Sea•thos Foundation

This Thursday November 17th, 2011 the Patagonia store on Main St. in Santa Monica will be hosting movie night and you’re invited! They will be showing 2 films starting at 7:30pm :

“Rio Breaks”

Rio Breaks tells the story of two best friends, Fabio and Naama, who live amid the squalor of a Rio de Janeiro favela but find solace in the slum’s precarious but vibrant surf club.They find a way to navigate between life in the slums and surfing on their favorite beach. What will happen to these best friends? Will their friendship
survive the pressures of life in the favela? Can surfing offer a way out and the possibility of a better life?

“Desert River”
Every spring in Haines, Alaska, a river bulges and rages towards the sea, fed by the thawing of a massive mountain snowpack. These same mountains fuel the hunger of those willing to test their skills against the desolate white beauty of Alaska’s high desert– giving life to river and skier alike.

Hope to see you there!

ATTENTION all westside dwellers its time to show our beach and ocean some TLC!!!

Sea•thos and the Merman Aqua Army will once again join forces to conquer beach trash. During the last beach cleanup we collected about 100 pounds of garbage!

We will be meeting next Thursday, November 10th, on top of the venice pier (at the end of Washington Blvd) at 4:30pm. Bags, gloves and good vibes will be provided. RSVP ‘attending’ on the facebook invite. Don’t be shy to bring your friends, family, teachers  and love interests to join in on the fun. Sea•thos will be giving away a tote to the person who collects the most trash. We hope to see all of you there 

This past Thursday Sea•thos hosted an exclusive photo exposé and book signing with renowned surf photographers Art Brewer and Tom Servais. The event was to promote awareness of the human impact on the world’s ocean. All proceeds from the book sales and prints were generously donated to benefit the Sea•thos foundation. The event was a tremendous success and the money raise will help fund Sea•thos’ ocean awareness educational programs.

Don’t panic if you missed the event! The limited edition prints will remain on display at our headquarters for the next few weeks. Please send us an email to schedule a viewing! We want thank Quicksilver for generously donating limited edition Sea•thos t-shirts and hats for our guests. Thanks to everyone who came out to show their support for Sea•thos and giving the ocean a voice! Click here to see more photos from the event!

This past Thursday the Sea•thos crew joined forces with the merman aqua army and other Venice Beach locals for an afternoon beach cleanup. We collected about 100 pounds of trash within the span of an hour. We were saddened by the amount of trash we found on our shores.

An alarming amount of plastic debris such as straws, bags, and wrappers were collected. Cigarette butts were also very predominant. Plastic can take up to a thousand years to degrade and cigarette butts up to 10 years! As we are all aware of by now, plastic pollution effects not only the health of our oceans but ultimately ours as well. We encourage all of you to take action in protecting our most valuable resource: OUR OCEAN.

Here are a few things you can do to save our oceans:

1) Educate yourself and others on the current state of our oceans

2) Take our plastic ban pledge and encourage others to do the same

* Limit the amount of plastic products you consume

3) If you live by the ocean, organize your own beach cleanups and encourage your community to join in

4) Enjoy the beach but be sure to clean up after yourselves!!

PSSST… all you Venice Beach residents, our beach REALLY REALLY NEEDS a good clean-up! Thankfully the local Merman Aqua Army is coming to the rescue by hosting a beach clean-up this coming Thursday, October 13th, 2011 starting at 4:30 pm. We will be meeting at The Mollusk Surf Shop (1600 Pacific Ave) where bags, gloves, and good vibes will be provided. The group will then head down to the breakwater to get trashy! Invite your friends to join in on the fun. Sea•thos will be giving away a tote to the person who collects the most trash. We hope to see all of you there