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Currents = Movements we support and other favorite sites.

The Sea

SurfAid International: A non-profit humanitarian aid organization, is to improve the health of people living in isolated regions connected to us through surfing.

Surfers for Cetaceans: Calls on surfers everywhere to support the conservation and protection of whales and dolphins and other marine wildlife.

Kelly Slater Foundation: Founded in 2007 by nine time World Surfing Champion, Kelly Slater, the Foundation's mission is to raise money to benefit social and environmentally conscious charities important to Kelly.

Patagonia - Enviro Activism: We acknowledge that the wild world we love best is disappearing. That is why those of us who work here share a strong commitment to protecting undomesticated lands and waters.

Surf XTC: South Florida surf reports and cams.

Surfline: Number one surf site in the country maybe the world?

Our Food

Farm Forward: Farm Forward implements innovative strategies to promote conscientious food choices, reduce farm animal suffering, and advance sustainable agriculture.

Slow Food USA: Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment.

Sustainable Table: Sustainable Table's "Eat Local, Buy Local, Be Local" section is designed to help consumers learn what's happening in the local movement, and to better understand the concept of local food.

Tech Stuff

Mashable: Social Media news blog covering cool new websites and social networks: Facebook, Google, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube.

Wired: Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and ...

The Tao

Taoism: An amazing essay.
(1) Overview
(2) The Inner Nature
(3) Yin & Yang
(4) Wu-Wei

Personal Tao A great place to learn about the Tao
A Tao Translation A Great Translation

Tao Translations Compared Translations

The Tao Here's a Public Domain Translation

Good Stuff

Collaborative Consumption: Collaborative Consumption describes the rapid explosion in swapping, sharing, bartering, trading and renting being reinvented through the latest technologies and peer-to-peer marketplaces in ways and on a scale never possible before.

Zen Habits Simple wisdom.

Dudeism Dude!

Etsy: Hand made everything.

The Pioneer Woman: Food, Homeschooling, Photography, Life.

Warby Parker: Buy a pair of glasses - give a pair of glasses.

Toms Shoes: Buy a pair of shoes - give a pair of shoes.

TED: Ideas worth spreding, riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world.

Kiva: Empower people around the world with small $25 loans, get paid back and recyle the money over and over again.