Make June 8th "World Ocean Day"

Airsoft
#1. May 29th, 2008, at 10:50 AM.

I’m not sure how much a World Ocean Day could do to actually help the Oceans, but I’m sure at the very least it could raise awareness.

Nicole Price
#2. May 29th, 2008, at 4:02 PM.

I too have a healthy aversion to the various “days”. I strongly believe that they are created by vested interests like greeting card companies and florists to generate some business!

New Homes Phoenix
#4. May 29th, 2008, at 7:24 PM.

Ya get rid of the spammers. I never really thought of junk mail having an impact. Food for thought huh way to go green!

Bill
#5. May 29th, 2008, at 11:06 PM.

Thx for blogging on World Ocean Day. It’s an event we’ve been coordinating and promoting for the last several years. It is sort of like an Earth Day event, although not nearly as big (yet). It’s getting a lot of attention this year though, so hopefully things are on the upswing. Our world’s ocean needs all the attention and awareness and positive action it can get! Thx for helping spread the word! By the way, in case you want to check out our outfit (two of us plus two interns) you can go to: http://www.TheOceanProject.org thx!

Asia’h Epperson
#6. May 30th, 2008, at 1:28 AM.

It is good to create awareness like this. Judging from the response on the petition site, I think more effort need to put in.

tv bracket
#8. June 2nd, 2008, at 1:43 PM.

This is a great idea!! I was just reading in this months Smithsonian a bizarre idea to scrub the air of CO2 and deposit it under the ocean. This can’t possibly be a good idea!!

Forrest
#9. June 3rd, 2008, at 7:32 PM.

Sorry I haven’t been around much ( I’ve been really pressed for time, and barely had any to enjoy going online ), but thanks for bringing peoples’ attention to this. And to other important environmental issues.

The plastic ocean article you did a few months ago makes me want to cry. As a photographer, I notice air pollution, because it’s harder to shoot a mountain vista, or other scenery that includes a lot of sky. Pollution in the waters might be less visible, but that doesn’t make it any less important.

I tend to groan myself, over “another day,” and Nicole ( comment #2 ) is right. Circling the box on your calendar won’t do much at all … but raising awareness can only help. You can’t solve a problem until you know it’s a problem to be solved.

Davin
#11. June 5th, 2008, at 10:13 AM.

I have read this post few days ago, but has just visited 41pounds.org. It is really admirable…An non profit organization take care something that used to be disregarded by most peoples, junk mail…I’m thinking to sign up. Thanks for the info Pixelhead.

Eva White
#12. June 6th, 2008, at 1:55 PM.

While having Special Days may help bring the problem to the fore, its actually how you behave on every ordinary day that will make a real difference.

John (Loves boats) Alford
#14. July 9th, 2008, at 10:30 AM.

I agree that it’s what you do between the days that matters. However, starting with one day that highlights the problem and raises awareness is a swim in the right direction(!) and would, perhaps, create the momentum needed to keep it going through the rest of the year.

take care…

Richard Cruise
#15. July 12th, 2008, at 10:42 AM.

World Ocean Day is an opportunity every year to honor the world’s ocean that connects us all, celebrate the products the ocean provides, such as seafood, as well as marine life itself for aquariums, pets, and also a time to appreciate its own intrinsic value.