October 01, 2005
10/1 - Ocean Champions Endorses Marilyn Brewer for U.S. Congress in Southern California
While so many ocean conservationists slave away on the short-term treadmill of combatting small scale problems, Ocean Champions is working for large scale, long term solutions to the decline of the oceans by using something called "politics" to effect change. Politics is a strange phenomenon that, according to the 2003 study "Turning the Tides" funded by the Packard Foundation, tends to be rather confusing to ocean conservationists. Ocean Champions have organized the FIRST EVER political action committee solely for the oceans. Its run by two very sharp guys, Jack Sterne and Dave Wilmot, who have grasped that the power in our society resides in the political system, and the way you channel that power in the right direction (i.e. saving the oceans) is not by turning your nose up at the messiness of politics, but by rolling up your sleeves and diving in.
In their latest effort to support politicians who are strong on the oceans they have identified Marilyn Brewer who is running for U.S. House of Representatives in California's 48th District which includes Laguna Beach, Dana Point, and Newport Beach, home to some of the best surfing in California. The primary is on October 4. If you want to support the oceans, she's a good person to support.
How to effect real change: Vote for the right people