David Carson
Is an American graphic designer, best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. Carson is almost universally acknowledged as the greatest and certainly the most influential graphic designer of the nineties. His widely imitated aesthetic has informed and inspired many.
Carl Safina
Explores how the ocean is changing, and what those changes mean for wildlife and for people. In the 1990s he helped lead campaigns to ban high-seas driftnets, re-write US federal fisheries law, work toward international conservation of tunas, sharks and other fishes, and achieve passage of a UN global fisheries treaty. Safina is author of five books, and more than a hundred scientific and popular publications on ecology and oceans, including featured work in National Geographic and The New York Times. His first book, Song for the Blue Ocean, was chosen a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His second, Eye of the Albatross, won the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing and was chosen by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine as the year’s best book for communicating
science. http://www.ted.com/talks/carl_safina_the_oil_spill_s_unseen_culprits_victims.html
Booth-Clibborn
In the 1970s, Booth-Clibborn produced the Dewline Newsletter in collaboration with Marshall McLuhan and the art imprint Motif Editions which featured the work of young artists such as David Hockney, Michael English, and Allen Jones.Booth-Clibborn Editions – a highly-acclaimed arts publisher since 1974
Abrams Books
Is the preeminent American publisher of high-quality art and illustrated books. HNA also serves as distributor for publications of The Vendome Press, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Booth-Clibborn Editions, the Royal Academy of Arts, Tate Publishing, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Ecogeographer
Mapping plastic, plants and pathways.
Surfers Against Sewage
SAS began in 1990 when a group of surfers, tired of suffering from repeated ear, throat and gastric infections, decided to do something to stop the sewage pollution of their local Cornish surf breaks. They were swiftly joined by like-minded water-users from around the UK and created what has now become a highly successful national campaign.
The EdenProject
To promote the understanding and responsible management of the vital relationship between plants, people and resources leading to a sustainable future for all’.
The Surfrider Foundation
is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
is the UK’s national charity dedicated to the protection of the marine environment and its wildlife.
Seasidehistory
This site is all about the British Seaside Holiday. Across thewhole country from Bournemouth to Brighton; from Blackpool to Cornwall. There are sections about lidos, holiday camps, piers, hotels, camping, sun bathing and the history of the British Seaside Holiday.
Pam Longobardi
Photographer, painter, and installation artist Pam Longobardi’s work deals with the psychological relationship betweenhumans and nature. Her latest project Drifters documents the plastic marine debris of the North Pacific Gyre at its depositionsites on remote Hawaiian shores.
Homeblown
Surf Blanks and Foam Systems.We don’t take ourselves too seriously but we do take our product seriously.
Riseaboveplastics.org/
Dedicated to reducing dependency on plastic.
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