SOS History
SOS MISSION STATEMENT
To preserve, protect, and restore the world’s oceans for future generations through education and research.
SOS History
15 years of Spirit & Commitment
SOS Conception (Hurricane Iniki): September 11, 1992
SOS Formed: January -1993
TransPac Yacht Race -Open Ocean Recycling Program/ Marine Pollution Survey: July 1993 & July 2003
Governor Cayetano Proclaims “SOS Hawaii Oceans Day”: June 8, 1995
Hawaiian Ocean Film Festival (HOFF): 1994 – 1999, 2003
Video Production - State-wide Community TV: 1995 - 2005
International Clean Oceans Conference Princeville Resort: 1996, 1997, 1998 (Maui) & 2007 10 year Anniversary Reef Check
Clean Ocean Fest, Hanalei Bay & Princeville Resort: 2004, 2005
Ocean Pulse (Marine Education) Kula High School: 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Reef Check (first ever), Hanalei Bay, Princeville Resort: June 11, 1997
North Shore Coral Reef Surveys: 1997-2004
Limahuli Gardens “Ahupua’a Project”: 1998-1999, 2003 -2006
Award Winning Website
Ke’e Lagoon and Reef Flat Baseline Study: 1999
Ocean Pulse, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: 2002-2004
Ocean Pulse MBTA (Myron B. Thompson Academy): 2003-2004
Ocean Pulse @ Sea (community drug-free boating trips): 2003-2006
SOS 10 year Anniversary Benefit: October 24, 2003
Summer @ Sea Student adventures and education: Summer 2004, 2005, 2006“
SOS Current Projects
SOS Multimedia Productions.
Ocean Pulse, Kula High, Intermediate and Elementary
Ocean Pulse: Terry Lilley community presentations, CA
Improving sustainable island and coastal management visions through improved environmental education programs and teacher trainings - Kaua’i DOE
Kaua’i Marine Awareness Project: Marine Education Signage @ high traffic areas and hotels
OP@Sea: Whale & Sail ~ Marine Mammal (humpback whale) Curriculum to local schools and research boating trips with Capt. Andy’s!
Educational Slide shows with Reef Guides Hawaii. Ka Eo Kai and Pono Kai
Clean Ocean Conference Hanalei Bay & Princeville Resort: TBA
SOS MARE (Sustainable Ocean Studies - Marine Awareness Reef Education) Center
SOS Future Projects
Community Marine Monitoring Training
Aquaculture Project with local Schools
Touch the Sea: Blind and disabled student hands-on marine excursions.
Drug Free @ Sea: Navigators Team: Drug Prevention and rehab: Hawaii and Southern CA
Haven @ Sea: Navigators Team: Homeless Youth and Drug prevention program
Nationally broadcast HDV Television Show
HISTORY OF "SAVE OUR SEAS"
A 501(c) (3) tax exempt organization
Save Our Seas was established as a result of Hurricane Iniki, which devastated the Island of Kauai on September 11, 1992. A core group from Kauai got together and discussed the fragility of our island (and our planet), and how easy it is to suffer irreparable loss of our resources if we fail to take personal responsibility for their health and well-being. Everything we formerly had taken for granted (our forests, beaches, wildlife, coral reefs, and pristine ocean waters) had been destroyed before our eyes within several hours. We decided then that we would dedicate our life's work to preserving, protecting, and restoring the one resource that meant the most to each of us, the world's oceans. We pledge to serve the planet earth and its oceans.
Our original board of directors were: Carl Stepath, educator, entrepreneur, businessman and sailor; Teresa Tico, windsurfer and attorney; Bob Grinpas, windsurfer, attorney and owner of Island Tropicals; Esti Grinpas, windsurfer and co-owner of Island Tropicals; and Nicholas Barran, computer programmer and yacht racer. Carl Stepath sailed to Hawaii in 1975, owned and operated Nawiliwili Marine and Sailboards Kauai for many years before building his own energy efficient home in Ha'ena. Teresa Tico, a Kauai attorney, has competed in bodysurfing, yacht racing, and windsurfing events in the Hawaiian Islands. Nicholas Barran, originally from England and now living on the West Coast, is a yacht racer and computer programmer. Each of them, like the current board members, is committed to promoting, protecting and preserving the quality of our living oceans.
WEBSITE
Our award-winning site has been around since the inception of the internet boom. It has educated and attracted people from all over the world as evidenced by our numerous email and "snail" mail inquiries. It is constantly updated. We welcome your inquiry.
“The future of the world ocean lies in our hands.”
