World Oceans Day 2008 Registered Events

In celebration of World Ocean Day 2008, the recently launched Save Our Seas Shark Centre (SOSSC) will be driving a number of events in False Bay, South Africa, over three days in order to raise awareness.

Day 1: Educational outreach trips to the SOSSC for groups of pre-schoolers and teenagers, from both advantaged and disadvantaged backgrounds. The ocean is our front garden so we will take the children for a unique experience to the rock pools and give them a lesson on the ocean, as well as provide them with an opportunity to see the wonders below the surface during a snorkeling lesson.

Day 2: We are inviting SCUBA divers, their families and friends for a fun-filled day at Simonstown, Long Beach, during which we will clean up, above and below the water. Sponsored prizes by Reef Wetsuits and Brightweights will be awarded for the most rubbish collected, while other prizes will be hidden amongst the underwater trash.

The GEF/UNDP Yellow Sea Project is developing the World Ocean Day celebrations around the Yellow Sea with China and Korea. You can find information on our activities by visiting our websites:

The GEF/UNDP Yellow Sea Project is developing the World Ocean Day celebrations around the Yellow Sea with China and Korea. You can find information on our activities by visiting our websites:

Lawig 4: A DCWD and partner organization`s collaborative Ocean Month celebration

The UN General Assembly declared the year 1998 as the International Year of the Ocean, which provided a window of opportunity for governments, organizations, and individuals to become aware of the ocean and to consider the actions needed to undertake common responsibility to sustain the greatest common heritage we have.

In response to this, then President Joseph E. Estrada declared every month of May in every year as "The Month of the Ocean" in the Philippines through Presidential Proclamation No. 57 signed on January 9, 1999. Each year government and private agencies are enjoined to conduct activities that highlight the conservation, protection and sustainable management of Philippine coastal and ocean resources.

DCWD`s response

In celebrating truly the ocean month, Davao City Water District through the Public Information / Relations Division launched the first educational coastal tour dubbed as Lawig last May 21, 2004 at Samal Island carrying the national theme: The Philippines, One Vast Sea of Opportunity. Various environmental organizations had been coordinated for the activity that was a success.

Last May 26, 2006, the second coastal tour (Lawig 2) was conducted. At this time, we had sailed the coastline of Davao City from Lasang to Matina Aplaya. Themed Promoting Sustainable Tourism as one Strategy to Conserve Coastal Environments, the activity enjoined all sectors of the society to help curb marine and coastal resources degradation through eco-tourism approach.

Last year, DCWD in its effort to mainstream coastal protection in watershed resources management has continued said project by concretizing the lessons learned from previous activities into action, which is best expressed in mangrove planting to sites identified by the local government as sanctuary and wave prone areas. This time, the planting was done in Purok Malambuon, Kabacan in Brgy. 76-A in partnership with the City Agriculturist - Fisheries Division, Barog Kalikupan, Inc., Office of Leonardo R. Avila III, Davao Gulf Foundation and the Watershed Youth Management Council. Last year`s theme was Living Ocean Saves Life: Let`s Conserve It�.

As our continued commitment, PI / RD once again hold this activity to intensify our campaign on ecosystem approach of watershed management. This time, DCWD focuses campaign on the impact of climate change to the environment especially to the coastal resources. This shall involve participation of the members of the Davao Climate Change Action Network coming from the academe, national agencies, local government, non- government organizations, and private sectors.

All about Lawig

Lawig is a vernacular word that means aboard. This word commonly use when it pertains to any activity like sailing and journeying to the sea.

Symbolically, the word Lawig is not just a literal roaming in the vast ocean but rather the heightening, strengthening and intensifying our campaign towards environmental protection specifically watershed preservation, which is basically the purpose of the activity.

Lawig breaks down the paradigm of specialized program care for environmental protection. It embraces the law of nature that says everything is related to everything else and everything must go somewhere. Thus, the term speaks for a comprehensive and ecosystem approach of nurturing the earth because each of the ecosystems significantly affects each other. Hence, we cannot simply dissociate ocean protection from forest preservation. Ocean itself is part of the watershed.

