Media Appearances

2024

Oceanside eBike Ordinance

March 19, 2024

• E-bike and ‘mobility device’ regulations, education program approved for Oceanside (SD Union Tribune)
• Oceanside revises code to cover e-bikes, mobility devices (Coast News)

La Mesa Plastics Ordinance

Jan 31, 2024

• City of La Mesa considers ordinances limiting use of single-use plastics (Fox 5 San Diego)
• City of La Mesa considers ordinances limiting use of single-use plastics (Yahoo! News via Fox 5)
• La Mesa takes 'first' step to cut single-use plastic (CBS 8 San Diego)
• La Mesa moves forward with plan to create single-use plastic ban ordinance (SD Union Tribune)

RE:BEACH Oceanside

Jan 31, 2024

• Oceanside City Council approves sand restoration pilot project (Coast News)
• Oceanside approves plan to build artificial headlands to restore and retain beach sand (SD Union Tribune)
• City Report: Oceanside beach sand plan gets green light, but concerns persist (North Coast Current)

2023

Oceanside seawalls

Oct-Dec 25, 2023

• Reconstruction of two Oceanside beach revetments approved by state (SD Union Tribune)
• Coastal Commission orders private stairs removed from Oceanside seawall (SD Union Tribune)
• Nine illegal private beach stairways to be removed in Oceanside (Coast News)
• California Coastal Commission green lights Oceanside seawall repair with conditions (KPBS)

RE:BEACH Oceanside

Oct 10, 2023

• Studies challenge established views on sand migration along San Diego County coast (Encinitas Advocate)
• Studies challenge established views on sand migration along San Diego County coast (SD Union Tribune)
• Studies challenge established views on sand migration along San Diego County coast (Del Mar Times)

Oceanside Plastics Ordinance

Aug 23, 2023

• Oceanside city council approves single-use plastic ban (FOX 5 San Diego)
• Oceanside Styrofoam ban goes into effect next summer (Coast News)
• Oceanside City Council passes ban on single-use plastic bags, Styrofoam products (CBS8 San Diego)
• Oceanside City Council to consider ban on styrofoam, single-use plastic (CBS8 San Diego)

Beacons Beach Parking Lot Relocation

June 30, 2023

• Encinitas Council denies appeal of Beacon’s Beach parking lot project (SD Union Tribune)

Carlsbad Blvd Coastal Adaptation

June 21, 2023

• Roundabouts ahead for three coastal Carlsbad intersections (SD Union Tribune)

Oceanside Plastics Ordinance

May 3, 2023

• Oceanside takes big step toward banning single-use plastic, foam products (FOX5 San Diego)
• Oceanside bans Styrofoam containers (Coast News, not quoted but pitched story)

Encinitas public smoking ban

feb 15, 2023

• Encinitas expands existing outdoor smoking ban to include nearly all public spaces (FOX 5 San Diego)
• Encinitas moves to expand city's smoking ban ordinance (ABC 10 San Diego)
• Encinitas City Council expands smoking ban to cover sidewalks and parked vehicles (KUSI News)
• Encinitas Bans Smoking Cigarettes, Vapes and Pot on Sidewalks and in Parked Cars (NBC 7 San Diego)

Oceanside "road diet" DESIGN STUDY approved

Jan 28, 2023

• Oceanside plans roundabouts, bike lanes and pedestrian crossings for Coast Highway (SD Union Tribune)

2022

City of san diego polystyrene foam ban

Nov 15, 2022

• San Diego is the latest California city to ban single-use plastics (KPBS San Diego)
• San Diego votes to ban Styrofoam beginning in 2023 (FOX 5 San Diego)
• City Council bans styrofoam again (sdnews.com)
• San Diego City Council Bans Styrofoam Products Effective April 2023 (Time of San Diego)
• All Single-Use Foam Food Products Will Be Banned in San Diego by 2023 (NBC 7 San Diego)
• San Diego City Council approves ordinance that bans Styrofoam products (ABC 10 San Diego)
• All Single-Use Foam Food Products Will Be Banned in San Diego by 2023 (Waste Advantage)

the problem with disposable masks

Nov 14, 2022

• Do disposable facemasks ever break down? (CBS 8 San Diego)

Cigarette Butts, the world's most littered item

AUG 18, 2022

• Cigarette butts: how the no 1 most littered objects are choking our coasts (The Guardian)

hold producers responsible for cigarette butt pollution

July 11, 2022

• Ocean of microplastics | How cigarette butts are our oceans biggest pollution (CBS 8 San Diego)

PLASTIC BAGS AND SURFING

July 6, 2022

• What's the Connection Between Surfing, Student Loans, and Grocery Bags? (NBC LX)

Skip the stuff goes into effect, Statewide

June 16, 2022

• California has new restrictions on straws and ketchup packets – but is anyone enforcing it? (FOX40 Sacramento)

Skip the stuff goes into effect, Statewide

June 16, 2022

• California has new restrictions on straws and ketchup packets – but is anyone enforcing it? (FOX40 Sacramento)

Skip the stuff goes into effect

May 31, 2022

• New Carlsbad rules aim to reduce plastic pollution (FOX5 San Diego)

CARLSBAD - BOTTLES AND BAGS AND BALLOONS, OH MY!

