Bob Evans of the Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences brought together ocean advocates Sylvia Earle and Jean-Michel Cousteau to talk about the state of the ocean and what we can do to make a difference. "The divers voice is an important voice " This conversation took place while the two were attending the Blue Ocean Film Festival in Monterrey, California August 2010. Uploaded on May 18, 2011

David Helvarg of the Blue Frontier Campaign discusses 50 Ways to Save the Ocean program designed to equip individuals with the tools to make a difference for our oceans. We are looking to use this tool to inspire the next wave of ocean activists by bringing it into classrooms using our teaching guides. We have recently completed a guide compiling already-existing lesson plans aimed at grades 9-12 that relate to the 50 Ways. This document is featured on National Geographic's Ocean Education's website.

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We are now working on original lesson plans for grades K-2. Funding for this program would enable us to complete the K-2 lesson plans, conduct outreach to educators and create opportunities for illustrator Jim Toomey (creator of theSherman's Lagoon cartoon strip) and author David Helvarg to present 50 Ways in educational settings.

Blue Frontier Campaign is a proven leader in building the solution-based constituency needed to protect our ocean, our coasts and the communities that depend upon them. We work to highlight the economic, environmental, recreational and spiritual benefits of healthy and abundant seas, understanding that the environment doesn't end at the shoreline and that if we school together, we can make a difference.

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As of Earth Day 2012, Whole Foods Market will no longer carry red-rated wild-caught fish in our seafood departments! It's our way of supporting our oceans and helping to reverse overfishing trends.

We give you the whole story on the wild-caught fish we sell. Wild-caught seafood from fisheries certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is the top choice for sustainability and we offer the widest selection available.Published on Mar 30, 2012

For more seafood sustainability basics by Whole Foods.

Uploaded on Dec 31, 2008 it is a copy of the Dateline story on Julia, visiting her in the tree, twenty stories up, that she climbed and stayed in to protect a Northern California Redwood forest -  an old growth forest.  She had been in the tree 14 months at the time of this story.

Jean-Pierre Quignard, professor in Ichtyology, tells us about the consequences of warming waters in the Mediteranean sea.
He says:'What solutions can we find to the modifications brought about by climate change in the Mediterranean? I am a researcher, I study fish and in this field, I see no solution.'

Uploaded on Dec 17, 2009 A GoodPlanet Foundation project, based on an initiative, 7Billion Others, by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and supported by BNP Paribas.

Plasltic doesn't decompose but breaks into fragments. 46,000 per square Km of plastics across all the seas.  What is killing our birds and how does this effect us? Published by the GoodPlanet Foundation, a non-profit organization set up by Yann Arthus-Bertrand in 2005, seeks to educate the public and raise awareness of environmental protection. In 2005 it was recognized as a public-interest foundation, enabling it to put its activities on a long-term footing.

The GoodPlanet Foundation advocates a lifestyle respectful of the Earth and its inhabitants.

Oceans are silently choking on our plastic waste. Plastic and synthetic materials are the most common types of debris in our oceans and are having horrific impacts on marine wildlife and systems. As an island continent "girt by sea" marine debris is of particular importance for Australia. Creatures get entangled in plastics and drown and ingested concentrated toxins from plastics pose a threat to the health of the food chain. Plastics also transport and introduce species into new environments. Anja Taylor catches up with the CSIRO research team spearheading the Marine Debris Survey, a world first study of the plastics around our coastline. Published on Sep 9, 2012 Published by ABC Catalyst.

Marine Debris.

In this episode of OCEAN HEROES, Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen of 5 Gyres Institute explain: WHAT IS A GYRE? Learn more about how you can help protect our oceans at One World Oceans. Visit our special collection, Plastics in Our Oceans and find 5 Gyres Institute's documentary, Plasticized. Uploaded on Jan 12, 2012

Fairy Tale format meets sustainability

Global Forest Watch is a dynamic online forest monitoring and alert system that empowers people everywhere to better manage forests.

For the first time, Global Forest Watch unites satellite technology, open data, and crowdsourcing (our citizens as writers, storytellers, photographers and videographers) to guarantee access to timely and reliable information about forests.

Armed with the latest information from Global Forest Watch, governments, businesses and communities can halt forest loss.

Global Forest Watch was created by the World Resources Institute with over 40 partners, including: Google, ESRI, the University of Maryland, Imazon, Center for Global Development, and the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP). Major funders include the Norwegian Climate and Forests Initiative, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.K. Department for International Development (DFID), Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the Tilia Fund. Published on Feb 20, 2014