From our end, Lawig simply means a collaborative task in saving the environment from further destruction among agencies both in private or public. This also implies empowerment of the people organizations as the immediate protector of the ecosystems.

Thursday June 12, 8pm for 8:30pm supporting marine mammal research .com

A selection of "Green" Short Films celebrating World Ocean Day & World Environment Day. Theme night "GREEN SHORTS" Prize for the best Green Shorts and Green hat.

Join us for a guided rockpooling tour around the rockpools at Wembury Beach (near Plymouth, South Devon). We will be looking for crabs, starfish, sea urchins and fish plus much more!

Adults £1, children 50p and families £2.50 (up to 2 adults and 4 children). All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Aquarium Feeding Time (11am and 2pm) Come to feeding time and see what's for dinner!

Art and Craft: Recycle and Rescue (11am to 3.30pm) - Turn recycled rubbish into an ocean themed artwork to be displayed in the Natural History Gallery.

Response Wall (11am to 5.30pm) - Write or draw your thoughts and reflections, sharing with us why you think the oceans are important.

Hands on Our Oceans (11.15am to 2pm) Explore the oceans through handling real museum objects in our Aquarium.

Oceans Alive! 11.40am and 1.40pm - A dance workshop with Revolving Doors Theatre Join this bright celebration of ocean life and become part of the sea in our dance workshop. Session for children aged 8 and over. Adults can leave children to enjoy the workshop and collect them from the performance.

Oceans Alive! Performances (12.30 and 2.30pm) - See the results of the oceans dance workshop in a bright and exciting performance exploring threats to the oceans.

Coastal history walk from Le Hocq to Greeen Island 2:00 pm with Bob Le Sueur

Sand sculpture and beach art for children 2:00 to 4:00 pm with Raewyn Greggain

Marineland, 1st marine park in Europe, involves in the World Ocean Day.

Offering activities, animations to sensibilise people to preservation of our marine world. We will propose to our visitors a "passport ocean" which includes "ateliers", and a conference presented by our Directeur animalier : Jon Kershaw.

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Delphine DUTOIT

In collaboration with University of Turin, Human and Animal Biology Department.

Two speakers, two voices from two different realities:

Giovanni Basciano, the Agci-Agrital Association vice president, will give a lecture on the need of pursue a sustainable and legal fishing in Italy while Giorgia Comparetto, Necton Reserch Society, will report about the decline of small-size-fishing in Lampedusa Island.

Celebrate with us the World Ocean into the smallest italian Marine Protected Area!

10.00am - 12.00am: The marine microcosm in a water drop: observation to the microscope (Educational event for children)

Il C.S.I.Gaiola aderisce anche quest'anno al "World Ocean Day", giornata mondiale per la valorizzazione e tutela della risorsa mare, che si celebrera il giorno 8 giugno 2008. In occasione di quest'importante appuntamento internazionale, presso il Parco Sommerso di Gaiola, si svolgera una giornata interamente dedicata alla conoscenza delle risorse del Parco e del Golfo di Napoli in generale.

PROGRAMMA

Ore 9:30-12:00: Tra storia a vita marina
Seawatching nel Parco Sommerso di Gaiola
(Prenotazione obbligatoria)

Whilst cruising across the water, keep your eyes peeled for a mysterious and gentle giant, the basking shark and scan the waves for harbour porpoises and bottlenose dolphins. On your approach to Church Bay Harbour, look out for the many seals (hopefully sunning themselves on the shore) and the bright red feet of the black guillemot.

Soak in the atmosphere of the Island by taking the hour and a half walk to the RSPB Rathlin Island Seabird Centre (a minibus operates for the less enthusiastic!), or hire a bicycle. The centre will be open from 11.30am - 4.30pm. Here you can view the largest seabird colony in Northern Ireland, many of whom will be settled on their nests incubating their eggs. The centre is an excellent spot to view the much loved puffin with its big, colourful bill. Finish off your day with some light refreshments in one of the Island's eateries before returning to Ballycastle. Accommodation is also available on Rathlin Island. And don't forget to bring your binoculars!