May 10, 2022

• Carlsbad cracks down on single-use plastics, balloons (FOX5 San Diego)
• City of Carlsbad pass ordinances striving to help keep environment clean (CBS8 San Diego)

Surfrider Appeals Seawall Approval

May 9, 2022

• Surfrider appeals Oceanside’s approval of beachfront rock seawall (SD Union Tribune)

OB Pier Needs Fishing line recycling receptacles

May 9, 2022

• San Diego woman aiming to trash problem of leftover fishing line on OB Pier (CBS 8 San Diego)

Environmental Justice Bike Tour at the Border

May 7, 2022

• Wheels on the Watershed highlights environmental issues at the border (admittedely just a cameo! CBS8 San Diego)

Cleaning up san diego

May 4, 2022

• San Diego looks to break bad trash habits as climate fight looms (FOX5 San Diego)

Beacon's beach bluff collapse

May 2, 2022

• Landslide shuts down controversial switchback trail at Beacon's Beach in Encinitas (KPBS)
• Landslide reactivated at Beacon’s Beach years after warnings from scientists (CBS 8 San Diego)

STORMWATER RUNOFF SUCKS FOR EVERYONE

April 27, 2022

• San Diego County to seek out federal money for stormwater improvements (ABC10 San Diego)

Mythbusting the bottled water Industry's Cherry-Picked Data

April 27, 2022

• False: No, it doesn’t take gallons of water to make one gallon of purified, drinking water (CBS 8 San Diego)

TALKING TRASH DURING EARTH WEEk

April 21, 2022

• Surfrider Foundation continues to fight to reduce plastic pollution in our oceans (CBS8 San Diego)

STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, NORTH COUNTY

March 14, 2022

• Decades of flooding in Leucadia raise drainage, legal questions (Coast News)

2021

Orange county oil spill

Nov 8, 2021

• New app helping with cleanup after oil spill makes its way to San Diego (Spectrum News)

paddle for clean water

oct 3, 2021

• Day after oil spill, paddle around ocean beach pushes for clean water (SDUT)
• Day after oil spill, paddle around ocean beach pushes for clean water (PL-OB Monthly)
• Surfrider summons beach lovers of paddle around ocean beach pier (OB Rag)

Feelanthrope Podcast

Sep 21, 2021

• Mitch Silverstein on critical thinking, keeping it real, and looking beyond our differences

San Marcos Community Cleanup/Plastic Ordincnce Campaign

Sep 9, 2021

• San Marcos councilmember leads citywide cleanup, food drive (Coast News)

San Diego Union Tribune Namedrop Podcast

Aug 15, 2021

• ‘Scrappy environmental activist’ and Surfrider manager Mitch Silverstein protects San Diego beaches

Cig Butt Waste - Hiding in Plain Sight

Sep 21, 2021

• Produced by Paul Hage MFA, Roswell Park Cancer Center in Buffalo, NY. Video interview from August 2019 re: butt pollution

A Look into Surfrider and single-use plastics

12 Aug 2021

• Sick video edit by Samantha B, who captures and distills the secret sauce that flavors our beach cleanups with the sweet taste of policy victory

Annual Beach Cleanup Report

21 July 2021

• The most common item found on beaches? Plastic cigarette butts (SDUT)
• What was most common item found on beaches? It wasn’t plastic (Del Mar Times)
• Cigarette butts, plastics top list of pollutants on California beaches (Border Report)

july 5 "morning after" cleanup series

5 July 2021

• Surfrider volunteers remove 1,457 pounds of trash from San Diego beaches (Coast News)
• Volunteers Pick up Half-Ton of Trash at Surfrider Beach Cleanups Following Holiday Weekend (NBC7 SD)
• Surfrider SD Seeking Volunteers for Post-4th of July Beach Cleanup (Times of SD)
• OB’s Dog Beach ‘Wins’ Morning After Clean-Up With Most Trash (OB Rag)
• Volunteers help clean up San Diego beaches after Fourth of July celebrations (CBS8)
• Volunteers Remove 1,457 Pounds Of Trash From San Diego Beaches (Patch.com)
• Surfrider San Diego Hosts Beach Cleanups Across County Following Holiday Weekend (KPBS)
• Volunteers clean up 1,457 pounds of trash from San Diego beaches (Audacy)
• Group urges beachgoers to avoid littering on ‘dirtiest beach day of the year’ (FOX 5)
• Volunteers Sought For Post-4th Of July Moonlight Beach Cleanup (Patch.com)
• Surfrider seeking volunteers for post-4th of July beach cleanup (Coast News)

