50 Ways to Save the Ocean
By David Helvarg and Jim Toomey
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David Helvarg
David Helvarg is the author of six books, including Rescue Warriors, 50 Ways to Save the Ocean, and Saved by the Sea. He is founder and executive director of Blue Frontier and cofounder of the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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50 Ways to Save the Ocean - David Helvarg
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1. Go to the Beach
Enjoy the sand and the water and leave it as clean or cleaner than you found it.
For many of us, our sense of wonder over our blue-marble planet began with a trip to the beach. These days, despite theme parks, shopping malls, and sports stadiums, going to the beach remains the number one outdoor recreational activity for all Americans, with some 68 million of us hitting the ocean sand every year. The hot sand, the iodine-flavored sea air, the thrill of cold waves on a hot day—or, conversely, warm, clear waters on a muggy afternoon—are what life is all about.
Boardwalks and umbrellas, French fries and hot dogs, gulls and beach blankets, surf music syncopated by the thump of the waves, body boards and skim boards, pelicans flying with their wingtips to the waves, sandpipers skittering along the wet sand at sunset—these familiar images and memories are to many of us the very definition of leisure and renewal.
When children explore tide pools, pick up and examine seashells along a golden shore, or build sand castles, they often discover a spark of wonder that may inspire their life directions, bringing them to science, architecture, engineering, or a range of other callings. Looking out over a vast and seemingly unknowable ocean, or looking through a face mask into a world of brightly colored fish and corals, can also begin a child’s transformation—the realization that each of us is part of something much larger than ourselves, something both mysterious and deeply attractive.
Mostly, though, beach time is about fun, family, friendship, and of course romance. The salty taste of the sea on our lips adds a tang of something sweet and special to long days whiled away without regret. Beach time is like living the good old days in the here and