Public Meeting Invite :: How Green Is "Green?"

Surfrider San Mateo County Chapter, Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, and the League For Coastside Protection invite you to a Public Meeting:

The Liars and the Sages Telling the Truth from Nonsense in the Era of Post-Sustainability

Thursday, July 2, 2009
7:30 p.m
Half Moon Bay
Ocean Shore Train Depot (near Johnston House on Higgins-Purisima Road)

Join us for an informative and stimulating presentation by one of the world's leading experts in the field of sustainability. Ed Quevedo will discuss the meaning of sustainability in today's world. In this era where just about every product or company now claims to be "Green," Ed will give us some guidance on how to distinguish Nonsense from the Truth.

Ed Quevedo is Senior Counsel in the Paladin Law Group LLP, and Chair of the firm's Sustainability Practice Group. He has over 25 years of experience advising clients on domestic and international environmental and health and safety (EHS) law compliance and litigation matters, sustainability planning and program development, and strategic EHS program development and performance counseling, both as an attorney and consulting advisor. During his legal career, Mr. Quevedo has argued cases before the California Supreme Court, the International Board of Arbitrators in The Hague, and the European Court of Justice.

He has led high-impact pro bono litigation teams in important Civil Rights, Clean Water Act, and environmental damages recovery litigation in public interest cases brought in state and federal courts. He is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Environmental Partnership (www.svep.org), serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Performance (www.mswg.org), and is Past President of the Pacific Industrial & Business Association (www.piba.org).

Join Surfrider Foundation as a Retail Member

Join Surfrider Foundation as a Retail Member

To join The Surfrider Foundation as a Retail Member, just go to http://www.surfrider.org/. Click on ‘Join/Renew’ on the top right, once at that page you will see the link for ‘Retail Membership’ on the left pane.

The cost for a Retail Membership is $100.00 and you will need the following information:

1. A short description of your business.
2. The type of discount(s) or promotions to card-carrying members of the Surfrider Foundation (some ideas from Surfrider are below.)
3. Your web site address.
4. Your FULL contact information for your business for the Surfrider promotional page.
5. Credit card and billing information.
6. Make sure and choose ‘San Mateo County' from the drop down menu to tell Surfrider it was our chapter that encouraged you to sign up.

Below is a part of the description from the Surfrider website about the program:

“Surfrider members can show their membership card to receive a discount, promotion, or giveaway determined by you. This could be a percentage discount on merchandise or services, a promotional T-shirt or sticker, a free drink with purchase, or whatever you decide is appropriate for your business. Our goal for the Retail Membership Program is to give our individual Surfrider members something extra for their support while increasing your sales and customer loyalty. This will simultaneously help boost your business while gaining awareness and support for the mission of the Surfrider Foundation.

The annual membership dues for this program are $100. With your membership, the Surfrider Foundation will list your business on the Surfrider Retail Members page as a participating member. The Surfrider web site receives over 12,000 visitors daily. Your business will also be listed as a Retail Member in our award-winning newsletter magazine MAKING WAVES, which goes out to all of our over 50,000 U.S. members six times per year. The program is a reciprocal win!”

Pictures from May 30 Cleanup Event

World Oceans Day - June 8th - Montara Lighthouse

OceanHealth.org and Surfrider SMC Chapter celebrate World Oceans Day by screening short ocean films. We hope that you'll join us in this great location to share our love of the oceans and to view a variety of films showing perspectives on the ocean. 

Event is free, but $8 donation for World Oceans Day appreciated.  Your donation will help support local ocean nonprofits. 

Date:    Monday, June 8, 2009 

Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm 

Location: Montara Lighthouse 

Street: 16th St. and Cabrillo Hwy 

City/Town:       Montara, CA 

Reception: 6:30-7pm 

Films: 7-8:30pm 

Discussion: 8:30-9pm 

Please be sure to RSVP because there is a 50 person maximum for attending this event. RSVP at our Facebook event page or email:  eli@oceanhealth.org   

If you can, please take public transportation or carpool because there parking is limited.  Public transportation: From The Daly City BART station take the Samtrans 110 to the Linda Mar park and ride. Transfer to the Samtrans 294 and let the driver know you want to be dropped at the Pt. Montara Lighthouse stop.   

OceanHealth.Org - Ocean Health is Our Health 

30 May - Beach Clean-up - The Jetty HMB - Noon - 2

HALF MOON BAY BEACH CLEANUP
Surfer’s Beach (“The Jetty”)
Saturday May 30
12noon--2pm

Join the San Mateo County Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and the LIVE 105 Action Team for another beach cleanup, Saturday May 30th from 12noon--2pm at Surfer’s Beach (aka “The Jetty”) in Half Moon Bay.

We’ll provide gloves and bags (but if you want to bring your own, go for it!) plus there’ll be free CDs from Kings of Leonand Pearl Jam and tickets to see the All American Rejects at Konocti Harbor from LIVE 105 (while supplies last) for whoever finds the most interesting piece of garbage.  Or reads this email and asks for one of those prizes after picking up trash!

Sign in at the Surfrider table in the parking lot just south of the RV lot by the jetty.  Due to limited parking, you may have to park in the dirt lot across the highway.  Bring your board if you want to surf with us after the cleanup!

Thanks for cleaning up our beaches and remember...no trash, no rash!

Surfer Spud
Beach Cleanup Coordinator
San Mateo County Chapter 

Kill The Drill Prep Event WED 4/15 6 PM SF (Venue Change)

The Prep event venue for the Kill The Drill has changed from Presidio to Sports Basement.

Wednesday, April 15
6-9 pm
Sports Basement at 1590 BRYANT (moved from Presidio).

Bring a t-shirt for live screenprinting of the "Kill the Drill" messaging. Rally together with others to make signs, costumes, or just hang out and enjoy donated drinks and food, and a 15% discount for all participants inside Sports Basement.

Speak Out on Offshore Oil Drilling!

Speak Out on Offshore Oil Drilling!
www.nottheanswer.org

San Francisco - Only 1 of 2 Pacific Coast hearings. The other's in Alaska, so pick this one.

April 16th, 2009 - Thursday
University of California - Mission Bay Conference Center
Meeting will run from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with breaks for lunch and dinner.
RSVP :: DOI_Events@ios.doi.gov

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will host a public meeting in San Francisco on April 16th, 2009 to present the Interior's findings on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy resources and potential environmental impacts from their development. At the meetings, the Secretary will also hear comment from public officials, interested organizations, advocacy groups and private citizens on OCS's development.

If persons cannot attend in person, or are unable to speak at the meetings, they are welcome to submit written statements, comments or documents, either at the meeting or during the extended public comment period.

Written comments can be either submitted at the meeting or electronically throughout the extended public comment period.

or by mail to:

Ms. Renee Orr
Chief, Leasing Division
Minerals Management Service, MS 4010
381 Elden Street
Herndon, VA 20170-4817

This is going to be a HUGE opportunity to turn out in masses to speak out against offshore drilling. Surfrider Foundation encourages everyone to come out and attend the hearing! We’ve got plans in the works to make this a fun event, so keep posted on new developments by joining our Facebook event. Stop Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling Public Hearing in San Francisco, CA

Take Action: Surfrider Foundation Action Network

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