Articles in the green-feature Category

Project Blue Returns to Action Sports Retailer with Industry Leading and Consumer Favored Collaboration

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San Clemente, CA (September 2, 2008) – On the heels of its one-year anniversary celebration, project BLUE is returning to ASR to support its partner brands and show surf retailers how increasing their selection of cause-conscious merchandise and in-store marketing
efforts can benefit both their bottom line and the environment.
Retail buyers and members of the media [...]


Coca-Cola Indonesia Pledges Support As Damage Control Clean Up Continues At Padang-Padang

solspot 23 Jul 2008One Comment 744 views Print Email

Coca-Cola Bottling Indonesia has pledged monetary support in the amount of $5000 USD and 100 cases of Powerade drinks to be used in the effort to limit the amount of damage the wrecked fishing boat can to do to the reefs and beach at Padang-Padang. Yesterday, a second day of focused labor continued on the wrecked Taiwanese fishing boat that was abandoned and ran aground on the South Bali reef more than a week ago.


Write a letter to the Department of Commerce in Support of a Trestles Public Hearing

solspot 18 Jul 2008No Comments 312 views Print Email

As most of you probably know, the Trestles hearing for July 25th, 2008 has been postponed due to limited occupancy at the Bren Center in UC Irvine. The support is so great that around 10,000 supporters of San Onofre were expected at the hearing when the Bren Center only holds around 5,000 people. However, the [...]


Tawainese Fishing Boat Shocks Padang; Authorities Investigate

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The notorious Tawainese longliner fishing boat, Ho Tsai Fa No. 18, ran aground on the reef at Padang Padang in Bali, Indonesia at 7PM on Friday night - just in time for opening day of the highly anticipated Rip Curl Padang Cup event the following morning.

“The whole surf community is pretty concerned about the boat [...]


Riding Waves for Greener Forests

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(Encinitas Jan. 28, 2008) – Torrey Trust got more than she bargained for on her honeymoon. After she graduated from UC San Diego, Torrey and her new husband, Trevor Takayama, traveled to Costa Rica and discoveredthat it wasn’t the beautiful and tropical honeymoon spot she had imagined itwould be. Trust saw first-hand what 200,000 acres [...]