Recently, Greg Long partnered with the non-profit organization Sustainable Surf to promote their initiative on how to live a Deep Blue Life. A couple weeks back, fellow ambassador Alex Gray introduced him in front of a packed house before he shared the ups and downs of his life, including his terrifying three-wave hold down at the famed Cortes Bank. To the Edge and Back, a Big Wave Journey: An Evening with Greg Long brought attention to the changes everyone needs to make in order to ensure the survival of the ocean we love.
While we may not have a video of that particular speech, here is an edit (top) shining a light onto his involvement with the effort to protect our oceans and coastlines. Additionally, below is a micro-documentary on the founders.
How are they doing it? 6 ways:
1. Personal Health: Focused on better food choices (including local, organic, non-GMO) you can make, daily exercise doing something you love, and cultivating a positive daily state of mind.
2. Waste Management: Use of the 4 R’s — Refusing, Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling— to limit the negative impacts of your larger consumer product choices (clothing, surfboards, electronics, vehicles) and to boost the positive impacts of your daily purchasing power for sustainable food & drink options.
3. Renewable Energy: Sourcing low carbon, renewable energy technology like solar, wind, wave, and bio-fuels to power your daily lifestyle.
4. Cleaner Transportation: Better options include bikes, skateboards, ride sharing, public transport and hybrid or electric vehicles.
5. Community Outreach: Getting personally involved with local and global environmental/social groups who care about what you do – and volunteer your time.
6. Climate Impact: Reduce whatever you can, but then “offset” the climate impacts you can’t completely minimize – like plane & vehicle travel and use of electrical energy, which produce lots CO2 gas emissions that are the largest drivers of rapid ocean acidification and sea level rise – with carbon credits from “certified” projects around the globe.
To learn more about Sustainable Surf and what you can do to help head over to their site here.
