Episode #36: A Talk Story w/ Surfrider Foundation's Doorae Shin

Smart Living Hawaii

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Surfrider’s Doorae Shin, the Coordinator for our Oahu Chapter. We will learn about the Surfrider Foundation, their passion projects, updates on the plastics ban here on Oahu, the Ocean Friendly Restaurant Initiative, a new pilot program called Full Cycle Takeout and whatever else we can squeeze in under an hour!

The Surfrider Foundation, founded in 1984 is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through a powerful activist network. The Surfrider Foundation is a largely volunteer-run organization. Nationwide, there are 80 local chapters doing the grassroots work along with 100 youth clubs.

Doorae Shin is currently the Coordinator for Oahu’s Chapter and she previously served as the Program Manager for the Plastic Free Hawaii program of the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, and she started her career as a college activist at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. As a student, she led a successful campaign to ban Styrofoam from food establishments on campus and acted as the first ever Student Sustainability Coordinator in the UH Office of Sustainability.

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Website: oahu.surfrider.org

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Address: PO Box 283092 Honolulu HI 96828

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