Billabong have recently released the second episode of a series following Dave Rastovich’s TransparentSea kayak expedition.

The video looks at the second part of this 260-mile paddle down the coast of California, which began in Santa Barbara on September 29.

The aim is to highlight the annual migration path of the endangered grey whale population, as well as wider marine conservation issues.

He will be joined by surf artist and activist Chris Del Moro, photographer Hilton Dawe and professional women’s longboard champion Lauren Hill.

Recently TED released video of a talk by a pro surfer Kyle Thiermann who talks about his innitative called Surfing for Change that encourage people to make positive change in their communities through everyday actions.

He inspired his viewers to move 340million of lending power out of banks that funded the coal industry into local banks. Check out the video to know how it’s done.

Find out more via TEDxSanta Cruz website.

To celebrate 50 years of existance World Wildlife Fund launched a stirring campaign called “The World is where we live”. It was created by Ogilvy marketing and publicity agency.

The idea is pretty simple, to make comparisons between activities performed by a human in it’s environment and behaviour of certain animals in their natural habitat. In real life we ​​are all connected our actions affect all inhabitants of planet earth, whether human, animal or plant.

See it yourself, it’s pretty stunning. After that visit the website myworld.panda.org to see in what way your day to day choices affect the environment and what we can do to avoid or minimize the damage. Hopefully the campaign generates more awareness.

For the second consecutive year, Quiksilver and Roxy are running their Green Campaign, aimed at raising awareness about the importance of preserving our water resources.

Under a wonderful slogan “Don’t Destroy What You Came To Enjoy “ a host of initiatives ranging from eco-design and environmental management, to awareness-raising events and partnerships with various associations are being held by the brand.

June is set to be the “Green month” at all the Quiksilver’s stores so around a hundred of eco-friendly products will take centre stage. Quiksilver and Roxy are also launching a new pen, the “B2P” (Bottle to Pen), made from recycled PET and sold with a message bracelet as a sign of its commitment. Its rounded and striated design resembles a bottle of mineral water. It’s available for 4€ each at all stores.

For every eco-friendly product sold, 1€ will go towards developing projects run by Quiksilver partner eco- associations. last years campaign raised over €80,000 to support organisations such as CŒUR DE FORET and Surfrider Foundation.

There is also a competition held by Quiksilver and Roxy in which you post videos, drawings and photos illustrating your vision of the theme “Don’t Destroy What You Came To Enjoy” and the concept of the solid green line. Winning entries must show creativity and imagination! The winning photo will be the one that garners most votes from Internet-users in a one-click voting system.

The winner will receive a fantastic longboard eco-designed by Notox in France, along with a cheque of 1,000€ made out to one of the three associations partnering the Green Campaign.

Get green.

Dogwoof Film will soon release a new environmental documentary called “Gasland”, a movie that exposes the corruption and toxic waste of the natural gas industry.

Written and directed by Josh Fox, it follows him as he takes a road trip across the America. The project began when he was asked to lease his land in the Delaware Basin for natural gas exploration for $100,000.

Instead of taking up the offer, he decided to make this film to expose the corruption, toxic waste and water supply contamination that this industry is producing.

Filmmaker Soul Surf Media are soon releasing a Hawaiian SUP documentary called “Destination 3 Degrees”.

The film follows Morgan Hoesterey and Jenny Kalmbach as they attempt to paddle the entire chain of Hawaiian Islands.

The challenge that was taken to raise awarness of marine pollution and support Algalita Marine Research, that studies impact of plastic waste on our oceans. The movie was by Chris Aguilar.

Here’s a wonderful short video that captures the essence of the need to ban single-use plastic bags to keep our oceans and earth clean. Enjoy. And don’t forget to bring a reusable bag to the grocery store!

Plastic State of Mind from Ben Zolno on Vimeo.

As part of the campaign, 10:10 Global are organizing a Global Day of Doing on October 10 to encourage people to take action on climate change.

Surfrider Foundation demand urgent measures to eliminate chemical disposal into de ocean and to impose safety measures that will avoid catastrophy similar to recent Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

“As long as safety standards and the polluter pays principle are not actively enforced in the offshore oil drilling business, Surfrider is demanding a moratorium on all new offshore oil-drilling activities in Europe. [...] We state unequivocally that renewable sources of energy must be systematically prioritized over fossil fuels.”