Viz 27 Dive Into Your Imagination News

Gratitude. During the SEAPLEX cruise with Scripps and Project Kaisei, we worked round the clock. As both the photographer and filmmaker on the expedition, I worked 20 hours a day for nearly three weeks and I am still recovering. I made a vow to myself on the first night to appreciate every moment of the experience and that I would have my moment of solitude every evening as the sun dropped down under the horizon. As the New Horizon headed due west to the North Pacific Gyre via the California Current, I headed up to the bow for the golden hour. Scientist Andrew Titmus captured this image of me on our first night together in what would soon become the place for many visual observations of plastic. During the next several weeks we are going to be writing news articles and blogs about the SEAPLEX experience and you will be able to link to videos on our youtube channel and flickr photo stream. Subscribe to our sites here as we switched from hosting our own videos to youtube.com because we are hoping to create a broader audience and need your help. Plastic Garbage Dive Into Your Imagination is committed to changing the way we view our Ocean and after three weeks in what the news media has termed, The Garbage Patch, we know it is our destiny. Please give the gift of the Ocean today by visiting our store and sharing one of our award winning DVDS with a child in your life because it is very clear to me, everything we do now to help clean up our planet is not for us, it is for our children and grandchildren.

Everyone imagines rain-forests on land as an important ecosystem, yet off the coasts of North and South America, Australia and Europe grows Giant Kelp Forests, some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the world!

Jeff Ardron is currently based in Washington D.C. as an advocate for the ocean! His job as the Director of the High Seas Program forthe Marine Conservation Biology Institute allows him to help shape the policies that affect marine life and habitats.
You have expressed that it is important to "bridge marine science with policy." Why is this and how can it be achieved?
Policy is part of decision-making. Bad decisions can lead to bad effects on the ocean and ultimately, on us...

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August 1, 2009: One never knows they are going on expedition until you are literally on the boat or plane heading to the destination. I met one of the founders of Project Kaisei, Doug Woodring, in Santa Barbara at a talk he was giving about Project Kaisei. Dr. Andrea Neal, the chief scientist aboard the tall ship Kaisei, introduced us after we met at a beach clean-up. Less than six weeks after meeting one another, we were preparing for me to document their expedition.

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Stay tuned as we are traveling and interviewing 'Cool Kids' the world should know. We are looking for kids that are an inspiration to others, doing something great for our environment, their family, school, community, or our society. You can nominate a child by filling out our CONTACT form and adding Cool Kid in the Message subject line!

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