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Sea Advocates Converge @ Blue Vision Summit
Blue Vision Summit: Conference on the Sea is Happening
Ric Whale Tail Tells me Ric makes a great corn chip
called Whale Tails. He donates a percent for the Health
of the Seas.
Date: 3/1/2009 7:44:07 PM ( 15 y ) ... viewed 1229 times
March 1, 09
5:44 PM
This story about the Upcoming BLUE VISION SUMMIT
to take action on the Health of the Seas was sent my way
by KEEP The BEET Media Star's favorite Surfer RIC of
WHALE TAILS TORTILLA CHIPS.
KEEP the BEET Media Star and RIC caught the same
wave last Spring when they got together at
WHOLE FOODS MARKET HILLCREST at
a Local Vendors Day.
ONE REASON WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION:
THE PLASTIC SEA
http://www.curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1367072
"The simple fact is that when you drop a Styrofoam cup onto the street, you're causing more damage than you would by dropping a stick of dynamite into the ocean. You set in motion an invasion of thousands of killer plastibots that will cause death and destruction for centuries to come."
--Captain Paul Watson,
HERE is the Story send by way by RIC
the SURFER:
http://www.bluefront.org/bluevision/
RIC THE SURFER, one of San Diego's best.
http://www.curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1214066
Ate a Whale Tail. Had Fun with Ric the Surfer
February 05, 2009
Blue Vision: Surfers Marching D.C.
On March 7-10, a group of "seaweed (marine grassroots) activists" and surfers will set aside their boards and crash Washington D.C., according to Surfer magazine. The environmental-minded non-profit Blue Frontier Campaign has organized the Blue Vision Summit in order to discuss the impacts of climate change and possible global solutions to various marine threats.
Nearly 500 ocean defenders will gather at the nation’s capitol, where goofy-footed rippers, suit-clad leaders of the House and Senate, a pair of prominent ocean explorers, and Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader will join forces to create ocean awareness around the world, according to Surfer. Expect righteous celebrations at night and concentrated meetings by day, with eco-friendly surfers at the forefront.
“Surfers and bodysurfers are the ultimate sustainable sea users,” David Helvarg, Director of the Blue Frontier Campaign, told Surfer. “In getting our stoke, we shouldn’t have to risk getting sick from pollution, seeing waves destroyed by thoughtless development, or stand silent witness to the devastation of wildlife on our blue planet.”
--Ivan Miller
The Blue Vision Summit
We've held two Summit Planning Gatherings of some 60 heads of marine organizations in the fall of 2008 in Washington DC and San Francisco. Decisions reached at these Leadership Gatherings have shaped the agenda for the second Blue Vision Summit in Washington DC. The first Summit (in 2004 drew 250 participants. The 2009 Summit will include some 400-500 key leaders and activists from marine conservation organizations, aquariums, science centers, public agencies, maritime labor, ocean-dependent businesses, public health groups, coastal tribes and others.
The three key themes of the Summit will be:
Solutions that are working at the local, state and regional level and how to expand them
Climate and Oceans. How the Marine Community can develop a common voice and plan of action to address fossil fuel fired climate change impacts on the ocean and coastal environment.
Federal Legislation. The state of the Ocean Act and how to build an effective national constituency for ocean governance reform.
This Summit will demonstrate to the new Obama administration and Congress that there is a strong and diverse constituency ready to work for ocean and coastal protection and restoration. It will also be an opportunity to build a nationwide network of ocean activists ready to act at the local level to assure passage of effective ocean legislation and encourage good administrative and agency policies they support.
See a list a attendees
http://www.bluefront.org/bluevision/attendees.html
For More Information or to get involved contact:
The Blue Frontier Campaign
info@bluefront.org
T: (202) 387 - 8030
NEWS RELEASE:
http://www.bluefront.org/bluevision/news.html
Join the Blue Vision Summit March 7-10, 2009
Come to Washington D.C. to help Turn the Tide
Our Ocean Planet is in trouble. President Obama and the new Congress are inheriting the worst economy of our lifetimes plus two wars and a climate crisis. They need to be reminded how vital a healthy ocean and coasts are to our economy, security and climate response. For them to become ocean champions, we need to come together to educate our leaders and each other about the state of our public seas, coasts and watersheds and the human and wildlife communities that depend on them.
The Blue Vision Summit will bring a range of people engaged in ocean conservation and its sustainable use together around three themes:
To influence President Obama and Congress to take leadership actions on the ocean
To Address Climate Change impacts on the Ocean
To highlight Solutions to marine threats that are working from the local to the global level
The Summit will include a night with top Ocean Explorers, Two Days of Meetings and discussions, two evening celebrations and a Capitol Hill Day that will provide an opportunity for people to meet with their elected representatives
Join with up to 500 ocean leaders including new NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco (invited, waiting Senate confirmation), White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley (invited, waiting Confirmation), Representative Sam Farr and other members of the House Ocean Caucus, Sylvia Earle, Philippe Cousteau, Leon Panetta, Ralph Nader, Actor Ted Danson (invited), Author Bill Mckibben, California Secretary of Resources Mike Chrisman, Senators Barbara Boxer and Sheldon Whitehouse (invited), Sherman's Lagoon Cartoonist Jim Toomey, "Arctic Tale," Director Adam Ravetch, Terry Tamminen, Ocean Rower Roz Savage and many other dedicated ocean defenders from sea to shining sea.
Summit sites include the Carnegie Institution, George Washington University, the new Smithsonian Ocean Hall and Capitol Hill.
Summit Sponsors to date include: Blue Frontier Campaign, Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Pew Environment Group, Oceana, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Ocean Conservancy, Clean Ocean Action, The Ocean Foundation and the D.C. Chapter - Surfrider.
See a list a attendees
For Detailed information including the latest Agenda and registration materials go to: http://www.bluefront.org/bluevision
Or contact David Helvarg at helvarg@bluefront.org 202-387-8030 or 510-491-6296 or 202-387-8030 about the Summit.
For Summit registration or hotel or facility questions contact Jamie Post at Jamie@natalieshear.com or 1-800-833-1354 X 112.
SURFERS HEAD TO WASHINGTON D.C.
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ENCHANTED GARDEN GIANTS
TAKING ACTION ON PLASTIC RECOVERY;
ECO-ENTREPRENEUR ANTHONY ZOLEZZI:
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