This year, for the first time in Northern Ireland, Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) is joining forces with many other organisations which work on the coast to celebrate World Oceans Day together. A national programme of events around the Northern Ireland coast will involve many partners, including the National Trust, Mourne Heritage Trust, Ulster Wildlife Trust, RSPB, Exploris Aquarium, TIDY Northern Ireland and coastal councils, to name just a few.

Our vision is to kick-start a high profile annual event which engages and inspires people, and makes the most of the public's natural interest in marine life.

EHS will concentrate its celebrations at its flagship marine centre, the Coastal Zone (previously Portrush Countryside Centre) on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June. Marine biologists, seal, seabird and whale and dolphin specialists will meet with the public in a highly interactive two day event.

There will be a strong practical element to the event with demonstrations of EHS research vessels, dive gear and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs).

Weather permitting, guided boat trips will take the public out around the coast from Portrush Harbour. EHS guides will interpret the marine life found around the Skerries, Whiterocks and Dunluce castle. For enquiries about guided boat trips or to make a booking, please contact the Coastal Zone directly on 028 7082 3600.

World Ocean Day at Port William, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Join local people and organisations celebrating World Oceans Day in a fantastic event for all ages. There will be lots of interactive displays, activities, games, walks and crafts on a marine theme so you can have fun while finding out more about the incredible marine environment. The event is free, booking is not required, bring your wellies.

Venue: Just north of Port William at NX337443

We will celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8, in two different public areas in the cities of Barcelona and Badalona.

The citizens of Badalona have a great opportunity to discover the Mediterranean sea and the relation between their city and the beach.

On Saturday June 7th 2008, The Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda will host its annual beach and coastal clean up at 9am followed by a complimentary bbq lunch for participants.

First celebrated in 1992, World Ocean Day aims to raise public awareness of the beauty of oceans and of the need to protect our seas and coasts from pollution.

As World Ocean Day is a celebration of our oceans, all sorts of events and activities take place across the country, including beach clean-ups, exhibits, public tours, talks, and parades. Events can take place on June 8 or any other day that's convenient and meaningful to your community. To schedule an event, e-mail info@cwf-fcf.org.

Like in previous years, the International Ocean Institute (IOI-Canada) is organizing the 4th Elisabeth Mann Borgese Ocean Lecture that commemorates and celebrates the life and work of Elisabeth Mann Borgese, founder of the International Ocean Institute and its interdisciplinary Training Programmes.

This public lecture series was launched in 2005 to mark the 25th anniversary of the IOI Training Programme in Ocean Governance in Halifax, NS. The objective is to further encourage the debate on oceans issues which was so dear to Elisabeth, by inviting internationally renowned speakers to discuss important and timely ocean-related topics.

Through this lecture series, we hope to generate awareness among stakeholders, academics, students and the general public about important ocean issues. The 2008 lecture will take place on Friday 6th June at 7.00 p.m.

Dr Elliott A. Norse, President, Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Bellevue, USA will be speaking on "Oceans of Hope: Encouraging Signs in Marine Conservation". The lecture will be held in Room 105, Dalhousie Law School, 6061 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, CANADA and will be followed by a reception.

Synopsis of the Lecture:
Title: Oceans of Hope: Encouraging Signs in Marine Conservation

Except in densely populated places, the marine environment was considered to be less impacted than the land until the 1990s. Now we know differently: Humans have had major impacts on the marine environment for centuries and those impacts have spread and intensified rapidly in recent decades, as documented by scientists at Dalhousie University and elsewhere. Populations of large fish species have been reduced 90% in recent decades; oceanic whitetip sharks in the Gulf of Mexico have declined 99.7% in that interval. Bottom trawling is scouring coral-sponge forests from seafloors around the world as fishermen seek the last ancient deep-sea fishes to please the palates of wealthy people. Human-caused ocean acidification and climate changes threaten species from corals to polar bears. Almost no place in the world's oceans has been unharmed.

