Sea Shepherd makes it safely to the Red Sea
Greetings all! Below is a letter from Blue Project & Sea Shepherd supporter, Deborah Bassett. She is currently abroad the Steve Irwin en route to Europe… Enjoy! Hi Everyone, Just a quick note to let you all know that we have made it safely through the Gulf of Aden that separates the Somali and Yemen [...]
Yao Ming says “NO” to Shark Fin Soup.
Article courtesy of Wildaid & their shark conservation program. To see more please visit Wildaid.org. Why say no to shark fin soup? Shark fin soup is a key reason why one-third of the world’s sharks are now threatened with extinction. Up to 73 million sharks per year are slaughtered to make shark fin soup, a [...]
Pro Surfer Jon Rose on recent trip to Japan
Story courtesy of Surfline, to view in its entirety please click here SoCal surfer/activist Jon Rose explains of his recent trip to Japan. “This will be a 10- to 20-year rebuilding process. You’re not talking about one isolated place, it’s 200 miles of coastal towns wiped out. No electricity, no sanitation, nothing — they’re just [...]
JAPAN UPDATE: March 23, 2011
This video was shown to The Blue Project this afternoon via, Bryn Mooser founder of RYOT. Ryot, can be summarized simply as “David Darg & Bryn Mooser: Aid workers and film makers. Believers that some stories need to be told and other stories need to be corrected. In the words of Martin Luther King “A [...]
Letter from Blue Project Ambassador, Marvin Yasuda
Hi, Everyone . My name is Marvin Yasuda , I live here in California with my wife and son working as clothing buyer . I am also ambassador of “ The Blue Project “ with Steven Lippman . I wanted express my feeling and what I experienced during my business trip to Tokyo / Japan [...]
Massive 8.9 Earth Quake hits Japan–triggered lethal Tsunami
Photo Essay is courtesy of The Boston Globe. “An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit off the east coast of Japan early today. The quake — one of the largest in recorded history — triggered a 23-foot tsunami that battered Japan’s coast, killing hundreds and sweeping away cars, homes, buildings, and boats.” Editors note: we’ll post more as [...]
Japanese Whalers on the run!
Article Courtesy of TIME: The annual kerfuffle between Japanese whaling ships and the anti-whaling activists who chase them around Antarctic waters every winter is once again getting its seasonal share of ink and airtime. But this year the familiar scenes from the southerly tug-of-war might have a new victor – for now. For the last [...]
Anti-Whaling Group Launches Innovative iPhone App
Article courtesy of The Huffington Post Freelance contributor: Deborah Bassett Just when you thought that the fight to save whales couldn’t get any more mainstream, The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society announced the successful launch of their new iPhone and iPad App earlier this week. Founded in 1977, the high profile and often controversial non profit marine conservation [...]
7 BILLION & COUNTING
“With the worldwide population expected to exceed seven billion in 2011, National Geographic magazine offers a 7-part series examining specific challenges and solutions to the issues we face. The magazine introduces the series with its January cover story “7 Billion,” offering a broad overview of demographic trends that got us to today and will impact [...]
It’s Official: Obama Signs Shark Conservation Act
Article Courtesy of TIME. A quick update on the shark front: In one of the first acts coming back from his Hawaiian vacay, President Obama signed the Shark Conservation Act of 2010 into law on Tuesday. The bill, which I wrote about here a couple weeks back after it passed the Senate, will tighten the [...]
THE BLUE PROJECT PSA
FOREWORD: THE INFORMATION PRESENT IN THIS VIDEO IS MEANT TO CREATE A SHOCK & AWE EFFECT. IT IS HARSH, STRONG, AND TRUTHFUL CONTENT PRODUCED WITH A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE IN MIND. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE AND UNFORTUNATELY THE TRUTH REGARDING OUR OCEANS IS BLEAK & IN NEED OF SERIOUS [...]
MARCH ON JAPANESE EMBASSY AGAINST DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER
Photo © Gabriel Rinaldi WHAT TO BRING: peaceful demeanor, signs, posters, images of the dolphin slaughter. WHAT TO WEAR: cause related shirts or the color RED to depict the bloodshed in Taiji, comfortable shoes, sun protection. Questions? Please contact: Julia Ramsey ( facebook.com/julia.ramsey / ramseyjulia@gmail.com ) Katherine Lapuz (facebook.com/klapuz / klapuz@sbcglobal.net) We will be holding [...]
