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  • The Marine Corner - Seymour Samoid Society. This is a Marine Site of information and marine products.
  • Ocean Studies Board - The Ocean Studies Board is a non-profit organization working with sustainable development issues related to the marine environment.
  • Ocean Voice International - Ocean Voice International, a non-profit NGO, works towards harmony between people, marine life and environment, through education, training, research, and partnerships.

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.