Where Is ‘Away?’: Solving Plastic Pollution in 4-minutes, is the fourth short movie in professional surfer, Kyle Thiermann’s Surfing For Change series. It tracks a plastic bag that Kyle uses in his hometown of Santa Cruz California, all the way to the north shore of Oahu, demonstrating both the destruction and solutions along the way. Famous musician Jack Johnson, and Story of Stuff’s Annie Leonard join Kyle in this fast-paced journey to highlight the power we all have to end plastic pollution.

story via surfingforchange.com

Rerip is proud to announce the establishment of its first surfboard Recycling location outside of San Diego County.  NollSurfboards in San Clemente is now accepting surfboards for recycling, becoming the newest Rerip recycling location and the first to expand the program outside the San Diego area.

Noll Surfboards hosted its grand opening on March 26^th, 2011.  The shop combines a retail surf emporium with a small but functional surfboard manufacturing facility and an ocean-oriented art gallery. This art gallery features fine art paintings and sculptures as well as an array of those classic re-creation surfboards. Jed Noll, Surfboard Shaper,shop owner and son of surfing great Greg Noll, is excited to have a recycling component at the location.  “We are excited to incorporate a surfboard collection component into our shop offerings.  In addition to providing artistic inspiration and classic surfboard construction, it’s just one more way we can be a positive surf resource for the San Clemente community.”

Surfboards in any condition can be dropped off at Rerip recycling locations, including Noll Surfboards.  Donated boards are separated into categories—surfable, repairable, and creative.  Surfable and repairable boards are donated to local and international youth programs or resold at low prices to support the recycling program. Unrideable boards and remnants are used for the Rerip artist network and research and development opportunities. Rerip connects with a growing number of artists who use the boards for artistic endeavors, including paintings, sculptures and furniture.  Other boards are tested for lifespan features aiming to promote new cleaner surfboard construction materials and method

read more at rerip

On screen, Dick Van Dyke has been rescued from untimely death by flying cars and magical nannies. Off screen, the veteran star of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins had to rely on the help of a pod of porpoises after apparently dozing off aboard his surfboard. “I’m not kidding,” he said afterwards.

see video of interview (fast forward to 9 mins in)

Van Dyke’s ordeal began during an ill-fated trip to his local beach. “I woke up out of sight of land,” the 84-year-old actor told reporters. “I started paddling with the swells and I started seeing fins swimming around me and I thought ‘I’m dead!'”

Van Dyke was wrong. “They turned out to be porpoises,” he said. “And they pushed me all the way to shore.” The porpoises were unavailable for comment.

Van Dyke made his screen debut on the Phil Silvers Show before bagging his own TV sitcom in 1961. His film credits include Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Dick Tracy, while his TV drama Diagnosis: Murder ran from 1993 to 2001. In recent years he has appeared on screen in Night at the Museum and its 2009 sequel.

read original at guardian.co.uk