfrider Foundation.

05.20.08
SIMAÂ’s Environmental Product of the Year Award
project BLUE Sonic Boardshort by Billabong wins SIMAÂ’s Environmental Product of the Year Award.

04.23.08
OUT THERE with Teton Gravity Research
Teton Gravity Research is putting the finishing touches on OUT THERE, the story of endangered surf locations around the world threatened by environmental catastrophes. Shot on 16mm and HiDef, OUT THERE features world-renowned surfers, Ian Walsh, Shane Dorian, Andy Irons, Jamie O'Brien and others traveling thru Chile, Galopogos, Tahiti, California and Hawaii.

04.22.08
A Steady and Tranquil Dedication on this Earth Day
What's that mean? According to Desai, being blue incorporates green practices in addition to personal ones to better your life and your surroundings.

04.11.08
Am I BLUE?
Adam Werbach talks about the Birth of BLUE

04.10.08
World Pro Surfers features project BLUE
World Pro Surfers website features story on project BLUE.

04.08.08
SWELL.COM and project BLUE contest
Enter to win a prize package featuring the entire line of project BLUE merchandise, A year's membership to the Surfrider Foundation and a $250 Swell gift certificate.

03.31.08
"VIEW" contest winners announced
VIEW by project BLUE Turns Amateur Film Producers into Activists.

02.07.08
Trestles Toll Road rejected
The California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 to reject the planned 241 Toll Road and to protect Trestles and San Onofre State Beach.

02.01.08
Pinger and project BLUE.
Stay informed about Costal Commission hearing updates and Save Trestles updates with Pinger.

01.22.08
Green goes blue at ASR
Surfrider Foundation and project BLUE Booth at Action Sports Retailer Show.

01.04.08
Happy New Year!
Billabong and OÂ’Neill are kicking off the New Year with some fresh project BLUE goodies for guys and girls

01.02.08
Win Rob Machados surfboard
Purchase the project BLUE Nixon LODOWN watch from swell.com and be automatically entered to win Rob Machado's surfboard

12.22.07
project BLUE on The Daily Habit
Vipe Desai on Fuel TV's "Daily Habit" talking about project BLUE

12.18.07
project BLUE on the Greener Grass
The Greener Grass talks about project BLUE

12.10.07
New O'Neill goods up now.
New O'Neill clothing is on sale now.

11.21.07
project BLUE wallpapers.
New wallpapers for your desktop avaliable now on the project BLUE myspace page.

11.17.07
project BLUE launches VIEW
project BLUE is calling on all film makers to make a short film with the message being "buy a better future". You can win some great prizes including a trip for two to Costa RIca.

09.27.07
Nixon and Barney's
Nixon and Barneys New York collaborated to refresh Nixon's highly successful waterman's watch, The 51-30, in three unique ways just in time for the 2007 holiday season. All watches were created with recycled stainless steel and a portion of the proceeds from the sales of this series will benefit the Surfrider Foundation,

09.03.07
project BLUE in Australia
In Australia, industry leaders, Reef, Electric, and Nixon, have partnered to create limited and special-edition products under the project BLUE campaign.

08.22.07
project BLUE launches VIEW
project BLUE is calling on all film makers to make a short film with the message being "buy a better future". You can win some great prizes including a trip for two to Costa RIca.

11.17.07
O'Neill joins project BLUE
Project BLUE, the national initiative established to raise more than $1 million in support of ocean and beach protection, is proud to announce OÂ’Neill as an official partner.

08.01.07
Kiehl's and Ocean Magazine
Kiehl's and Ocean Magazine are putting on a project BLUE party to benefit the Surfrider Foundation on Wednesday August 22. Check out Billabong pro longboarder Schuyler McFerren and the exclusive eco-suede project BLUE Billabong boardshort.

08.07.07
Microbes putting beach's at risk
Beaches across the country closed or posted warnings to swimmers a record number of times last year because of high levels of harmful bacteria, evidence that communities should do more to keep vacation beaches clean and safe, according to a national environmental group.