But there are important reasons for hope. A strong marine conservation movement has arisen since the 1990s, and nations from Canada to Kiribati are starting to protect key places in the sea. Armed with more powerful tools for studying, analyzing and depicting spatial information, natural and social marine conservation scientists are playing the central role in catalyzing this change.

The Centre for Affordable Water & Sanitation Technology (CAWST) and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - Calgary (CPAWS) present a Spring Speakers Series to mark Environment Week (June 1-7) & Rivers to Oceans Week (June 8-15).

We are offering two interesting and engaging topics:

Rivers Running Dry?
Let's Talk Toilets!

Both interactive discussions are up to 60 minutes including Q & A and can be adapted to meet your organization's needs!

We will come to you, as part of your "Learn-at-Lunch" event, breakfast meeting, monthly department meeting, and so on.

Over 1,000 children will form the image of a wild salmon at Clover Point in Victoria on Wed June 4.The petroglyphic image of the wild salmon was created by Marianne Nicolson from the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation. The image will be photographed aerially under the direction of John Quigley.

Prior to the formation, many children will do a beach clean up. Others will do clean ups in their school yards.

Each child will go home with a non-disposable shopping bag to help reduce waste.

Join us for:

Beach Clean-ups in Playa Ocotal and Playas del Coco.

The beach communities surrounding Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, collaborated to celebrate World Ocean Day on Sunday 8th June 2008.

A Gigantic, Breathtaking Community Mural (11x4 meters) was brought into being by marine artist Carlos Hiller, with the help of more than seventy local children, (organized by groups of ten, conducted by non-profit children's association Proyecto de Luz). This piece of art has principal subject coralline reefs, to support the celebrations of "The International Year of the Reef" (IYOR).

In addition, Carlos Hiller painted a huge Bull Shark, portraying how beautiful and imposing these wonderful marine inhabitants really are, unjustly feared, and for that reason at the mercy of massive fishing by foreign fishing fleets.

In order to protest the infamous practice of shark fining (by means of which the fins are cut off and the body of the shark is thrown overboard), Stop shark finning! Legend was added, and also the same phrase in Spanish. During the activity, children filled the outlines of marine life around the coral reef and in addition wrote letters and created drawings to send to different governmental institutions, indicating their perceptions, desires and hopes about the importance of protecting the marine environment.

This first Marine awareness mural which embellishes Playas del Coco is part of a Carlos Hiller's national level campaign to encourage different cities and towns simultaneously to educate and make aware the importance of protecting our marine resources.

Celebrate the sea, surfing and sustainable seafood with Surfirder Marin and Ocean Revolution hosted by the Wipeout Grill in Greenbrae CA.

302 Bon Air Center
Greenbrae, CA 94904
(415) 461-7400

Surf films including Grant Washburn`s Quest for Fear will be screened, live music, no host food and bar, pupu platters, prizes, raffle and fun. Festivities begin at 7:30, film begins at 8:30. Proceeds to benefit Surfrider`s sea water testing program and oil spill response and Ocean Revolution`s seafood sustainability awareness program.

Celebrate Surf, the Sea and Ocean Sustainability.

Join Surfriders Marin, Seastewards.org and the Wipeout Bar and Grill to celebrate World Ocean Day Friday Evening June 6

Featuring big wave rider and filmmaker Grant Washburn's new big wave surf film Quest for Fear, this fundraising event will help support Marin Surfrider Foundation's water testing, oil spill response and ocean education programs.

Grant will be present to discuss the making of the film and will be signing copies of his book, Mavericks and his DVDs. Come early for happy hour and great food at the Wipeout Bar & Grill.

Featuring Marin's own Ukulele Ohana serving Hawaiian tunes, Raffles, spot prizes, and other festivities will stoke out the entire family all evening.

Celebrate surf, sea and ocean sustainability @ Wipeout Bar & Grill

Get inspired! Get involved! Celebrate the sea!

