surfriders foundation vs clean up your beach by yourself

surfriders foundation is a good thing without any question, but I recently had to watch members of the surfriders foundation with large stickers put on their trucks cruising all the way to the beach. Wasting the air, throwing cigarettes in the sand or the water, etc. I think some guys only us the donation to surfriders foundation as an alibi to make themselves comfortable. There is something going pretty much in the wrong direction or don´t you think so?

cheers clemens

I agree totally - much more care needed - the whole drive nowadays is however towards messing up the environment - as long as you enjoy yourself who cares - I’m talking littering, Jetskis and riding motorbikes in sensitive environments. Why is it that surfers get involved in all this - is it coz they just don’t think?

These type of organizations are usually nothing more than a springboard for a few to get a name for themselves. There always must be an enemy with these type of clubs (the govt. lifeguards, developers, other organizations) and many times the enemy becomes whoever is not part of the club. Individual action is always better and example rather than talk.