Yearly Archives: 2010
New Years Resolutions for Healthier Oceans
As you come up with your own New Year’s resolutions, consider some of the following from Micheal Gravitz,a friend of MCBI from Environment America (http://www.environmentamerica.org/). 10 New Years Resolutions for Healthier Oceans Drive a little less, take public transportation a little more, or walk a bit farther to reduce demand for oil and gasoline for … Continue reading New Years Resolutions for Healthier Oceans
The World’s Best beaches
I Bing. Working a few blocks from Microsoft’s Bing offices, it’s hard not to see the bumper stickers around town. Knowing a few people there, I figured I’d give it a shot. I can’t say Bing replaced Google as my search engine of choice, but it did manage to replace The New York Times as … Continue reading The World’s Best beaches
Chime In
We need your help shaping the next generation of wildlife conservation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is in the process of shaping their new vision for the next decade and beyond, and the agency is seeking input from interested citizens like you. Here is a little background on why MCBI is involved in … Continue reading Chime In
My local fishmonger
I recently moved to Kirkland from Seattle. For those of you not familiar with the area, it’s on a lake, not the Sound, and is unfortunately really far away from my favorite fish market in West Seattle. I consider myself fortunate to live in an area where I can have a favorite fish market at … Continue reading My local fishmonger
Change
Change can be difficult. As part of the policy team at MCBI, I have seen a lot of change happen in Washington, DC. We can always bet on some type of change every two years or so. Yes, you guessed it; I am talking about changes in our legislature. Our nation’s current Congress has a … Continue reading Change
Sylvia Earle – NOW is the time to protect our oceans
U.N. Climate Talks Seek To Avert Damaging Failure
Cardboard versions of Statue of Liberty, Opera House, Eiffel Tower, Christ theRedeemer, Big Ben, Great Pyramid of Giza, Angel of Independence, Taj Mahal andTemple o Heaven are sunk by Greenpeace as climate talks are held nearby.Photo Credit: Gerardo Garcia By: Robert Campbell, Alister Doyle and Russell BlinchReutuers, December 9, 2010 The world’s governments struggled on … Continue reading U.N. Climate Talks Seek To Avert Damaging Failure
The ABC’s
I just got back from a trip to the ABC islands on a Holland America Line cruise. It was amazing. The diving in Bonaire was some of the best I’ve ever seen. The diversity of life was astounding, I’ve never seen anything quite like it in the Caribbean. There was an occasional bleached coral hear … Continue reading The ABC’s
‘No Fish Left Behind’ Approach Leaves Earth With Nowhere Left to Fish, Study Finds
A new study finds that Earth has run out of room to expand fisheries.Photo Credit: iStockphoto/Alexander Klemm Science Daily, December 3, 2010 Earth has run out of room to expand fisheries, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia researchers that charts the systematic expansion of industrialized fisheries. In collaboration with the … Continue reading ‘No Fish Left Behind’ Approach Leaves Earth With Nowhere Left to Fish, Study Finds
Many coastal wetlands likely to disappear this century
The marshes of Plum Island Estuary are among those predicted by scientiststo submerge during the next century under conservative projections of sea-level rise.Photo Credit: USGS By: Glenn GuntenspergenEureak Alert, December 2, 2010 Many coastal wetlands worldwide — including several on the U.S. Atlantic coast — may be more sensitive than previously thought to climate change … Continue reading Many coastal wetlands likely to disappear this century