Wednesday, April 11, Seattle....um...Cloudy...but potential for sunshine...
For those of you have spent much time at the beach you certainly can relate to the affects the sand, sun, and salt air have on your mood. It's immediate, intense, and Soulful!
In Southern California I first learned about the
The Surfrider Foundation and its mission to empower people to take action to clean up the beaches and oceans.
"The Surfrider Foundation's greatest strength is our grassroots, community-based focus and our ability to act as local
activists for the protection of the coast......"
Whether your lifestyle of choice includes the surf, mountains, or simply enthusiasm for natural landscapes...you have, at one time or many, CONNECTED to the Earth and become unbound by time, place, and status. Your SOUL was filled with contentment.
Although I no longer live on the warm beaches of California...i am able to find the soul that the ocean has lent to me by journeying into the mountains as well as by strolling down my street at sunset. I simply choose to remember my connection to it and it rushes over me....an endless humming of waves , the warmth of sand against my sun-kissed skin, and fresh salt air.
Just as I have discovered, you may find that foundations like
Surfrider are popular because they are authentically based in a LIFE STYLE....and like any lifestyle....it takes soul to find authenticity and action to develop style....SOAK...RINSE...REPEAT.
The Surfrider Foundation are a source for you to go to when you find that you may need to find a bit of soul or perhaps you need to step up the ACTION. Many other foundations provide this and I will touch on them throughout the FOUNDATION series: “From snow to the oceans and back again…”
The Surfrider Foundation emcompasses a variety of
ACTION programs with which you can become a part of...such as the
Snowrider Project.
"While the Snowrider Project was initially conceived to give snowboarders and skiers a vehicle for environmental activism, the range of participants and activists has expanded to include kayakers, canoeists, back-country adventurers and others who appreciate the sanctity of a clean, connected system." (Surfrider Foundation)
