STGSB (Save The Great South Bay) is a local environmental movement on Long Island that formed in 2012 and has grown rapidly through social networking. The group launched a Facebook page and group to raise awareness about environmental issues impacting the Great South Bay, and also created a website that received over 14,000 hits in its first month. STGSB's goal is to bring scientific information about the bay's ecology to the public and win debates about environmental policy by making the science accessible to all. The group works with several local scientific organizations and aims to model potential impacts to prepare for future decisions about the bay.

1. Saving All The Bays
How Social Networking Can Spur
Local Environmental Movements
Everywhere

2. Save The Great South Bay
Formed August 2012 at a Sayville HS Reunion – A Local Movement

3. What Happened To Our Bay?

4. STGSB Grows Rapidly on Facebook As
A Local Green Movement
• STGSB Facebook Page Group Launched
– 3600+ Likes on FB Page facebook.com/SaveTheGSB (May 1st)
– 550+ in group at facebook.com/groups/savethegreatsouthbay (May 1st)

5. www.savethegreatsouthbay.org
Launched 4/15/13 – 14,000 hits for April

6. STGSB’s Goal: Bring The Science To The Public
Baymen, Fishermen, Boaters, and MARINE BIOLOGISTS From:
1. The Nature Conservancy
2. CRESLI (The Coastal Research and Education Society of LI)
3. The Peconic Bay Keeper
4. Operation Splash
5. The Citizen’s Coalition For the Environment
6. SOMAS (Stony Brook School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
‘Science Over Politics in Environmental Policy’ – See The New Inlet / The Breach

7. Winning The Public Debate With Content – 20,000 Hits

8. Winning The Public Debate: Making The Science Accessible

9. Osprey at The New Inlet

10. Seal at The New Inlet

11. Piping Plover at The New Inlet

12. Preparing For The Future – Modeling It For People

13. Thank You and Questions