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Your Organization's Title: Ocean Minded

About Your Organization: Be Ocean Minded... That simple idea is the foundation of our company. The Ocean Minded brand was established in 1996 by Gary Ward and was built on the principles of protecting our beaches, respecting the enviroment, and the overall love for life.

International Surfing Day (ISD) is June 20th...stay tuned for more details!

Amount of people in your organization: 31-40

Ocean Minded ISD Beach Challenge

CHALLENGE: “Eventually Everything Ends Up In The Ocean” theme

The person who does a cleanup farthest away from the beach. Participants submit photo(s) of the inland cleanup they did along with the following information: Where the inland cleanup took place, how many people participated, how much trash was collected, and how far away from the beach the cleanup was.

FOR PHOTO AND WRITTEN SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE REFER TO OUR WEBSITE, WWW.INTLSURFINGDAY.COM
ALL PHOTOS MUST BE UPLOAD BY JUNE 29TH

PRIZES:
Onsite Winners– Each winner will receive a pair of Ocean Minded sandals and a sticker

Grand Prize Winner – A pair of Bede Durbidge’s Signature sandals and a pair of Bethany Hamilton’s signature sandals, signed by Bede and Bethany; a pair of men’s or women’s sandals in the winner’s size, a shirt in the winner’s size, and Ocean Minded back pack, and Ocean Minded hat. (Decided by photo and written submission of the questions listed above- person must go to the web and upload their photo)

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At 11:53am on July 3, 2009, Colorado Trash Wranglers said…: Colorado ,I.S.D. took place in two locations
1. How many people made it out to your event?
40/45 people attended Pueblo from all over Colorado for June 20th I.S.D. 20 surfers competed in our river ,surfing ,body board contest.

About 30 or more people in Glenwood Springs from Australia to Europe to Denver .

2. How many bags of trash did you guys collect? Or plants restored if dune restoration event (approximate #, if applicable)

About together 15 bags total =added from three wave locations and both main locations ,the most trash we found is of course plastic all forms and foam .The worst trash culprits, fishermen here in Colorado or just traveling through fishermen .Also a local gas station by the Gtown wave and Colorado river does not empty the trash cans enough so tourists just pack them full and it all blows right into the river, i am calling the manager for sure.The worse even our own supposed CO.river lovers trash the river.All in all we made some good awareness and plan on making more summer or winter ,those who care became blown away at how much trash there is when you start to look.

3. How many signatures did you collect? Were they collected for a petition? (if applicable)

We collected about 30 Visual Petition signatures for S4C and Minds in the water O.P.S. and the whales, dolphins.S4C sent us some great post cards we handed out and will continue to hand out .We got 40$ in donations as well for Surfrider Foundation and S4C wish it was more.Next year we will stick to a entry fee being the worst of economic times of our lives these days we opted for donations this year ,good people gave we are stoked to have made 40$.

4. Do you have any stories you would like to share with us?

Pueblo wave park the surfing capital of Colorado is now also dubbed the cleanest river wave park in Colorado .A week before the event a local church group that has members who are some of the best local surfers had their wave area and river clean up cheers to them .It was nice to not have to pick up so much trash this year in Pueblo ,surfers of Pueblo they respect what they ride & love the oceans they are all winners of the challenges.

5. Do you have any feedback regarding this year’s ISD event kit items?
Thank you all so much sharing your great ECO products, the Surfing world and industry will change the world ,they all ready have and are way ahead of the trash product and recycled material's use in new product's.From Boards to clothes to bags to shoes its endless power to it .Way stoking to spread the word and promote these company's at our CRSA sites always and write about their product's that are way ahead of the word green$trash is money .

Thanks to all of you and letting us be apart of this so important world event.It has been a long road since we started our surfing association back in 07, a learning experience i never want to end .All for the mission of giving back and making a small difference someday it feels so good just to do it to do it. I just watched the first round of river trash getting picked in front of my house by the recycle truck on its way to become surf goods i hope :) thats a win for me !...Big Mahola Ocean friends from the Colorado's surf culture.We have the largest number of PADI divers in the nation here in CO. And a ton of surfers from all over the world right behind that so stoked to just be surfing anything anywhere right here in Colorado for big OCEAN BLUE all of you.

see ya'll in the waves peace! yeeehaaaa I.S.D. rules .