02.22.07
project BLUE unites major brands
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., Jan. 22, 2007 project BLUE, a new national initiative established for the sole purpose of raising more than $1 million in support of ocean and beach protection, is proud to announce the support of five leading surf brands.

07.15.08
Ventura City Council Green Street's Policy
Recognizing that stormwater is an issue for which the time has come, the Ventura City Council approved a policy for Green Street Elements and Demonstration Project. This policy would effectively follow two of the recommendations made by the Surfrider Foundation in "Solving the Urban Runoff Problem, A Vision for the Urban Watershed, Ventura, California"

07.05.08
Manhattan Beach Ban Plastic Carry-Out Bags
The Manhattan Beach City Council voted unanimously to prohibit carry-out plastic bags. Speaking in support of the ordinance was Surfrider Foundation legal intern, Rachel Dorfman, as well as Craig Cadwallader, Chair, and Alan Walti, Environmental Coordinator, of the South Bay Chapter. Representatives of Heal the Bay, the Earth Resource Foundation, and Manhattan Beach residents, including one 9 year-old resident, also encouraged passage of the ordinance.

06.03.08
Stopped Overdevelopment in Newcastle
The Hunter Branch, working in collaboration with a number of community organisations (e.g. Newcastle Parks and Playgrounds Association) and a former resident (Ms Penny Cecil – her Father was Harbour Master for many years) lobbied Newcastle City Council, local stakeholders and the Federal Minister for the Environment (Peter Garret MP) to ensure Nobbys Headland and the Signal Station would not be overdeveloped by a local business person.

05.29.08
Plastic Bag Ban in Malibu
In support of Heal The Bay's effort to address the problem of plastic bag litter in the marine environment, the West LA/Malibu Chapter successfully helped to convinced the Malibu City Council to ban both regular and biodegradable bags in all retail stores. This victory was part of the Chapter's Rise Above Plastics campaign efforts to educate members, the public, and local government officials about the dangers of plastic marine debris.

05.28.08
Lee County Fertilizer Ordinance
The use of fertilizer near major waterways is a contributor to the large and looming issue of red tide and algal blooms that can cause breathing problems and pollute beach water quality, impacting Lee's $2 billion tourism industry. The ordinance would limit any fertilizer application within 10 feet of a water way from June 1 to Sept 30. Fees for violation would be up to $500. The Chapter partnered with Sierra Club, SCCF, Nature Conservancy, PURRE, RGMC and Riverwatch.

05.28.08
Protected Coastal Access at Strands Beach
The developer at the Headlands in Dana Point attempted to remove a stairway providing beach access from the previously approved plan, citing geotechnical difficulties. [4:35:10 PM] Chad Nelsen says: The stairway had been a part of a balancing argument made by the Coastal Commission to allow the developer to build a 2200 foot seawall, destroy senstive habitat and create a gate-guarded development. The CA Coastal Commission saw through this attempt to further limit access and denied the change.

05.27.08
City of San Diego: Indirect Potable Reuse
Following SurfriderÂ’s and San Diego CoastkeeperÂ’s 2002 lawsuits against the City of San Diego for improperly approving a waiver of secondary sewage treatment at its Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant, the environmental organizations entered into a multi-pronged settlement that required, among other things, that the City conduct a study of all available opportunities to increase water recycling within its service area.

05.27.08
City of San Diego Urban Runoff Management
While significant strides have been made in recent years to control urban runoff from construction sites and industrial facilities, commercial and residential polluters have been too often overlooked.

05.26.08
San Diego Regional Municipal Stormwater Permit
The San Diego Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation worked in coalition with the San Diego Bay Council to support the passage of the San Diego regionÂ’s 2007 Municipal Stormwater Permit. This permit spells out the stormwater control requirements applicable to all of the regionÂ’s cities, the County of San Diego, the San Diego Unified Port District, and the San Diego Regional Airport Authority.

