Are you a thrill seeker or an adrenaline junkie? Come get your fill at the Adventure Film Festival hosted by Save Our Shores.  The Adventure Film Festival will be held at the Rio Theater on April 8th from 7pm to 10pm, doors open at 6pm. Tickets are $12 or $10 with student ID, all proceeds go to funding Save Our Shores programs.  The evening will feature a selection of award winning films highlighting surfing, kayaking, conservation and more in an effort to illustrate the many ways we are connected to the ocean.  Join us in an exclusive screening to celebrate our blue planet. 

Based in Boulder, Colorado, Adventure Film Festival is currently in the middle of a worldwide tour.  Lucky for us, they picked Santa Cruz as a stop along the way.  "The Adventure Film Festival is excited to partner with Save Our Shores for a fun evening of award-winning films featuring adventure, conservation and a glimpse into how the ocean plays a role in everyone's life" says Mark Reiner, Producer of Adventure Film Festival.

No Impact Man is the story of a guilty, New York liberal who decides to practice what he preaches for ONE YEAR (turns off the electricity, stops making garbage, gives up TV, taxis and take out & becomes a walking, bicycling, composting, tree hugging, polar bear saving, local food-eating citizen), all while taking his baby daughter & caffeine loving, retail-obsessed, television-addicted wife along with him. Watch the trailer.

Pre-event reception begins at 6:40 pm and the film begins at 7:15 pm followed by a community discussion on reducing your impact by Dr. Wallace J. Nichols (SOS board member and founder of Ocean Revolution). the screening will take place at the Del Mar theater.

Tickets: $5 in advance/$7 at the door. Click here to buy tickets online. OR you can win a ticket through Save Our Shores blog "Into the Blue" click here to enter!

When: December 16th 6:30pm-9:30pm
Where: Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz
Who: Save Our Shores, FishWise, Ocean Conservancy, Greenpeace, New Leaf Community Market and Assemblymember Bill Monning

Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act.
The End of the Line is the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans.  In the film we see firsthand the effects of our global love affair with fish as food. It examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish and the profound implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation. Watch the trailer.

Two Santa Cruz restaurants are supporting Save Our Shores this month by giving part of their profits to our beach cleanup and pollution prevention programs!
Surfrider Cafe, on 429 Front Street, is benefitting Save Our Shores on Wednesday, November 11.  They are open from 11am-11pm, and a portion of the proceeds from the entire day go to SOS.  SOS will have a table set up, staff and volunteers will be there in the evening, and there will be videos of SOS volunteers and events looping on the TV screens.  Join us for a fun evening supporting a cause you believe in!

Hula's Island Grill & Tiki Room is benefitting SOS through their Mahalo Mondays! Dine at their restaurant on 221 Cathcart Street in downtown Santa Cruz on Monday evenings in November and a portion of the proceeds go to SOS!

Thanks so much to both restaurants for choosing Save Our Shores to be a part of your giving programs!

Come join us for the Save Our Shores Annual Coastal Cleanup Day Rally at ONE LOVE Reggae Thursdays at Cypress Lounge
Enter to win for SOS Raffles and Prizes!
When: 9pm to midnight  (21 and over)
Where: Cypress Lounge 120 Union Street, Santa Cruz
Cost: FREE!

Featuring DJs Spleece (Reality Sound International) and DJ Rudi B. (Selecta 7 Sound)

For more information on ONE LOVE Regge Thursdays go to:
www.myspace.com/831massive

If someone hands you a small blue marble don’t be surprised. Here’s what to do: Give it away to someone who is also taking care of our big blue ocean.

Or give it to someone else along with a tip about how to live blue.

Then share your story, pictures or videos on BlueMarbles.organd inspire others to live blue. To get your blue marble, or a couple to share stop by the SOS office or volunteer for one of our summer events! And if you want to get inspired check out the blog to read other people's Blue Marble stories.

"Turning the Tide on Plastics" June 7th 3pm-5pm Cypress Lounge

Save Our Shores and Surfrider Foundation-Santa Cruz bring you “Turning the Tide on Plastic,” an afternoon with Anna Cummins and Dr. Marcus Eriksen of Algalita Marine Research Foundation. This event is part of JUNKride, the third phase of AMRF’s Message in a Bottle Project. Cummins and Eriksen will share stories of their research in the North Pacific Gyre and give local leaders samples of surface seawater from the Gyre that illustrate the urgency of the plastics issue. The event is from 3-5 pm on Sunday June 7th at Cypress Lounge, 120 Union Street in downtown Santa Cruz. It will include a multi-media presentation from Algalita, local issues updates and ways to get involved from Save Our Shores and Surfrider, a raffle and time to talk with Cummins and Eriksen. The event is FREE to the public and all ages can attend. Food and drink are available for purchase, but are not required to attend the event.

Save Our Shores is partnering with the upcoming Pro-Am Beach Soccer tournament to ensure that the 2009 Santa Cruz event is ocean friendly and we need your help! We are committed to helping teams reduce their ocean "flipper print" by providing the Cool Down Zone at the tournament.  It's a place to rest between games, refill your water bottles with chilled, filtered water and cool down!

To kick off our efforts to reduce plastic beverage bottles at the tournament, we're asking teams to commit to the idea of bringing only reusable water bottles to the tournament. If you fill out our online Bring Your Own Bottle Pledge we will enter you in a raffle to win Klean Kanteens for your entire team!

• Deadline to submit the pledge: May 26th, 09
• Winners will be notified: May 28th, 09
• The bottles will be waiting for you at the Check-in Desk: May 29th, 09

Thank you for joining our efforts!

KION News ran a story on the Save Our Shores marine debris program.  Aleah Lawrence-Pine spoke with the reporters about the problem of trash in our oceans and beaches.  Our Adopt-a-Beach program is also highlighted.  Thanks KION!
Click here to see the video and the story.

Slow Food Monterey Bay is hosting a Fundraiser Dinner for Save our Shores!!  Come join us for some good sustainable seafood and great company!

Minimum donation is $30 per person, limited to 40 guests by pre-paid reservation; please reserve by February 1.

To Register:  Please send your name, email address, phone number, the number of people attending and check made payable to Slow Food to:

Kimberly Wright 535A Strawberry Canyon Road, Watsonville, CA 95076 

Register over the phone: 831-722-2149    Or Register via E-mail: slowfoodmb@calcentral.com