jack ekstorm as been surfing california beaches for over 60 years. he\u2019s lived on a beautiful ocean bluff since he bought his house 1965 for just $19,000.<\/p>\n
\u201ci built my dream home here. and i didn\u2019t build it for speculation or anything,\u201d ekstorm said. \u201ci just built it for me and my wife, our dream.\u201d<\/p>\n
but homeowners like jack\u2019s neighbors worry about erosion. and they\u2019ve been building concrete walls on public land to keep their homes from falling into the ocean. surf rider foundation activist jim jaffee says this fight against mother nature will be catastrophic for beaches.<\/p>\n
\u201csea walls will eventually cause this beach to flood. we\u2019re in a state of rising sea level. and if you fix the back of the beach with concrete in the face of the rising sea you\u2019ll wind up with water against concrete.\u201d<\/p>\n
in this edition of assignment earth we take a look at the conflict to save oceanfront homes and the very beaches they overlook.<\/p>\n
assignment earth features compelling video reports from the front lines of major environmental news stories across the globe. these reports are brought to you by the environment news trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
jack ekstorm as been surfing california beaches for over 60 years. he\u2019s lived on a beautiful ocean bluff since he bought his house 1965 for just $19,000. \u201ci built my dream home here. and i didn\u2019t build it for speculation or anything,\u201d ekstorm said. \u201ci just built it for me and my wife, our dream.\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4905,4899],"tags":[985],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-14261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adaptation","category-policy","tag-adaptation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n