December 18, 2011
60 Minutes: Cuba’s Coral Reefs with Anderson Cooper
The CBS News Magazine 60 Minutes focuses on the plight of world’s coral reefs. Correspondent Anderson Cooper visits Cuba’s Jardines de la Reina (Gardens of the Queen) with The Ocean Foundation’s Senior Fellow, Dr. David E. Guggenheim to marvel at this unique ecosystem and understand what healthy coral reef ecosystems looked like before they were seriously degraded over the past 50 years.
November 3, 2011
37th Annual Hefner Lecture featuring Dr. David E. Guggenheim (Miami University – Oxford, Ohio)
37th annual Hefner?Lecture featuring Dr. David E. Guggenheim
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
Named for Dr. Robert A. Hefner, a much-loved professor?throughout the 1950s and ’60s and founder/first director of the museum?that now bears his name (the Hefner Zoology Museum) ?the Hefner Lecture?is Miami’s premier biological sciences lecture. Established for a?general-public audience, the Hefner Lecture traditionally draws?approximately 300 people from the university community (faculty, staff,?and students) as well as from surrounding communities. Recent lecturers?include Carl Safina, Nalini Nadkarni, Douglas Smith, David MacDonald,?Ian Stirling, and Kenn Kaufman. (more…)
October 22, 2011
Caribbean Environment: From Cuba’s Paradise to Haiti’s Nightmare, and Everything in Between (SEJ 2011, Miami)
Caribbean Environment: From Cuba’s Paradise to Haiti’s Nightmare, and Everything in Between
Saturday October 22: 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon
INTERCONTINENTAL MIAMI
100 CHOPIN PLAZA ? MIAMI, FL, 33131
Caribbean Environment: From Cuba’s “Paradise” to Haiti’s Nightmare
From deforestation and pollution, to overpopulation, loss of resources and lack of protection, many of the Caribbean nations face serious environmental problems now, and worse in the future. With 95 percent reef loss, Haiti lacks fish to feed its population. The largest fish found in those waters in recent years was six inches long. Reef Check has begun a project in Haiti to start a conservation area there, and is training people, which means they first need to learn how to swim. Cuba lives between an invasive species nightmare and a temporary botanical safe haven, but for how long? Puerto Rico’s overdevelopment threatens to pave the entire island. We’ll examine the present situation and any remediation efforts being undertaken in this area, so crucial for tourism and the fishing industry.
Moderator: Susan Soltero, Univision.Net (Puerto Rico)
Speakers:
David Guggenheim, the “Ocean Doctor;” Senior Fellow, The Ocean Foundation; and Director, Cuba Marine Research & Conservation Program
Gregor Hodgson, Founder and Executive Director, Reef Check
Nadine Patrice, Executive Director, Operation Green Leaves Inc.
Room: Sandringham
Cuba Begins Oil Drilling 40 Miles Off U.S. Shores (SEJ 2011, Miami)
Cuba Begins Oil Drilling 40 Miles Off U.S. Shores
Saturday October 22: 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
INTERCONTINENTAL MIAMI
100 CHOPIN PLAZA ? MIAMI, FL, 33131
Cuba Begins Oil Drilling 40 Miles Off U.S. Shores
If you think the BP spill did serious damage to fishing and tourism, imagine an unregulated drilling project just 40-50 miles up-current from South Florida pristine beaches and world-renowned fishing industry. Cuba is scheduled to begin drilling just weeks after the SEJ conference. Will the U.S. be able to influence its safety standards despite the U.S. embargo and 50 years of tension? Could the Castro brothers use the project as a political tool in their volatile relationship with Cuba’s stated arch enemy? There are new efforts under way right now to create a dialogue between Cuba, the US and Mexico. And panelists will give us an insider’s analysis of America’s vulnerable position.