05.22.08
Pacific Grove Polystyrene Ban
The City of Pacific Grove has passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of polystyrene food service wares. The ordinance acts to reduce local non-biodegradable and non-recyclable waste at the source, preventing its eventual disposal on local beaches and in the ocean. The Chapter partnered with Sustainable Pacific Grove and Monterey Green Action to accomplish their goal.

05.20.08
Clean Oceans Act in Florida
The Clean Oceans Act sets up a mechanism for gambling boats to stop dumping 44 million gallons of pureed, chlorinated waste into the ocean every year. It requires gambling boats to register with DEP, pay berth facilities for waste hauling or use an onboard “closed system” treatment, and report waste releases to DEP. In addition it petitions the federal government to prohibit dumping in federal waters.

05.15.08
Florida Inlet Management Bill
Florida has over 60 inlets around the state, many have been artificially deepened to accommodate commercial and recreational vessels and employ jetties to prevent sand from filling in the channels. A by-product of this practice is that the jetties and the inlet channels have interrupted the natural flow of sand along the beach causing an accumulation of sand in the inlet channel and at the jetty on one side of the inlet, and a loss of sand to the beaches on the other side of the inlet.

05.10.08
South Florida Oceans Outfalls Closure Bill
The six South Florida sewage outfalls, dump over 300 million gallons of wastewater into the sea and squandering 100 billion gallons of freshwater every year. This discharge impacts not only our coastal and ocean environment but it is also a waste of valuable freshwater that could be used to help out with South FloridaÂ’s drinking water shortage. This piece of legislation will remove over 300 million gallons of wastewater from Florida waters a year and by 2025 will have created a reuse system for it. Chapters throughout Florida partnered with Florida Ocean & Coastal Coalition and Palm Beach County Reef Rescue on this campaign.

05.10.08
Florida Beach Test Funding Protected
During a year of heavy budget cuts it usually the items that are thought to be the most benign that are first to go. So when House Health Care Council puts beach monitoring in the same line item with birth registries and cesspools it bound to get over overlooked as important. A proposal to cut the entire state portion of beach monitoring would be a disaster to the publicÂ’s health and safety, especially in a state that derives 85% of its tourism from its coastline. Thanks to the efforts of the Florida Chapters funding won't be cut. The Florida portion of the federal Beach Act grant for next year is $526,320 and state funding will remain intact at $525,000.

04.15.08
Recycling Bins Along Boardwalk in Atlantic City
The South Jersey Chapter pushed to have recycling bins placed on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, a heavily visited stretch of coast. Previously only trash bins were provided so recyclables were disposed in the landfill.

04.12.08
Stopped LNG Terminal in Long Island Sound
Surfrider FoundationÂ’s Connecticut Chapter won a major victory in their campaign to stop the installation of a huge and dangerous Liquid Natural Gas project in Long Island Sound. Connecticut officials and environmental groups have been applying heavy pressure on New York State officials who had the final say on go/no-go. In late April, NY Governor Patterson announced at a press conference NY's decision to effectively scuttle the project. Connecticut's Governor Jody Rell and AG Richard Blumenthal also held a press conference on the shores of the Sound.

04.10.08
Jekyll Island Protected
Surfrider FoundationÂ’s Coastal Georgia Low Country Chapter won a victory in their efforts to help protect Jekyll Island State Park from development. Jekyll Island Authority (JIA) Board Chairman Ben Porter announced via a letter to Representative Jerry Keen that the Authority will revise the beachfront component of its plan to redevelop Jekyll Island State Park. The announcement followed a hotly contested legislative struggle in which a series of attempts to introduce protective Jekyll legislation were killed in committee despite thousands of calls from concerned Georgia citizens to legislators on both sides of the aisle.

03.30.08
Prevented Damaging Energy Project on Oregon Coast
In August of 2007, the Oregon Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation filed a motion of intervention with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the Florence Wave Energy facility proposed by the Australian company Oceanlinx. This motion (the first ever filed in the world by Surfrider) was brought about by concerns raised by local ocean users of the Florence Organizing Committee who wished to have a formal seat at the table when discussions moved forward in the planning process.