An important part of our Environmental Leadership program, visit the Meadowmere Resort to learn more about the Green Movement, how conservation is occurring in Southern Maine and how our Ogunquit hotel is making each stay more eco-friendly.

Celebrating Ogunquit's beaches and the sea with onsite conservation information, eco-education, live entertainment, World Ocean Day party and more!

FRIDAY, JUNE 6th Clean Beaches Campaign, Conservation & Green Education information. Throughout Day, Main Lobby

Eco Tours - Take an insider's tour of the Meadowmere and our Resort's Environmental Leader efforts. Led by a Cavaretta family member, you'll see the behind the scenes efforts that go into our Ogunquit hotel everyday. Tours at 3pm & 4pm, Main Lobby.

An Inconvenient Truth produced by Al Gore - Special pre-show viewing of Tim Janis' Ogunquit CD! Show at 5pm, South Meadow TV Room.

The 11th Hour narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio - Special pre-show viewing of Tim Janis' Ogunquit CD! Show at 8pm, South Meadow TV Room.

Official World Ocean Day Pub Party - Featuring our 'Day at the Beach' special. Win an upgrade to the top of the house for our Learn to Surf Package. A portion of each package goes to the Surfrider Foundation - a grassroots, non-profit, environmental organization that works to protect our oceans, waves and beaches. We are happy to give back to preserve local Maine beaches for you to enjoy. Party 4pm-10pm, West Meadow Pub.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7th

Clean Beaches Campaign, Conservation & Green Education information. Throughout Day, Main Lobby.

Discovery's Channel's Planet Earth - View this stunning documentary series on the big screen and learn about the beauty and eco-systems of our planet. Showing 10am-8pm, South Meadow TV Room.

Learn to Surf! Liquid Dreams is offering surfing lessons at Ogunquit Beach for $60. Includes board, suit and gear. Lessons at 10am & 1pm. Call 207-641-2545.

Complimentary Beach Plum Farm Access, 10am-7pm, Rt. 1 in Ogunquit. Enjoy Kid's Activities, Salt Marsh Fun, Nature Preserve, Education Talks, Garden Walks & Littlefield Memorabilia

Eco Tours - Take an insider's tour of the Meadowmere and our Resort's Environmental Leader efforts. Led by a Cavaretta family member, you'll see the behind the scenes efforts that go into our Ogunquit hotel everyday. Tours at 12pm & 1pm, Main Lobby.

Erin Brockovich - An Oscar worthy performance, and a true story, highlighting the importance of clean, healthy drinking water and the costs when commercial interests outweigh eco-impact. Show at 8pm, South Meadow TV Room.

Live at the West Meadow - Brian Johnson. Enjoy our 'Day at the Beach' special and live entertainment. Opens at 4pm, music at 8pm, West Meadow Pub.

SUNDAY, JUNE 8th

Clean Beaches Campaign, Conservation & Green Education information. Throughout Day, Main Lobby.

Learn to Surf! Liquid Dreams is offering surfing lessons at Ogunquit Beach for $60. Includes board, suit and gear. Lessons at 10am & 1pm. Call 207-641-2545.

Celebrate World Ocean Day in Alaska!

Learn about arctic seabird species and the International Polar Year, a large scientific program focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic involving over 200 projects, thousands of scientists, and 60 nations.

Join us for lectures, birding walks, guided boat birding trips and kayak adventures, animal encounter progrms, a beach cleanup, behind-the-scenes tours, kids' activities, live music, and more!

Activities begin Friday May 30, with an evening beach cleanup and nature walk. Please check the website for a detailed schedule and admission cost.

The Georgia Aquarium World Ocean Day celebration will kick off on June 6 in the Oceans ballroom with games and activities for children, as well as booths with information and activities on sustainable seafood, non-point source pollution, water conservation, invasive species and climate change. There will be face painting, give-aways, and education carts and games in the galleries. On June 8th, the Georgia Aquarium will celebrate by offering "Breakfast with the Biologist" and special ocean activities for our Guests in the galleries.