Moderator: Helen Aguirre Ferre, Co-host “Prohibido Callarse,” WQBA 1140 AM Univision Radio (Miami); and Host of “Issues,” WPBT2, PBS Affiliate (Miami)
Speakers:
David Guggenheim, the “Ocean Doctor;” Senior Fellow, The Ocean Foundation; and Director, Cuba Marine Research & Conservation Program
Jorge Pi??n, Oil and Gas Expert and Visiting Research Fellow, Cuban Research Institute, Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University
John Proni, Executive Director, Applied Research Center, Florida International University; and former Director, Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Daniel Whittle, Cuba Program Director, Environmental Defense Fund
Room: Sandringham
October 9, 2011
2010 Gulf Oil Spill and Its Effect on the Caribbean (Sea and Learn, Saba, Netherland Antilles)
2010 Gulf Oil Spill and Its Effect on the Caribbean (Sea and Learn, Saba, Netherland Antilles)
by Dr. David E. Guggenheim, the “Ocean Doctor”
Senior Fellow, The Ocean Foundation
Venue:
Sea & Learn on Saba
P.O. Box 598; Windwardside
Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Phone:? +599-416-2246
Fax:????? +599-416-2362
email:????seaandlearnsaba@gmail.com
October 4, 2011 – October 5, 2011
50 States Expedition: Friends Select School
The Ocean Doctor returns to his hometown to visit Friends Select School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 4-5, 2011 as part of the Ocean Doctor’s 50 Years – 50 States – 50 Speeches Expedition!
Tuesday, Oct. 4: Early evening cocktail reception for benefactors
Wednesday, Oct. 5: Address classes and assemblies during school day. Public presentation/lecture in the evening.
September 28, 2011
Lessons from the Deep: What the Oceans are Telling Us and Why it Matters (Explorers Club, NYC)
Lessons from the Deep: What the Oceans are Telling Us and Why it Matters
From the hallways of Washington, DC to thousands of feet below the sea, get a unique perspective on our oceans including their threats and what’s being done to reverse their decline. Learn how our perspectives on the oceans have changed over the past 50 years, and despite our species’ journey into space, how little we actually know about the salt-water-covered portion of our own planet.
Dr. David E. Guggenheim, the ?Ocean Doctor,? takes us on a multimedia journey below the surface, to Alaska’s Bering Sea and the Gulf of Mexico as he pilots a tiny submersible; to the unexplored waters of Cuba, a living time machine; to breathtaking areas in the Southern Atlantic, including South Georgia, where Ernest Shackleton found rescue, and Tristan da Cunha, the most remote inhabited island in the world; and to Gulf communities he is helping to recover from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Member Ticket price:?$65
Guest Ticket Price:?$70
Reservation Notes:
Dinners are open to Members and their guests. To make a reservation please email: reservations@explorers.org or call the Club at 212-628-8383
Please note: Members may only bring one guest at this time. All others will be added to a waiting list.
Cancellation/?No Show? Policy
* If a reservation is canceled within 5 days of the catered event, there will be No Refund of the ticket price.
* Credit Cards provided for payment will be charged within 4 days prior to the event.
* There are no refunds for a ?No Show? to a catered event.
Event open to:?Members & Guests
Additional event information at the Explorers Club
September 7, 2011 – September 11, 2011
Special Screening of “Cuba: The Accidental Eden” with Dr. David E. Guggenheim (Dominican Republic)
Special Screening of “Cuba: The Accidental Eden” with Dr. David E. Guggenheim (Dominican Republic) will open the film festival.
Web site: http://muestracinemedioambientaldominicana.org
SANTO DOMINGO
Auditorium FUNGLODE
Calle Capit?n Eugenio de Marchena No. 26, La Esperilla
809-685-9966 Ext. 2447 y 2449
www.funglode.org
July 17, 2011 – July 21, 2011
Coastal Zone Conference 2011
Coastal Zone 11 Conference — Winds of Change: Great Lakes, Great Oceans, Great Communities! Many factors are changing our coastal communities and our estuarine, marine, and Great Lakes environments. Recurring problems such as the impacts of coastal development and new threats such as those related to invasive species, global climate change and other human-induced hazards require new approaches to ocean and coastal resource management. Join us at Coastal Zone 2011, in Chicago, Illinois, to explore these challenges and learn from the experiences of leaders from across the nation and around the world. (more…)
May 20, 2011 – May 23, 2011
2011 Blue Vision Summit
Join the Blue Frontier Campaign and members of the national and international marine community at the 2011 Blue Vision Summit as the oceans community comes together again to raise its profile and work towards the enactment and enforcement of national ocean policy, addressing climate change impacts and Gulf restoration. Recent setbacks in our efforts for healthy seas such as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and on-going and growing concerns over the collapse of marine wildlife and ocean acidification reinforce the importance and timeliness of this event.
