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2/28/10
SAILORS FOR THE SEA ORG
WHAT IS YOUR CARBON WAKE? These sailors care about the sea... a new organization! THERE IS NO "AWAY" in throwing away... all the plastic remains... floating....
SAILORS FOR THE SEA!
2/25/10
JONAH and THE WHALE
Did you know?
THE WHALE INITIALLY SYMBOLIZED THE POWER OF THE COSMIC WATERS; only later did it acquire negative connotations, representing the jaws and belly of Hell, Jonah, when swallowed by the whale, emerges three days later, symbolizing rebirth through spiritual conversion. (page 89)
THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLS by David Fontana
C1993 Duncan Baird Publishers
Chronicle Books - San Francisco
THE WHALE INITIALLY SYMBOLIZED THE POWER OF THE COSMIC WATERS; only later did it acquire negative connotations, representing the jaws and belly of Hell, Jonah, when swallowed by the whale, emerges three days later, symbolizing rebirth through spiritual conversion. (page 89)
THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLS by David Fontana
C1993 Duncan Baird Publishers
Chronicle Books - San Francisco
2/22/10
PLASTIKI is sailing soon for the garbage dump in the sea
which is sadly the size of a state! Plastiki is a 90 foot boat made of soda liter bottles and recycled materials and it will soon be on it's way to the garbage dump of plastics floating in the Pacific... You can listen to an interview about the journey from San Francisco to Sydney on a radio station from this site - KDKA.
(ONLY 20 % of all plastic bottles are RECYCLED!)
(ONLY 20 % of all plastic bottles are RECYCLED!)
AROUND THE AMERICAS 25,000 mile sailing trip
February 18, 2010 – Valparaíso, Chile
By Herb McCormick
" A little over three weeks ago, the 64-foot cutter, Ocean Watch sailed abeam of Cape Horn and her crew set their powerful white spinnaker, rounding the epic headland with the big kite up and drawing. We all have some serious miles under our respective keels, but it’s safe to say it was one of the premier highlights of our sailing careers…" LINK NOW TO THE STORY - so very many ports - and an educational opportunity !
"Around the Americas is a 25,000 mile sailing circumnavigation of the American continents with the mission of inspiring, educating and engaging the citizens of the Americas to protect our fragile oceans." - AROUND THE AMERICAS
By Herb McCormick
" A little over three weeks ago, the 64-foot cutter, Ocean Watch sailed abeam of Cape Horn and her crew set their powerful white spinnaker, rounding the epic headland with the big kite up and drawing. We all have some serious miles under our respective keels, but it’s safe to say it was one of the premier highlights of our sailing careers…" LINK NOW TO THE STORY - so very many ports - and an educational opportunity !
"Around the Americas is a 25,000 mile sailing circumnavigation of the American continents with the mission of inspiring, educating and engaging the citizens of the Americas to protect our fragile oceans." - AROUND THE AMERICAS
2/18/10
ELAINE MORGAN says AQUATIC APES ARE FOR REAL
There is a video of Elaine speaking on this link about the Aquatic Ape theory... oh this is just such an unusual subject! So LINK HERE!
2/16/10
JIM MOORE'S AQUATIC APE SITE - HIS RESEARCH !
WHAT IS THE AQUATIC APE THEORY? It's a theory that once human beings did evolve from the sea! This is a link to a lot of other links. Jim Moore has done a lot of work on this one! CHARLES DARWIN? It's fascinating!
2/9/10
SYLVIA EARLE MARINE BIOLOGIST
Biology is a LIFE SCIENCE. That means that women like Sylvia Earle (link to the article from WOMEN IN SCIENCE above!) studies the life of the ocean.
Do you know how this is the same or different from being an OCEANOGRAPHER?
Quote "In 1970 Sylvia Earle lead an all-female team of "Aquanauts" that lived for two weeks in an underwater habitat - Tektite II- off the Virgin Islands."
DO YOU THINK THAT WHEN SYLVIA WAS A GIRL SHE WANTED TO BE A MERMAID?
2/7/10
CLAIRE BOOTH LUCE on CORAL
"What fishes like flowers! What stones like trees! The coral reefs are a golden girdle of dead and living cities, which dwarf their ages and beauty all the cities of man." Claire Booth Luce
2/1/10
EARTHQUAKE SENDS GIANT SQUID TO SAN DIEGO!
These GIANT HUMBOLDT SQUID are DAZED AND CONFUSED... A 4.0 earthquake at sea is suspected of sending them running - or swimming!
Click on the title above to get to the story!
“Squid, squid, squid, squid, squid.” she replied.
"Dozens of dazed Humboldt squid, which were roughly three- to four-feet long and weighed close to 40 pounds, were found flapping around on La Jolla Shores beach."
MICHELLE WAYLAND reporting.
Click on the title above to get to the story!
“Squid, squid, squid, squid, squid.” she replied.
"Dozens of dazed Humboldt squid, which were roughly three- to four-feet long and weighed close to 40 pounds, were found flapping around on La Jolla Shores beach."
MICHELLE WAYLAND reporting.
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