Mark Spalding
In advance of my most recent trip to Mexico, I had the good fortune to participate with other ocean-minded colleagues, including TOF Board member Samantha Campbell, in an “Ocean Big Think” solutions brainstorming workshop at the X-Prize Foundation in Los Angeles. Many good things happened that day but one of them was the encouragement by our facilitators to focus on those solutions that touch the most ocean threats, rather than address a single problem.
This blog originally appeared on The Ocean Project’s website.
World Oceans Day helps you make a difference in your life, community, and world by taking action to protect our ocean—for present and future generations. Despite the huge challenges facing the world’s ocean, by working together we can achieve a healthy ocean that provides for the billions of humans, plants and animals which depend on it every day.
By Ben Scheelk, Program Associate, The Ocean Foundation
Volunteering with SEE Turtles in Costa Rica – Part II
By Angel Braestrup, Chair, Board of Advisors, The Ocean Foundation
We’ve all seen the pictures and videos. Some of us have even witnessed it firsthand. A big storm pushes water ahead of it as it churns its way up the coast, the strong winds making the water pile up on itself until it hits the shore and then it rolls inward, depending on how fast the storm has been moving, how long the strong winds have been pushing the water, and the geography (and geometry) of where and how it hits the coast.
Every friend of the ocean is important, of course, and so are the donations they make. And sometimes, we get a donation that is accompanied by a note that makes it clear that some of the gifts we receive are particularly important to the giver. This past year was no exception—the mailman delivered dozens of heartfelt messages about the ocean and its future from people who took the time to share the why of their giving.
June 8 was World Oceans Day, the President declared June to be National Oceans Month and many seem to have decided that is should be a global effort, deeming June World Oceans Month. I certainly feel that I have been immersed in ocean events and am excited to keep the momentum going.