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Areas of Focus
Agricultural Water Conservation and Management | Agroecology | Farm Ecosystem Management | Composting | Gardening | Global Beef Industry | Organic Farming | Livestock in Developing Nations | Permaculture | Rural Farming Communities | Soil Conservation and Management | Sustainable Agriculture | Endangered Animal Species Protection | Wildlife Habitat Conservation | Arts Activism | Arts Education | Biocultural Diversity | Biodiversity Conservation | Seed Conservation | Ecological Economics | Ecosystem Services | Ecotourism | Microfinance | Youth Education and Empowerment | Coastal and Marine Human Impacts | Coastal Ecology | Coral Reef Conservation | Mangrove Conservation | Marine Ecology and Conservation | Community Enterprise | Conservation and Recreation | Conservation Biology | Land Restoration | Land Stewardship | Wilderness | Cultural Diversity | Cultural Heritage Conservation | Culture and Sustainability | Evolutionary Ecology | Landscape Ecology | Restoration Ecology | Soil Ecology | Environmental Education | Natural Resource Education | Public and Government Education | Sustainability Education | Alternative Fuels | Energy Flow in Ecosystems | Sustainable Energy Development | Aquaculture | Sustainable Fishing | Global Food Supply and Sustainability | Agroforestry | Global Wood Products Industry | Climate Change | Fair Trade | Globalization Impacts | Alternative Medicine | Pesticides | Sanitation | Human Rights and Natural Law | Indigenous People and Culture | Riparian Ecology and Conservation | Wetlands | Land Use Policy | Peace and Peace Building | Ethnobotany | Pollution Prevention and Reduction | Water Pollution | Global Migration | Sustainable Livelihoods | Ecopsychology | EcoVillages | Sustainable Building | Appropriate Technology | Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests | Tropical Dry Forests | Tropical Moist Forests | Dams | Groundwater | Hydrology and the Global Water Cycle | Water Quality and Health | Water Rights | Water Supply and Conservation | Watershed Management | Women's Rights | Global Labor
About
This group came about as a desire to share the stoke of surfing while
providing sustainable assistance to communities in need in the form of
Permaculture Design. The primary ecological focus is to help
communities create a secure water and food supply. The primary
geographical focus is Latin America.
The fact that over two-thirds of the world is lacking clean water and a secure food supply is the motivating issue behind this group. Providing a clean water supply is the easiest way to alleviate many contagious diseases.
The goal is to visit coastal areas that are affected by the international surfing community and provide REAL assistance to the people so that they may rise above the limitations of a short sighted global market.
A traveling group of surfers will visit coastal areas and provide financial, technical, and physical assistance to local communities with projects related to sustainable development. Permaculture Design courses will be taught free of charge and a project that supplies a real need will be implemented in that community; for example dry composting toilets to keep sewage out of the water supply.
Education is a cornerstone of this project. Sustainable behavior will be fostered through the use of social marketing techniques. The goal is to create a long lasting effect on communities by setting up local sustainability action networks, that continue to provide assistance and education after our caravan has left. By changing our behavior we can change the world.
This Organization is still in its early stages, so any thoughts about potential projects and areas in need would be appreciated!
Ride On!
The fact that over two-thirds of the world is lacking clean water and a secure food supply is the motivating issue behind this group. Providing a clean water supply is the easiest way to alleviate many contagious diseases.
The goal is to visit coastal areas that are affected by the international surfing community and provide REAL assistance to the people so that they may rise above the limitations of a short sighted global market.
A traveling group of surfers will visit coastal areas and provide financial, technical, and physical assistance to local communities with projects related to sustainable development. Permaculture Design courses will be taught free of charge and a project that supplies a real need will be implemented in that community; for example dry composting toilets to keep sewage out of the water supply.
Education is a cornerstone of this project. Sustainable behavior will be fostered through the use of social marketing techniques. The goal is to create a long lasting effect on communities by setting up local sustainability action networks, that continue to provide assistance and education after our caravan has left. By changing our behavior we can change the world.
This Organization is still in its early stages, so any thoughts about potential projects and areas in need would be appreciated!
Ride On!