International Surfing Day x juneteenth

19 June 2021

• ‘The beach belongs to everyone’: Local organizations celebrate Juneteenth and International Surf Day together (La Jolla Light)
• Surfrider seeks volunteers for beach cleanup strike teams (SD NEWS)

Strike team cleanups

3 Mar 2021

• Surfrider seeks volunteers for beach cleanup strike teams (SD NEWS)
• Surfrider seeks volunteers for beach cleanup strike teams (SD NEWS)

2020

Annual Art Gala goes virtual

19 Nov 2020

• Surfrider’s Annual Art Gala & Auction fundraiser is online

PPE Pollution

11 Sep 2020

• Organizations worldwide collecting data on PPE pollution (KXLH 9)
• Organizations worldwide collecting data on PPE pollution (ABC 7 Denver)

Impact of Coronavirus on Plastic Pollution

2 July 2020

• Silverstein joined Midday Edition on Thursday to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on plastic pollution (KPBS)
• How The Coronavirus Has Impacted Plastic Pollution (KPBS)

Making Waves with Mitch Silverstein

17 June 2020

* recorded 19 Nov 2019

• Making Waves with Mitch Silverstein - Life to the Max Podcast Ep. #22
• Episode #22: Making Waves with Mitch Silverstein (completehuman.com)

2019 Beach Cleanup Report

15 Jan 2020

• Surfrider’s Beach Cleanup Report for San Diego County 2019 (OB Rag)
• San Diego Coastkeeper launches social media campaign to clean up region’s beaches (SDUT)

Beach Cleanup Press conference for Statewide Plastics Bills

4 Jan 2020

• Rally in Ocean Beach calls for statewide plastic pollution reduction plan (PL-OB Monthly)
• Local leaders to rally in Ocean Beach to reduce plastic pollution (SD News)
• Join Surfrider at Ocean Beach Rally, Press Conference and Clean-Up for a Zero Waste Calif. – Sat., Jan.4 (OB Rag)

2019

paddle for clean water

6 Oct 2019

• Ocean Beach Paddle Out To Focus On Clean Ocean Water (KPBS)
• Paddle for Clean Water in Ocean Beach makes waves for local activism (SD News)
• Paddle for Clean Water – OB Pier – Sunday, Oct.6 (OB Rag)
• Surfrider San Diego hosts 28th annual Paddle for Clean Water in Ocean Beach (CBS 8)

Surfrider Feature on Oceanside Spectrum

2 Oct 2019

• Mitch Silverstein and Laura Walsh from the Surfrider Foundation of San Diego talk about their efforts to keep our ocean and beaches clean and protected (KOCT)

Projects for Wildlife Podcast

10 Sep 2019

* recorded 8 March 2019

• Episode 037 - Mitch Silverstein from Surfrider San Diego Chapter Shares How He Found His Tribe

International Surfing Day

6 Oct 2019

• Multiple TV interviews in Google Drive folder (CBS 8, ABC 10)

July 5 Morning After Mess Cleanups

July 5, 2019

• Post-holiday clean-up clears 3,916 pounds of trash July 5 (Coast News)

2018

July 5 Morning After Mess Cleanups

July 5, 2018

• Hundreds turn out for post-Fourth of July beach cleanup — most volunteers but some working off holiday infractions (SDUT)
• Beach cleanups gather more than 1,493 pounds of trash (Coast News)
• Volunteers pitch in to clean 1,493 pounds of trash from San Diego beaches (Waste Today)
• 8,000 Cig Butts Among 1,493 Pounds of Trash Plucked from San Diego Beaches (Times of SD)
• San Diego Surfrider volunteers remove nearly 1,500 pounds of trash after July 4

Tijuana River Valley Too Polluted for Campground

3 July 2018

• Surfrider says county’s Tijuana River Valley Regional Park ‘too dirty’ for planned campground (SDUT)
• Surfrider says county's Tijuana River Valley Regional Park 'too dirty' for planned campground (Morning Call)
• Surfrider says county's Tijuana River Valley Regional Park 'too dirty' for planned campground (Chicage Tribune)
• Surfrider says county's Tijuana River Valley Regional Park 'too dirty' for planned campground (Baltimore Sun))

2016

Prop 67 California Bag Ban

2 Nov 2016

• The Battle Against Plastic Bags in California; A Brief History (SD Free Press)
• California Proposition 65, Dedication of Revenue from Disposable Bag Sales to Wildlife Conservation Fund (Ballotpedia)

Encinitas Bans Styrofoam

5 Nov 2016

• Encinitas bans Styrofoam food containers (SDUT)
• Encinitas passes polystyrene ban (Coast News)
• California Proposition 65, Dedication of Revenue from Disposable Bag Sales to Wildlife Conservation Fund (Ballotpedia)

Del Mar Bag Ban

18 Feb 2016

• Del Mar moves forward with bag ban (Coast News)

2015

Earth Fair Quote re: Vegetarianism

19 April 2015

• Food for thought served up at EarthFair (SDUT)