Major Brands Back Malibu World Surfing Reserve!
Paul Mitchell, Body Glove and Billabong pledge their support for surfing reserve at Malibu www.worldsurfingreserves.org September 30, 2010 – World Surfing Reserves and Save The Waves Coalition announced that Paul Mitchell, Body Glove, and Billabong have each agreed to be Blue Ocean Supporters of the Malibu World Surfing Reserve. The companies will provide financial and [...]
Oceana’s victory in Chile!
The content below is courtesy of oceana.org. “We’ve been working in Chile to protect its incredible coastline from a proposed coal-fired power plant that would threaten Punta de Choros, home to amazing wildlife including endangered blue whales and Humboldt penguins. In recent days, grassroots opposition to the power plant grew after the power plant received its [...]
Malibu’s Surfrider Beach to be enshrined as World’s first Surfing Reserve!
Press Release courtesy of Savethewaves.org. Photo © Bill Parr Legendary California surf break the first in global network of World Surfing Reserves: Save The Waves Coalition, in partnership with National Surfing Reserves Australia and the International Surfing Association, is proud to announce the forthcoming dedication of iconic Malibu Surfrider Beach as the first World Surfing Reserve. The [...]
All hail the dolphin master of foreign diplomacy
Article by: Deborah Bassett Environmentalists and animal rights activists around the world have been sitting on pins and needles this past week as the annual dolphin hunt that claims more than 20,000 innocent cetacean lives every year kicked off in the coastal village of Taiji, Japan on September 1st. No one is more familiar with [...]
On the brink of mass extinction.
Article courtesy of ABC Science, Australia. By: Stephen Pincock Climate change, over-fishing and other human impacts have pushed the oceans to the brink of a mass extinction that could take tens of millions of years to recover from, an Australian scientist says. Dr John Alroy from Macquarie University in Sydney has used the fossil record of [...]
Gulf Oil Rig Burning, Sinking…Thank you NAT GEO.
Photograph courtesy Steadfast TV Fireboats struggle to put out the Deepwater Horizon fire as the oil rig lists on April 22. In the end only the Gulf itself could extinguish the flames. On Thursday, a little more than a month after the rig explosion that spurred the Gulf oil spill, the U.S. Geological Survey released new [...]
The Japanese are on “the Hunt” yet again.
Article can be found at: Japantoday.com Dolphins caught, not killed, in Taiji cove: Sea Sheperd Tokyo: Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, conservationist group Sea Shepherd said Friday. A town official said none were [...]
Rig Explosion #2… Does anyone else see a pattern here?
Story Courtesy of BBC. To view full story please visit BBC.co.uk. An explosion has torn through an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil spill. The blast, which threw 13 people into the water, was reported by a helicopter company [...]
Dark Side Of The Lens
© Mickey Smith Created by renowned surf photographer, Mickey Smith “The Dark Side of the Lens,” presents viewers a glimpse into a hidden world…This short film was a collaboration between Smith & Allan Wilson (D.O.P) of Astray Collective. “I wanted to create something that would give insight into what it takes to grind out a [...]
Blue Project unveils it’s 1st limited ed. Tee for “No Leash Required” event
As September 9th draws near, The Blue Project has been scheming and designing a limited edition Tee that will be placed in the first 125 gift bags at the “No Leach Required” event. This event, as previously stated will be held on September 9th, 2010 from 7-10 pm at the Malibu Winery located directly off [...]
Primo presents “The 4th Annual Malibu Invitational”!
Director of The Blue Project, Steven Lippman will be surfing in the 4th annual Malibu Invitational, saturday August 27th around 8:30am in HEAT 5. Information regarding the contest is listed below, The Blue Project hopes to see you out there! Presented By: PRIMO Hawaii’s Original Beer. Hosted By: Freedom Artists, Val Surf, Sicky Dicky, Duke’s [...]
Australian Photographer, Mark Tipple showcases Ocean’s Beauty: The Underwater Project
Over the years and throughout my travels to distant lands, I have meet some pretty inspirational individuals. Mark Tipple, is one of those such visionaries. I have been promising to blog about his work on The Blue Project’s site for some time now, and 3 months later that promise has come to fruition. Sorry Tipple… [...]