Swim with Gentle Giants Beginning June 8

The 300 mile stretch of ocean that surrounds the over 1000 islands known as the Alexander Archipelago off the rugged coast of Alaska is often referred to as the Southeast Alaska Inside Passage. These ocean waters not only connect the many communities of Southeast Alaska to create a regional community, they also support a great diversity of life and ecosystems, afford some residents a subsistence lifestyle, provide a sustainable means to develop the economy of the area and offer a source of inspiration, recreation, and discovery for all.

Celebrate World Ocean Day the Southeast Alaska way on June 14th at the NOAA Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute at Lena Point in Juneau, Alaska and explore the many connections we all share with our ocean.

The day will bring together a diverse cross-section of groups whose work requires an interconnection with the ocean. Researchers from both governmental and academic institutions, local and national environmental advocacy groups, federal and state regulatory agencies, commercial fishing and seafood processing organizations, and nature education and watershed partnerships will be represented.

Princess Monterey Whale Watching is renewing its commitment to protect the oceans and raise awareness to the plight of the marine mammals by offering Monterey's first Whale and Dolphin Ecotour. The ecotour is a 4.5 to 5 hour trip specializing in educating passengers and raising awareness about the various environmental factors affecting the oceans and the animals living in it. Pacific Explorer ecotours feels that education is vitally important to conserving the ocean and its wildlife and designating one specific day a year to focus on the ocean and the diversity of life it supports is a step in the right direction to saving this critically important ecosystem. So Pacific Explorer Ecotours is adopting World Ocean Day, June 8, 2008, as its "birthday"� to celebrate our commitment to the ocean. Pacific Explorer ecotours feels that education is vitally important to conserving the ocean and its wildlife and designating one specific day a year to focus on the ocean and the diversity of life it supports is a step in the right direction to saving this critically important ecosystem. So Pacific

Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on June 7th from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. with PRBO Conservation Science, National Park Service, and Golden Gate Parks Conservancy. Join us in the middle of seabird nesting season on Alcatraz Island for bird walks, a self-guided bird trail, scavenger hunt, slide show and photo exhibit, and information booths. Binoculars will be available for use to get close-up looks at our eight different species of breeding waterbirds. If you have avoided visiting "The Rock" in the past because of its penitentiary past, you will be surprised at its "wild side". Bring the family!

Join Adventure Aquarium as we celebrate World Ocean Day. Learn more about the many ways YOU can make a positive change to the environment and start a legacy of ocean protection. Enjoy a day complete with arts & crafts, games, activities, and various displays and exhibits presented by local conservation-minded organizations. Meet our volunteer divers and learn about their dive equipment and methods of care for the aquarium`s animals; talk with marine mammal stranding experts and learn how they are helping to protect seals both locally and nationwide; watch as an 250-lb artificial reef ball is placed in the Aquarium`s underwater exhibit, and learn from experts about the importance of creating sustainable marine life habitats for local marine life. In addition, actor/comedian Joe Piscopo will be on-hand to unveil the Aquarium`s new Ocean Conservation video, which stars Joe Piscopo and his kids and focuses in the importance of keeping our lakes, rivers and oceans clean. After, Piscopo will lead aquarium guests in a World Ocean Day Pledge.

A series of events for the community of St. George co-sponsored by Herring Gut Learning Center and Jackson Memorial Library:

May 31 - Community Ecology Day at Blueberry Cove Camp - coastal forestry, red tide testing demo, ecology of mud flats and sustainable gardening.

June 5 - Marsh Safari at St. George School. Marsh trail built by the 5th graders will guide students closer to marsh ecology

June 6 - Open House at St George School Oyster Hatchery presentation by Alternative Education class from Herring Gut, River of Words poems by St George students, Conservation Commission, Georges River Tidewater Association, and Georges River Land Trust presentations

Life in the Watershed - After School program at Jackson Memorial Library

June 8 - Trail Maintenance Party for Fort Point Trail to St George River - community invited to help improve trail

Saturday June 7th and Sunday June 8th we will discover the many fascinations of an on-shore reef located just off the Jupiter Island Beaches. The On-shore reef system is a very delicate, fragile environment with many species of Algae, Live Rock, Invertebrates, Fishes, Cephalopods, and Crustaceans.

