Ban the Bag
Another victory: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/19/mexico.plastic.bag.ban/
Until the Manhattan Island Swim Marathon
Jen Schumacher is a graduate student at Cal State Fullerton working towards her Masters in Kinesiology with an emphasis on sport psychology. She is an avid open water swimmer and crossed the 21-mile stretch of the Catalina Channel in August 2009. She is now training to swim in the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, a current-assisted 28.5-mile race around the island in New York on June 12, 2010.
Jen dedicates her training and marathon swims to the Surfrider's Rise Above Plastics campaign, a nationwide initiative to reduce plastic consumption and subsequent littering of our beaches and oceans.
Most Recent Blog Entries
Kauai To Niihau
Yesterday, Quinn Carver, Bill Goding, Brian Denaro, and I became the 5th-8th people to swim from Kauai to Niihau. Jeff Kozlovich paddled the entire distance with us as well.
Hawaii Swim Live!
Jen is about to embark on her swim between the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai and Niihau within the next hour.
Hawaii Update
Hello from Kauai! My family and I have arrived at Kauai and are loving it here! So far the vacation is going wonderful, and today I’m doing the final preparations for my big Hawaiian swim tomorrow.
Paper or Plastic? Neither Please!
As San Francisco seeks to expand it’s plastic bag ban, the Govenator has taken notice and supports a state-wide ban on the disposable, non-biodegradable bags that contribute so extensively to our pollution problems, both on land and at sea: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/san-francisco-moves-expand-plastic-bag-ban-california-may-follow.html…
The Bolsa Chica Zoo
On Sunday I met two CSUF professors, Lenny Wiersma and Clay Sherman, at Bolsa Chica for a swim. The two professors were there to surf, but not before a quick swim/kayak.
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