Explorers, dancers, scientists, artists, musicians, filmmakers, family and friends will come together in this once in a lifetime event. Through spirited discussions and live performances, the audience will be encouraged to create their own form of ocean advocacy. May 18 & 20, 2011: New York, NY / Washington, DC

Ocean Inspiration: A tribute to Jacques Cousteau’s 100th anniversary is an occasion to celebrate, recognize, and reward the achievements of ocean advocacy in any and all its forms.

Friday May 20, 2011
11:00am-2:00pm
World Resources Institute
Washington, DC

You can find more information about the full event at www.OceanInspiration.net or join the online conversation on Facebook.

A portion of the proceeds from Ocean Inspiration will be designated for World Resources Institute’s Reefs at Risk Initiative. World Resources Institute is joining forces with CauseCentric Productions to create a micro-documentary for the Reefs at Risk Initiative, produced by Céline Cousteau.

Note: Newswire stories are provided as a courtesy of OceanDoctor.org. Content of these articles is provided by external sources.

THE United States has been out of the space shuttle business for a few months now, but the country is still seriously considering spending billions of dollars to send astronauts back to the moon, to Mars or to a nearby asteroid.

It’s heartening that the pioneering spirit behind crewed missions into outer space has not been dampened by the nation’s tide of red ink. But with price tags like $50 billion to return astronauts to the moon in the next decade, there’s a strong bang-for-the-buck argument to be made for far less expensive missions headed in the other direction: down into the ocean depths, which remain largely unexplored and unseen by human eyes.

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Can social media influence climate change? As environmental concerns are brought to the forefront of the public eye, how can social media educate, inform, and provoke meaningful conversation? And what can climate change scientists gain from it? Attend this session to see how social media might provide the bridge for parties on both sides of environmental discourse to listen, learn, and better communicate.

Thomson Reuters, Category: Social & Environmental Change

Location: Social & Environmental Change Hub at Thomson Reuters, 3 Times Square, New York, NY

February 13, 2012 33opm

Event information…

MODERATOR: 

• Janine Gibson, Editor-in-Chief, Guardian US (@JanineGibson)

PANELISTS:

• Andrew Revkin, Environmental Journalist; Dot Earth Blogger, The New York Times; Senior Fellow, Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies (@Revkin)
• Fabien Cousteau, Environmental Advocate; Founder, Plant A Fish (@FCousteau)
• Dr. David E. Guggenheim, Senior Fellow, The Ocean Foundation; Host, The Ocean Doctor Radio Show (@OceanDoctor)

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A total of 129 common dolphins have been found since the animals began stranding themselves in early January, said Katie Moore, marine mammal rescue and research manager for the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

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Even while the retail consortium reports continuing strong food price inflation this morning, it’s worth remembering how salmon prices have fallen over recent years.

What was a luxury has become commonplace in the 40 years since the first commercial haul of 14 tonnes of salmon from cages in Loch Ailort near Fort William.

Celebrating that anniversary with its annual report today, the Scottish Salmon Producers Association has set out a goal of 4% growth per year over this decade, increasing production from 144,000 tonnes last year to 210,000 tonnes by 2020.

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January 23, 2012: The Ocean Doctor finds himself in an unusual location for a marine biologist: The desert. We visit the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the largest trade show in the world, to bring you highlights of the latest in green technology, including smartphone apps that talk to your appliances and save energy; wind turbines for the home; next-generation LED lighting that beats the pants off of compact fluorescent bulbs; an amazing way to keep your gadgets from dying prematurely and ending up in landfills; and a Jetsons-like electric unicycle that can effortlessly take you to and from work.

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George Jetson, Meet Mother Nature – The Latest in Green Tech from CES 2012, Las Vegas

Yes, it’s true. The Ocean Doctor is a geek. This week he introduces his geek side to his green side. The result? A trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to visit the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the largest trade show in the world, to explore the latest in green technology, that can save you energy, save you money, and even save your smartphone from the landfill should it decide to land in the toilet. Links to all of the vendors interviewed appear below on this page.

The latest in green technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photos: Alan & David Guggenheim)

Links and Notes

More on the National Ocean Policy:

• National Ocean Council (White House)
• National Science Foundation’s Analysis

CES 2012 Green Technologies Featured on the Show:

• ThinkEco’s “Modlet”
• LG SmartThink
• PowerSave Energy Management
• Collection LED
• Inventist’s “SoloWheel”
• HzO
• Urban Green Energy

This show originally aired on the TWiT Netcast Network on December 23, 2011. Visit the show page at TWiT.tv.

The Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program has been based at The Ocean Foundation (TOF) since 2008 and is built on more than 12 years of work in Cuba by TOF Senior Fellow, Dr. David E. Guggenheim, who directs the program, and TOF Research Associate, Fernando Bretos. The program is a regional effort to study and conserve the shared marine resources of the Gulf of Mexico and Western Caribbean.