Occasional visits from Large Schools of Fish, Manatee's, Sea Turtles, Barracuda, Sharks, and Cuttlefish is not rare.

Underwater Digital Photos will be taken to share with the online community of Ocean Activists. Join us from 11am till 2pm @ Coral Cove Park, we have some snorkel gear available to borrow complimentary.

The NPT Oceans Festival will be held at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center on June 21, 2008. At the festival, we would promote the idea of "all things are connected". Our lives right here in Nashville, TN has a direct impact on the oceans that surround our continent and indeed the whole planet's oceans because all things truly are connected. Water is the finest example of this concept. Our activities at the festival are taken or adapted from The Oceans Adventures website, Project WET, Project WILD Aquatic, MiZA - Math in Zoos and Aquariums and more.

OCEAN REVOLUTION IV HITS SANTA CRUZ JUNE 14

The fourth annual Ocean Revolution celebration will be held at Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz on June 14, to celebrate World Ocean Day. The Mother Hips will be headlining with special guest Matt Butler, starting at 9:30 pm. The event will offer a chance to get up-and-close with local, national and international ocean conservation groups and their leaders, to celebrate the ocean in a rocking atmosphere and to explore ways in which we can all live like we love the ocean.

The event is organized each year by Santa Cruz locals Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, OCEAN REVOLUTION founder and Ocean Conservancy Senior Scientist, and Will Henry, renowned photographer and Save the Waves Coalition founder, who are joined this year by many other ocean activists.

"After four years this celebration is something lots of ocean-loving people look forward to. There's no better place to celebrate World Ocean Day than Santa Cruz, the heart of the Ocean Revolution," says Nichols.

"The Mother Hips lead singer and guitarist Tim Bluhm has proven his ongoing dedication to ocean protection over the past few years," adds Henry.

The band has headlined three out of four OCEAN REVOLUTION shows and also played at the May "Life is a Wave" benefit concert in San Francisco. The event raised over $25,000 for Save the Waves Coalition.

OCEAN REVOLUTION is an international program designed to grow a creative network and inspire a new wave of young leaders, united in their quest for innovative solutions to protect our oceans.

Save the Waves Coalition is a non-profit that works to preserve surf zones internationally, and is based in Davenport.

The Friends of Jupiter Beach are sponsoring a volunteer beach cleanup Saturday, June 7 from 8:00am-10:00am in Jupiter, north Palm Beach County, Florida. The Adopt-A-Spot partner is Solid Waste Authority.

Volunteers arrive at 8:00am at the Anita Lankler Pavilion in Ocean Cay Park, east of US Hwy 1 and Marcinski Road, divide into teams to clean 2 1/2 miles of beach, sidewalks, and park grounds, then regroup at 9:30 am for light continental breakfast and beverages, a brief program and door prizes. Community services hours are awarded. All volunteers are welcome and advance registration is not required. When weather is in doubt, call 561-748-8140 for a "cancel" message.

Volunteers are encouraged to bring recycled shopping bags for use in cleanup efforts, garden gloves, sunscreen and bug spray. Closed-toe shoes are required.

Since September 2006, Friends of Jupiter Beach have been tracking the weight of garbage and recyclables picked up from Jupiter Beach at monthly cleanups, for a total exceeding 11,000 pounds of trash removed from September 2006 - May 2008. More than 5,000 pounds of recyclables have been separated and transferred voluntarily by Rapid Removal, a Palm Beach Gardens firm. Previously, the number of garbage bags collected were recorded, but the change was made to so that observers could fully comprehend the extent of the garbage problem at the beach and, more importantly, the tremendous benefit to the beach, dunes and ocean environment provided by Friends of Jupiter Beach. The offer by Rapid Removal, in fall of 2006, to collect the separated recyclables following each cleanup has resulted in a nearly 50% reduction in the amount of garbage going to landfill.