03.29.08
WA Legislature supports coastal Committees
The Washington State Legislature passed a bill to support the establishment of Marine Resources Committees on WashingtonÂ’s outer coast. Marine Resources Committees are citizen advisory groups that address issues concerning coastal ecosystems, including the health of our beaches and rocky shorelines. Similar committees have been working successfully in Puget Sound for over a decade.

03.28.08
Access 33 Kept Open
Public Beach Access 33 in Wrightsville Beach, which has been used by the public for over 40 years, was recently taken away. When an adjacent property owner recently realized that the access lies within its property line, the Public Beach Access was restricted from further use by the public.

03.26.08
Clean Water at Nye Creek
The Oregon Central Coast Chapter has worked since 2004 to clean up Nye Creek through a campaign of water testing, political pressure and media savvy. They first pointed out the fact that the ocean in front of the creek was polluted and making people sick.

03.24.08
Rincoeños Stop Condos in PR
Local fisherman, citizens and the Rincón Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation stopped the construction of a condominium complex on the beach at the marina next to the Black Eagle in Rincón, PR. This project threatened to further privatize Rincón's coastline and reduce public access to the beach. The area is also traditionally used by local fishermen.

03.22.08
City of San Diego Sewage Settlement
In 2001 the Surfrider Foundation and San Diego Coastkeeper sued the City of San Diego for chronic sewage spills. At that point the City of San Diego averaged almost a sewage spill a day, and had spilled more than 45 million gallons of sewage into local waters during the five years prior. The aim of the suit was to bring the City into compliance with the law, and to set an aggressive schedule for sewage infrastructure improvements to alleviate the deleterious affects of these spills on local waters.

03.18.08
Fire Pits at Ocean Beach, San Francisco
Beach-goers have enjoyed open fires at OB for over 100 years, starting when the booming San Francisco Fishing fleet supplied huge public "fish-fry" banquets out on the sand. Since then, thousands of San Franciscans from multiple generations have enjoyed this tradition. However, in recent years, the impacts of these fires have grown increasingly damaging to the fragile ecosystem of the beachscape, and poor usage has often left the beach trashed, challenging the National Park Service to maintain it to acceptable standards.

03.10.08
Neah Bay Rescue Tug Funded
The Washington State Legislature approved $3.7 million to fund a year-round rescue tug at Neah Bay, located on the northern tip of WashingtonÂ’s Olympic Peninsula. The rescue tug is believed to be the best defense against a catastrophic oil spill for WashingtonÂ’s coasts which are heavily trafficked by oil tankers and cargo vessels. Scientists believe that just one catastrophic spill in WashingtonÂ’s Puget Sound could mean devastation for sea bird populations, killer whales and other wildlife.

01.20.08
Public Hearings for NJ
Beachfill projects in NJ had some disastrous and unintended consequences. Residents and beach users had no forum to bring up or discuss the potential pitfalls of beachfill.

01.11.07
Ocean Protection Law in NJ
A new law in NJ will require the Department of Environmental Protection to move towards a policy of ecosystem based management.

12.22.07
Protected Beach Access at Bonaire Beach
The Town of Jupiter Island requested that Rep. Mahoney insert legislation that would give the Town first right of refusal to purchase a surplus Coast Guard property consisting of 10 acres, including 900ft of beachfront. The property being acquired from the Coast Guard was to be used for conservation and storm protection purposes.

12.02.7
Protected Coral Reef from Pollution in Lake Worth, FL
The City of Lake Worth were going to vote on a plan to use a coral reef as city dump for reverse osmosis effluent. The pursuit by the City of Lake Worth to discharge 4 million-gallons-a-day of nutrient-laden wastewater onto a coral reef was derailed by public outcry after FDEP announced plans to issue a permit.

06.11.07
Capitola Polystyrene Ban
The City of Capitola drafted an ordinance banning polystyrene foam from use as disposable food service ware and promoting the use of biodegradable and compostable food service wares.