Carnival of the Blue is one year old! Check out the 13th edition over at Mark's place.
And ever ask yourself what's one thing YOU can do for the ocean? The EcoDaredevil himself, Wallace J. Nichols, has a terrific Op-Ed in Mercury News explaining how each of us has the power to make a difference:
If I had one answer to give to those who ask, "What can I do for the ocean?" it would be this: "Live like you love the ocean." Living like we love the ocean means putting less in, taking less out and protecting the ocean's edge where so much life lives.
The full piece here. And if you haven't had your fill of oceans yet... gratuitous anglerfish footage!
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Welcome to the eleventh and by far the most important, although surprisingly the most poorly formatted, installment of Carnival of the Blue. Before we get down to the watery, salty, and sometimes rubbery details, we wanted to take a moment to ponder the significance of Zooillogix's role as host of…
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Richard Dawkins sure does a fine job of placing sticks of dynamite under people's chairs and blowing them up. I've been out of town and I haven't even had net access for the past day, so nobody can blame me for this latest round of anti-atheist outrage going on in these parts.
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"When I say, 'I love you,' it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you…
Miss Sheril,
I have to agree with the "Live like you love the oceans" idea - to a point. Modern education, at least for most people, still doesn't really help them understand the link between oceans and ecological processes elsewhere. Ask highschool kids in South Dakota if the Ocean influence their weather, and you are likely to get a lot of puzzled looks. Ask the average resident of the DC region whether the city would ever be impacted by a hurricane, and most will tell you no. And most would be wrong.
So while you can tell people to live like they love the ocean, you need to be willing to do the hard, ongoing work of educating them as to why they should love the oceans. Carnival of the Blue is one such effort. This blog is another.
And my nudibranchs are still way cooler then these fish . . . .
Really cool video!!
"Attention undersea KMart shoppers: Don't forget to check out our Blue Light Special going on at 13,000 feet. And as always, we thank you for shopping at our undersea KMart."
Sorry, couldn't resist. They don't call me mad for nothing. :-)
I am a subscriber to the Mercury News, and I could not access the OpEd by Wallace using the URL you provided. Here is the one that worked for me.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9499256
It is just common sense and most people won't ever see it or understand it. Maybe common sense is not so common.
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