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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

PSA Ocean Film Festival World Tour Santa Cruz

Quench your thirst for all things ocean related at the 2022 Ocean Film Festival World Tour. This sublime collection of short ocean themed films will take you to the depths of the ocean, up close with tiger sharks and sea lions and surfing the monster waves of Nazaré in Portugal.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Blue Innovation: Bay of Life - From Wind to Whales

In their new book Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales, we see and feel the powerful influences shaped by the Pacific Ocean from condors feeding on beached whales to tiny seabirds nesting in the towering redwoods of the Monterey Bay.

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Blue Innovation: CalWave Blue Energy

At Blue Innovation 2022, CalWave will demonstrate xWave™: a platform that transforms the motion of ocean waves into electricity, and eventually clean water from desalination.

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Blue Innovation: Water's Extreme Journey

Water’s Extreme Journey, a new exhibit opening in September at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, features a maze and interactive activities highlighting the challenges of keeping our water clean.

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Malina Long Malina Long

The Best Go-to-Market Strategies for Early Stage Startups

What strategies, systems, tools and skills will it take to engage and acquire your early adopter customers, and set the state to scale revenue growth? Kenan shows startups how to get their go-to-market strategy together to reach their goals.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Blue Innovation: MERGE4 Adorns Sea Walls & Socks

MERGE4 is proud to have a 5 of their local collaborators involved in the Sea Walls Santa Cruz project. From September 13th through the 18th the Sea Walls Santa Cruz project lead by MERGE4 collaborator Taylor Reinhold

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Blue Innovation: Save Our Shores

An interview with Save Our Shores Executive Director Erica Donnelly-Greenan about what makes her uniquely qualified to lead Save Our Shores into the future.

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