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Dear 'Links,
A recent editorial in the Marblehead Reporter praises HealthLink for raising vital questions about the plan to build a 720 MW gas plant on the Salem site using diesel fuel as a backup.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/newsnow/x2020328940/EDITORIAL-Don-t-shoot-the-watchdog#axzz1r9jVWGkH Â
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Learn about trash overwhelming our oceans and meet the author of Plastic Ocean and award recipient Captain Charles Moore.
Wednesday April 11, 2012
Salem State University Earth Days 2012 Evening Awards Program
Slater Lecture Hall (Room 444)
Meier Hall, Lafayette Street
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Social hour with refreshments.
7:00 - 7:45 p.m. - Announcement of student Earth Day Poster Competition & juried Art Exhibit winners.
Presentation of "Friend of the Earth" Awards to the following:
- Captain Rob Yeomans, Educator and Founder, Boat Camp Nature School,Newburyport, MA
- Captain Charles Moore, Sailor, Scientist, Discoverer of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and author, Plastic Ocean
7:45 - 8:30 p.m. - Featured Speaker: Capt. Charles Moore, presentation on his discovery and study of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch of the north Pacific's Subtropical Gyre, and his Algalita Marine Research Foundation, Long Beach, California.
Other happenings during Salem State University Earth Day week:
www.salemstate.edu/earthday
Wednesday April 11, 2012
Film: "A Sea Change", 11:00 am - 12:20 pm, Martin Luther King Room, Campus Center.
An award-winning documentary on the effects of ocean acidification, sometimes called the "other CO2 problem". The world's oceans have a finite capacity to uptake carbon dioxide pollution of the atmosphere - and as this limit is reached, the alkalinity of the oceans are steadily decreasing, which means they are acidifying - which is already having serious negative ecological effects. The movie ends on a hopeful note as to how enlightened technologies can greatly reduce our carbon footprints.
Pizza and sodas will be provided.
Sponsored by the Greens Committee, SGA and the Salem Geographical Society
Film: "The Whale Warrior" , 12:30 - 2:20 pm, Martin Luther King Room, Campus Center
Go inside the shocking world of daring marine environmental activist, Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and star of the reality TV series, Whale Wars. The film shows how Watson will stop at nothing to save these endangered creatures of the sea. 100 minutes. Refreshments provided.
Sponsored by the Department of Political Science and Political Science Academy
Thursday April 12, 2012
Film: "Shark Water", 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Room 414 Meier Hall
Film maker Rob Stewart reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. A visually-stunning film, Shark Water takes you to the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations. Stewart's mission is to save the world's sharks from human greed.
Sponsored by the BioSociety and the Department of Biology. Refreshments will be provided.
Friday April 13, 2012
Tours of Salem State's Cat Cove Aquaculture Lab, 10 am and 2 pm, 92 Fort Avenue,Salem [just past the Salem coal-fired power plant and SESD sewage treatment plant.]
Participants in the Cat Cove tour will observe aquatic organisms being produced and grown for restoration, enhancement, and commercial initiatives. A brief history of the facility and how it has evolved will be provided. Projects from Cape Ann to Cape Cod will be discussed and linked to securing a safe and dependable supply of high quality seafood (whether from the ocean or freshwater; such as largemouth bass being grown in cranberry bogs). Tours will be led by Drs. Mark Fregeau and/or Joe Buttner, with assistance provided by Hatchery Manager Scott Weston and student workers.
Film: "Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez", 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Martin Luther King Room, Ellison Campus Center
Sponsored by the Philosophy Student Club. Light refreshments will be provided.
In the early hours of March 24, 1989 the Exxon Valdez oil supertanker runs aground in Alaska - discharging millions of gallons of crude oil. For 20 years, Riki Ott and the fishermen of the small town of Cordova, Alaska have waged the longest legal battle in U.S. history against the world's most powerful oil company, ExxonMobil. The film documents this epic struggle which has environmental, social, and economic consequences which are the legacy of the Exxon Valdez.
Financial Support for Earth Days 2012 generously provided
by the following
- Tefferteller Foundation
- Salem State University's School of Graduate Studies
- Salem State University's College of Arts and Sciences
- Chartwells
- Hayden McNeil (textbook publisher)
- Pearson Higher Education (textbook publisher)
Earth Day is a day to celebrate and raise awareness about our environment. April 22, 2012 marks the 41st anniversary of this nationally observed event. To learn more about Earth Day, check out the Earth Day Network.
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