COARE: news | archives | newsletter: May 2010

Celebrate and Protect our Ocean . . .
Friday, 04 June 2010

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Contents:
  - World Oceans Day
  - eBay Fundraising Tournament
  - Northwest Dive & Travel Show
  - Offshore Spilling
  - New Interns
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Hello, fellow ocean lovers!

World Oceans Day is nearly upon us again.  You might
recall that last year's was the first World Oceans 
Day officially recognized by the United Nations, but 
people have been celebrating World Ocean Day around the
world informally for almost two decades.  . . . And as
many of you already know, we started celebrating it 
here in the San Francisco Bay Area three years ago.

Our fourth year of events has us celebrating in San
Francisco as well as in Monterey.

Join us at a shark and ocean celebration hosted by our
friend David McGuire and Sea Stewards on Saturday, 
05 June 2010, from 5:00-7:00pm at the Sports Basement 
in the Presidio (across from Crissy Field) in San
Francisco.  From 3:00-4:30, there will also be a beach
cleanup and shark "sandcastle" building contest at the
Crissy Field beach.

If you're closer to Central California, come join us at
the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where we'll be celebrating
all weekend.  COARE will have a display at the Aquarium,
so be sure to stop by and say hello.  The celebration
will take place on Saturday and Sunday, 05-06 June 2010,
and runs from 9:30am to 6:00pm both days.

If you live elsewhere, you may be able to find WOD
events almost anywhere in the world by visiting
http://www.theoceanproject.org/wod/2010events.php

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  - eBay Fundraising Tournament
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Last month, we announced our participation in
eBay's "Humanity Calls" fundraising tournament.
It's still taking place, and ends on 22 June -
so, there is just a little more than two weeks
left.

If you haven't already voted for us, please do so.
Similar to other contests, we need to gather as many
votes as possible.  You can vote using your Facebook, 
Twitter, or Humanity Calls website login.  If you 
have all three, you can tally votes using each one!

And to make things more interesting, eBay is
weighing more heavily votes cast or donations
made during these closing two weeks.

In addition to voting, we're hoping that you'll also  
help us encourage other people to vote too.  Please
share this with your friends, tweet it, and add it to
your Facebook status.

Here is the link that will take you directly to the
voting page:

   http://humanitycalls.org/HumanityCalls/OrganizationProfileView.action?id=176

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  - Northwest Dive & Travel Expo
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This was our first year exhibiting at the
Northwest Dive and Travel Expo, and we enjoyed
it thoroughly.  We met some wonderful new
people, and warmly welcome our new subscribers.
As a result of a successful show, we've made
some new connections, and you can look forward
to exciting new developments in the months to
come.

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  - Offshore Spilling
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You may recall that our Executive Director,
Christopher Chin, spoke before the US Secretary
of the Interior in April of 2009, discouraging 
additional offshore drilling leases, and warning 
of accidents.  When he spoke of the unpredictable 
and catastrophic nature of accidents, he made
reference to events like Three Mile Island, 
Chernobyl, and Exxon Valdez, but some critics 
(mostly from the Petroleum Industry) criticized 
these comments as hyperbole.

We didn't think so then, and we certainly don't
think so now - now that 14,000-20,000 barrels of
oil are pouring into the Gulf of Mexico each
day.  Since the spill began on 20 April, we've
already seen the equivalent of four (4) Exxon 
Valdez spills, and experts expect this to
continue well into August, by which time this
spill will be eleven (11) times worse than the 
Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989.

Does anyone still think that offshore drilling
is a good idea?

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  - New interns
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Despite the depressing news of the oil spill and
its far reaching affects, we still have much to
celebrate here at COARE.  Among the things that 
we're most pleased about are the new additions
to our staff.  Last month we had three wonderful
new interns join us: Tanya Graham and Hartley
Parish both came on board as Program Assistants, 
and Zachary Caine is assisting us with 
Communications.  Look for great things from
these people; they're all bright, passionate,
and embody the values we have here at COARE. 

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Wishing you healthy oceans, 
 - Your friends at COARE

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