Quantcast
Channel: Ways to Help the Ocean – Thank You Ocean
Browsing all 31 articles
Browse latest View live

America’s Cup Healthy Ocean Project: “More Than A Sport”

Excitement is building as America’s Cup comes to San Francisco in 2012 and 2013. Your Thank You Ocean campaign is proud to support the Healthy Ocean Project, “the embodiment of the America’s Cup...

View Article



BLUE Ocean Film Festival: September in Monterey

September 24-30, filmmakers, photographers, scientists, explorers, entertainment executives and the general public, will gather in Monterey at BLUE to honor the best in ocean filmmaking, to learn more...

View Article

California Coastal Cleanup

Saturday, September 15 is the Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day, the state’s largest volunteer event. In 2011, nearly 72,000 volunteers removed more than 1.3 million pounds of trash and...

View Article

Rain Garden: Slowing Pollution at Its Source

In spring 2012, the City of Elk Grove, a community just south of Sacramento, California, opened a rain garden that is a magnet for wildlife, prevents pollution from running off into local streams, and...

View Article

San Clemente Dam Removal

Since 1921, the Carmel River and its wildlife resources have been impacted by San Clemente Dam. As a result, the Carmel River suffers accelerated erosion, the once vibrant steelhead run has...

View Article


Jean-Michel Cousteau’s “My Father, The Captain”

What was the biggest surprise Jean-Michel Cousteau learned about his father, Jacques, in writing “My Father, The Captain”? Jean-Michel Cousteau talks about his famous father, the ocean world, and the...

View Article

David Helvarg’s The Golden Shore

What discoveries shocked author and Blue Frontier president David Helvarg while writing The Golden Shore? What would surprise you about California and its environmental history? We talked with David...

View Article

Children’s Songs from the Sea: Banana Slug String Band

An ocean of fun! The Banana Slug String Band is committed to educational entertainment for children and families through interactive music and performance. Their Only One Ocean CD is 14 rockin’ songs...

View Article


Red Fish, Blue Fish – California’s Sustainable Seafood

When was the last time you ate seafood? Do you know where the seafood came from, how it was caught, and whether it was from a sustainable fishery? Purchasing sustainable seafood helps to support our...

View Article


O’Neill Sea Odyssey – Building Ocean Leaders of Tomorrow

O’Neill Sea Odyssey was founded in 1996 by wetsuit innovator and surfer Jack O’Neill. A living classroom was created on board a 65-foot catamaran sailing the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary....

View Article

Ready, Set, CLEANUP!

YOU can personally thank the ocean on September 21! Join California’s largest volunteer event with thousands of ocean lovers at the California Coastal Cleanup. Can one day make a difference for a...

View Article

Take The Tour!

Come see what your Thank You Ocean Campaign is all about! This short, fun-filled report will take you on a tour of the campaign, and show you how to make the most of the thankyouocean.org website,...

View Article

Bringing a Kelp Forest Back to Life!

Imagine a barren underwater “desert” turned back into a lush, healthy habitat in mere months! We talk to David Witting, with NOAA’s Office of Habitat Restoration, about a project to restore kelp off...

View Article


California’s “Next Generation” of Ocean Leaders

Where will California’s future ocean scientists and policy experts come from? We talk with Shauna Oh, Associate Director of California Sea Grant, about the California Sea Grant State Fellowship Program...

View Article

Guardians of the Ocean

Want to make a difference in your community? Are you passionate about the ocean and conservation? Follow the lead of local California students in Ocean Guardian Schools who have made a commitment to...

View Article


Don’t Trash the Beach!

California’s beaches mean summer fun and beautiful views. The beach is a great place for recreation and relaxation…alone, or with family and friends. We all need to do our part to protect our beaches...

View Article

Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles

What reptile outlived the dinosaurs, is the largest of its kind on earth, can dive to a depth of half a mile, and migrates more than 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean? The answer is the Pacific...

View Article


The Microbead Dilemma

Personal care products such as the shampoo, facial cleanser, and even toothpaste you use at home can contribute to a massive plastic pollution problem. We talk with Anna Cummins, Executive Director of...

View Article

Every Week is #SharkWeek! With Jean-Michel Cousteau

It’s #SharkWeek!, when more people watch, share and talk about shark stories than any other time of the year. Some tales are thrilling, some are scary, and some are intentionally silly. (We’re looking...

View Article

The Ocean Wants You…to join September 20th CA Coastal Cleanup!

What are you doing Saturday, September 20? You can make a difference and have fun at the same time by joining the California Coastal Cleanup. We talk with Eben Schwartz, marine debris program manager...

View Article
Browsing all 31 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images