David Suzuki's One Ocean is an elaborate website, http://oneocean.cbc.ca . You can watch the 4 part series online which aired in March 2010, play the online game "The Biosphere", take the One Ocean Pledge, delve into the depths or the past, or take an ocean tour using Google Earth.
The One Ocean Pledge has information about ocean issues and lets you develop your own pledge to protect oceans. "The Earth's ocean and atmosphere are closely linked, making the ocean part of our lives no matter where we live. Everything we do on land has an effect on our immense global ocean. Do your part to make better choices. Pledge to make a difference."
Why only one ocean? Aren't there five oceans? Alan Villiers, author of Oceans of the World published in 1963 explains: "The sea is One - unified, world-embracing. It is in fact one ocean - one ocean with five great names and a thousand little ones. There is no real boundary to any sea, save continental land. The waters mingle everywhere and the names are geographic, for convenience only."
By protecting the ocean, right whales may have a chance to recover from a species teetering on the brink. With a little over 400 right whales in the North Atlantic, they are critically endangered. Compared to southern right whales who are successfully rebuilding their population after protection from whaling, North Atlantic right whales face enormous challenges living along and in an industrialized coastline. North Pacific right whales are probably in a much worse state because of illegal whaling which extended in to the 1960s, even though they were protected from whaling since the 1930s.
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North Atlantic Right Whales are highly endangered. Their recovery has been hindered in part by human activities. The Right Whale Steward Program allows people to help protect these endangered whales by thinking about what they do and how it may affect right whales and the marine environment. The program allows groups to learn about right whales, make a difference by small ations and receive a certificate for their efforts.
YOU CAN HELP!
Become a part of protecting the most endangered large baleen whale in the North Atlantic and in the process learn about these amazing whales. Small changes in daily living can make a difference.
What does it mean to be a Right Whale Steward?
A Right Whale Steward is a reward designed for children. It acknowledges that the participant has a good knowledge of right whales, and certifies that he / she has been actively involved in the promotion of community stewardship for the protection of North Atlantic right whales.
Right whale stewardship means empowering students with sufficient knowledge that they can begin to take control of their own actions, influence the actions of others that are affecting right whales and in return begin to protect and promote the recovery of these endangered whales. Even if students live far from the ocean, benefits can be derived from participation in activities that reduce the amount of waste and pollutants in the environment. Political will can also be influenced.
Right whale stewardship means empowering students with sufficient knowledge that they can begin to take control of their own actions, influence the actions of others that are affecting right whales and in return begin to protect and promote the recovery of these endangered whales. Even if students live far from the ocean, benefits can be derived from participation in activities that reduce the amount of waste and pollutants in the environment. Political will can also be influenced.
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- Laurie Murison is the chair of the Swallowtail Keepers Society, a community dedicated to the safeguarding and preservation of Grand Manan's historic light stations.
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