Friends of Jupiter Beach is a 14-year-old not-for-profit 501(c)3 not for profit organization dedicated to organizing monthly beach cleanups, providing free "dog bags" at the beach, preserving dog-friendly beach privileges and enhancing our beach and marine environment through education and community service... along a 2 1/2 mile stretch of historically dog-friendly shoreline.

In celebration of World Ocean Day La Conner Seaside Gallery is featuring a fine art exhibition by Pacific Northwest artists -- their interpretations of all things on, under and of the sea. Participating artists include: A.W. Rouzie of Portland, OR with maritime theme watercolors; Jack Dorsey, Camano Island, WA with watercolors of the sea and ships; Greg Prince, Snohomish, WA, original abstracts depicting seascapes; Mark Bistranin, Mount Vernon, WA, plein-air seascapes of the San Juan Island area; Lisa Helker, Everett, WA, watercolors of ships superimposed on detailed nautical maps; Mark Conley, underwater nature photography.

WPKN 89.5 CT, 88.7, NYwill honor ocean day (8th) on Wednesday the 4th at 7:30 eastern time, playing interspecies music from Orca chantress interviewing leaders in the cetacean field, working to save and help, belugas, humpbacks, dolphins, orcas and the water in which they live... raising money to help lone belugas and child/cetacean connection in the wild.

Join the Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation at Foss Beach in Rye, NH for a cleanup from 11 AM-12:15 PM. All supplies are provided. Details and sign up form are online at www.blueoceansociety.org/cleanup.htm.

And from June 29 to July 5, look for a clean-up in each Seacoast town each day of the week for Clean Beaches Week. Interested volunteers can visit www.blueoceansociety.org for more information.

Most clean-ups are on Saturday mornings and take only a few hours.

World Ocean Day at World Aquarium
St. Louis, Missouri

The World Aquarium is the founding organization of the RISE program. RISE stands for Rotary International Sustainable-living Experience. Its purpose is to demonstrate to live sustainable life that may help save our future generations.

Introducing the Mermaid from the Sea

This coming Sunday, the World Aquarium will hold a press conference for World Ocean Day introducing a Mermaid from the sea. During this press conference, the World Aquarium President, Leonard Sonnenschein will introduce summer Public Relations Intern, Megan Underwood, and the guest speaker, the Mermaid from the sea.

GALA Announcement
World Ocean Day is a day celebrating the ocean and how we interact with the ocean. This day is a special day for aquariums all across the world and each aquarium has their own way of celebrating this day. At the World Aquarium we will have a complimentary sustainable seafood tasting along with the press conference with the mermaid and the announcement of the RISE program and our GALA project which will be held July 23rd. The press conference will be open to the public and will be very informational.

Celebrate your love for our ocean at the Barrier Island Center from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. Ocean movies will be shown in the theater with a special showing of the film "Sharkwater" at 1 p.m. Ocean activities and crafts for kids from 12-3 and a sidewalk chalk ocean art contest starting at 1:30. Beach cleanup supplies will be available all day.

The Marine Photobank and Project AWARE Foundation invite you to submit your compelling ocean themed marine photos to the Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest, which opens on World Ocean Day, June 8th, 2008, and runs through September 30, 2008.

Find a fishery which could be able to cope with the highest standards worldwide: www.fair-fish.ch/english.

• An interactive educational desk with the opportunity to speak to Aquarists and Marine Biologists
• Opportunity to sign a petition to endorse the UN resolution to declare 8th June as World Ocean Day
• Informative Keeper talks for many of our animals including platypus, crocodile, penguin, seal and shark
• A shark feed with commentary
• $1 from every ticket sold will be donated to the Sydney Aquarium Conservation Fund

• http://www.dolphincareuk.org/amy.html
• http://www.yod2007.org/en/NewsEvents/News_Archive/index.html