Feel helpless about the BP Oil Spill? Threadless is donating 100% of the proceeds from sales of this t-shirt to HealthyGulf.org. The shirt only costs $10 (plus $5 shipping). With BIG problems like this, every LITTLE bit helps!
Here’s the story behind the design:
As of this writing, there is still no end to be seen to the Gulf oil spill. And as we all watch the gallons of oil spilling into the water and onto land, we can’t help but wonder what we can do to help. So a couple weeks ago, we decided to reach out to Threadless member Frederik Wepenerof South Africa to work with our own Ross Zietz on a collaboration tee. The result is this design, peliCAN, which is intended to add a bit of hope to an otherwise devastating situation. (more…)
“It’s irresistible to make the analogy between the relentless hunt for whale oil in Melville’s day and for petroleum in ours,” scholar Andrew Delbanco recently told the New York Times. Moby-Dick is “a story about self-destruction visited upon the destroyer—and the apocalyptic vision at the end seems eerily pertinent to today.”
Margaret Guroff is editor and publisher of Power Moby-Dick.
Filed under: Environment | Tags: Deepwater Horizon. oil spill, Fast Company, Nantucket Windfarm
Fast Company magazine has an interesting infographic pitting the recently approved Nantucket Offshore Windfarm vs. the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. According to their calculations, even the long term positive impacts of the renewal wind energy project is no match for it’s slick competitor.
Filed under: Education, Environment, maritime, Nonprofit, sail training, tall ships
Okay if you visit this blog you must like boats. So join me in helping one of America’s most historic and beautiful vessels win a $100,000. grant from American Express.
How many times do you find yourself wanting to support a worthy sail training cause but can’t afford it? Well, here’s your opportunity to make a real difference and not have it cost you a dime! It’s pretty simple too, just watch this:
No excuses!
Go here everyday between now and May 12th and vote for Schooner Adventuress and the odds are she’ll win. She’s currently got a thin lead, let’s make sure she keeps it.
Here’s everything you need to know to make this happen.
Thanks!
Filed under: Environment, maritime | Tags: Deepwater Horizon. oil spill, InfoGraphic
Here’s an interesting infographic by dgs digital of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused by the DeepWater Horizon which is now in very deep water and no longer on the horizon.
Every year a true sign that summer is here occurs when the popular Ice Cream Slip makes it’s way down to it’s Mattapoisett harborside location. Well, just in case you can’t wait, Google to the rescue with a virtual visit!
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While your there, grab the screen and navigate around town. You can visit the library, town hall and Seaport Village, the operators of the slip. Perfect for friends around the world who can’t make it to Mattapoisett.
I stumbled on all of this while creating a map of all of the Mattapoisett Land Trust properties, so please make sure you visit them, virtually and in real life! (Get some fresh air!)
To give you a little different perspective on the Slip, here’s a picture of Shipyard Park from Wikipedia.
Filed under: Education, Environment, life, maritime, Oceans | Tags: Mission Blue, Sylvia Earle, TED, TED Prize
TED and Sylvia Earle, the 2009 TED Prize winner and world-renowned, deep-ocean explorer, announced the launch of Mission Blue to raise awareness of the urgent need to create Marine Protected Areas – Hope Spots – ranging from the deepest oceans to sunlit reefs. The announcement came on the first day of theMission Blue Voyage, a first-of-its-kind conference hosted by TED from April 6-10 aboard the National Geographic Endeavour in the Galapagos Islands. (press release)
Here’s Sylvia Earle’s TED Wish:
I wish you would use all means at your disposal — films! expeditions! the web! more! — to ignite public support for a global network of marine protected areas, hope spots large enough to save and restore the ocean, the blue heart of the planet.
Here’s her great TED Talk:
The Mission Blue Voyage is a star studded expedition to the Galapagos Island that you can follow on their blog, Facebook and Twitter.
TED Conferences always seem awesome but this one is on a ship! How much more exciting than that can it get!
Filed under: Environment, life, Oceans | Tags: InfoGraphic, TreeHugger.com, World Water Day
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This just in! Sexy Saltmarsh Sparrow is determined to be the most promiscuous bird on the planet!
The scientists found that at least 95% of females mate with more than one male for a single clutch of eggs. A clutch is defined as a set of eggs laid together in the nest at one time. One in three nests had a different father for every chick, and the average brood of chicks had more than 2.5 fathers.
“The chance that any two chicks in the same nest have the same father is only 23%,” says Professor Christopher Elphick.
“We were not surprised to find some level of promiscuity,” he says. “But we were quite stunned at just how extreme the rate was.”
In case you are (1) concerned about this issue or (2) have trouble sleeping, here’s a link to a video interview with Professor Elphick of the University of Connecticut about the Saltmarsh Sparrow. Interestingly, these birds are threatened with extinction despite their incredible promiscuity. (Yes, I did watch the whole thing.)
