Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans
Today on the Huffington Post, Lisa Kaas Boyle describes many of the very encouraging trends helping to stem the tide of plastic waste from bottled water. As I wrote in a previous Switchboard post, plastic water bottles contribute significantly to...continued→
Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans
Co-Authored with Karen Garrison What better way to celebrate the international holiday honoring the oceans than by paying respect to the marine protected areas of the world?! Marine protected areas (MPAs) are recognized the world over as important tools to help...continued→
Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans
Get ready to celebrate all there is to love about the oceans; get motivated to help protect and restore the marine environment; June 8th is World Oceans Day! Since June 8, 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and...continued→
Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans
I don't love waking up at 5am, unless its for a dawn patrol surf session or to do some serious advocacy on behalf of our Oceans. This Wednesday, my colleagues and I were all up well before the dawn to travel...continued→
Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans
The fabulous "No Impact Man" is helping to publicize a campaign by the Center for the New American Dream to get Americans to Break the Bottled Water Habit. I love this campaign-it's a great way to make a statement and...continued→
Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans
Andrew Revkin in DotEarth highlights "Emptied Oceans", a short film by Randy Olson that compares the very different experiences of two adventurers sailing from California to Hawai'i on rafts. In 1958, Don MacFarland, sailing the Lehi, caught huge fish, encountered...continued→