Chad Parson ,Colorado River Surfing Association

At 2:18pm on June 29, 2009, Steve Combs said…: The Surfrider Foundation Atlanta Chapter was able to pull out more than 1,000 lbs of trash from the Chattahoochee River, including the surrounding park areas. This area is located 266 miles from Atlanta's closest surf break at Tybee Island. This section of the river rarely gets cleaned because of all the rapids, so it felt really good to get out make a difference. The water team was made up of 16 people in 7 canoes, 1 kayak and a SUP. The land team of approximately 15 people worked the park by foot. Both groups pulled out tons of trash like tires, a CPU, balls, and styrofoam but most of all, plastic bottles. It’s always such a shame to see so many plastic water bottles polluting the very river that provides our drinking water. This is what the Surfrider Foundation Rise Above Plastics Campaign is all about, eliminating single use plastic. (Note our event took place several weeks before ISD 2009 because we had to coordinate with the National Park Service.)

At 7:18am on June 28, 2009, Cental Texas Chapter said…: Generally speaking all our clean-ups, whether a beach, creek, lake, park, etc., (Central Texas Chapter) are inland. Our nearest typical beach is approximately 250 miles away. We have over the more recent years focused our efforts on local watersheds, given their relatively quick transition out of the Hill Country, through the blackland prairie and coastal plains on down to the Guld of Mexico.

For ISD 2009, we had approximately 30 volunteers show up to participate in a clean-up of Barton Creek, a beloved gem in the middle of Austin, Texas. Debris, recyclables, and general trash were collected and from the instream creek channel and riparian areas, and mixed use trails around Zilker Park. Following the clean-up recyables were sorted and transported to Ecology Actions recycling center.

Surfrider Foundation
Central Texas Chapter
Centexsurfrider@yahoo.com

At 6:28am on July 29, 2008, Surfrider Foundation South Texas, TX Chapter said…: Are y'all going to announce essay winners?

At 5:14am on June 9, 2008, Lisa Grant said…: I try to make at least one more person Ocean Minded everyday. It is my job and my hobbie. I am the administrator for a local environmental org. We are a Keep America Beautiful affiliate, the coordinator for the Onslow, NC International Coastal Cleanup and NC Big Sweep beach sweep. In my spare time, I do mini beach cleanups before every surf session for good wave karma. I have been a volunteer for the NC Big Sweep/International Coastal Cleanup and cleaning up beaches in NC for over 15 years. I was a grom when I started and now I coordinate them. I also volunteered at the local Wildlife Shelter for years as a grom taking care of injured wildlife many due to discarded trash or fishing line. I walk the beach at least 2 times a week picking up trash for a couple-few miles. On one of my trash trips this winter, i came across an injured Common Loon due to discarded fishing line (see photo) and this I have seen many times. I removed the hook and line very carefully and took the Common Loon to the local wildlife rehabilitator and the bird has since been released back into the wild after recovery.
Being Ocean Minded is something that I also go to schools and teach all year long. This year I have been to 10 schools and have given presentations to thousands of students about environmental protection and stewardship. Afterall these students are the future of being Ocean Minded. We teach them, they teach their parents, and the wheel starts turning.
The ocean is my passion. I am a proud Eastern NC native and with that pride comes responsibility. I have the responsibility to Mother Ocean to protect her through environmental education and stewardship each and every day. I also started and continue to coordinate the annual Earth and Surf Fest in North Topsail Beach, NC. It is an environmental awareness event that also incorporates a Surf Competition, Paddleboard Race, Canoe Cleanup on the Intracoastal, Beach Cleanup, Volleyball touney that benefits the Sea Turtle Hospital, and Enviro booths set up to teach about how to protect the coastal environment.

Well that is me in a nut shell. Hey don't forget to recycle!! I am also the recycle coordinator for Onslow County and the Project Director for the Environmental Indicators Report.
I cant find that photo in my files, but send me an email and I can send it via email this week.

Aloha,

Lisa_Grant@onslowcountync.gov