Save Our Shores

We are hiring an Education Coordinator! This position's primary duties include scheduling and delivering engaging, hands-on environmental education lessons, after school programs, and field trips to K-12 students and youth in the Monterey Bay area. Please check out our Careers page for further information!

We applaud the Biden administration's announcement on January 6 to ban offshore drilling in 625 million acres of US ocean, including the federal waters off of California. This is a huge win for the ocean and we thank all who have fought tirelessly for generations for this moment! We will continue to fight to ensure this decision stay in place, protecting our cherished ocean and coast. Learn more in the letter in Santa Cruz Sentinel by Exec Director Katie Thompson and former Exec Director Dan Haifley https://lnkd.in/gmX_t-wP

As the year comes to a close, we at Save Our Shores want to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has supported us. 💙 This year was packed full of cleanups, advocacy work, and education programming. None of this would have been possible without the unwavering dedication of our volunteers, donors, community partners, and team members. Your passion fuels our work and gives us hope for a healthier, more sustainable future! Here’s to a new year filled with purpose, progress, and a thriving Monterey Bay! Consider making your year-end donation today to help us kick off 2025 with strength https://lnkd.in/gwMn7gRv

If you live in the Santa Cruz area, come out on October 8 to make your voices heard to ban the retail sale of filtered tobacco products! Join us in advocating for cleaner beaches.

Come see at Blue Innovation Day October 6 hosted by Santa Cruz Works and the Seymour Marine Discovery Center https://lnkd.in/gk-A2wSM

We are honored to continue to protect and conserve Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary!

Between 2013 - 2023, Save Our Shores collected 439,358 cigarette butts from beaches, open spaces, and public areas, and this is just a snapshot of the types of litter that negatively impact human and ecosystem health. Please urge Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to ban filtered tobacco products on October 8! Learn how to get involved: https://lnkd.in/ggb34Dfn

Last year, Save Our Shores, California Sea Grant, and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories co-hosted a 2023 California Responsible Aquaculture NGO Forum. Scientists and representatives from 13 environmental nonprofits came together to discuss what encompasses responsible aquaculture and the potential for these practices to occur in local California communities. The goal of this forum was to share and discuss various perspectives and concerns, summarize the varied positions, and coalesce around any shared values on aquaculture. We are excited to share the Executive Summary from the forum with you! This paper will be shared with aquaculture practitioners, regulators, and research-funding organizations on what the concerns and opportunities are for aquaculture in California from the perspective of participating conservation non-profits. The conversation in California will continue! What we eat, how we feed our communities, and the best path forward are important to evaluate as we come together to adapt to our changing planet.

Plastic-free July may be wrapping up, but we know the much-needed work continues. Save Our Shores has been working hard to address cigarette butt litter - an issue that sits at the intersection between environmental and communal health. Did you know they are single-use plastic, toxic, and often the top-littered item locally/globally? SOS has collected ~500K of them, in just ONE decade. We have partnered up to take meaningful action around this top-littered item in Santa Cruz County and we aren't stopping there. Small wins compile to big wins! If you live in the area and want to sign onto our letter to ban the sale of single-use filters, you can join us. Learn more here, scroll down, and sign on! https://lnkd.in/g3tKBmEd

#AdvocacyUpdate from Save Our Shores: 60+ environmental orgs and ocean advocacy groups, including Save Our Shores, unveiled a report highlighting the Biden Administration’s progress in implementing ocean-based climate solutions. The progress report recognizes progress and outlines urgent action in 10 key areas: 🌊 Expand Responsibly-Sited Offshore Wind and Phase Out Offshore Drilling 🌊 Enhance Coastal Resilience and Adaptation 🌊 Promote Green Shipping and Ports 🌊 Protect Blue Carbon 🌊 Reduce Plastic Pollution and Emissions 🌊 Support Climate Ready Fisheries  🌊 End IUU Fishing and Human Rights Abuses in the Seafood Sector  🌊 Advance Marine Protected Areas 🌊 Minimize and Address Ocean Acidification  🌊 Evaluate Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal See where we stand—and where more work can be achieved! https://lnkd.in/gehj9MzV #OceanClimateAction