Archive for month: December, 2008
Wishing You a Year of Unscripted Happiness and Discovery
/in 50 States Expedition, Featured, USA & Territories/by Ocean DoctorSometimes planning is overrated. Sometimes thinking is overrated. Sometimes the best things happen when you just act. That’s what happened on my 50th birthday. Though it’s a concept I had thought about before, what’s become the “50 Years – 50 States – 50 Speeches Expedition” was an idea that literally popped into my head on the morning of my birthday. I knew if I thought about it too much — with all the challenges,
logistics, and complications — I’d talk myself out of it. So I announced the ambitious project to give speeches at no charge to schools in all 50 U.S. states (plus territories), and in so doing, dove into the deep end of a new endeavor that is rapidly taking on a life of its own. And that’s the best part of it.
Ocean Doctor's "50 Years – 50 States – 50 Speeches Expedition" To Launch in California
/in Events, Featured, Projects & Expeditions/by Ocean Doctor_A new expedition launches January 7, 2009 in California! The Ocean Doctor’s “50 Years – 50 States – 50 Speeches Expedition“ is a one-year journey of outreach, education, and discovery, announced by Dr. David E. Guggenheim on his 50th birthday (October 6, 2008) to bring, at no charge, speeches about the oceans to schools in all 50 U.S. states plus territories. By its culmination at the end of 2009, the “expedition” will have reached well over 100 schools — from Barrow, Alaska to Rapid City, South Dakota to the Florida Keys — to share firsthand accounts, stories, humor, passion, and important lessons about the oceans and their conservation. Through additional outreach in the visited communities, engagement of the media, and encouraging the visited schools to connect with each other and share their perspectives on the oceans through a new online social network, it is hoped that this project can help encourage an enduring wave of renewed interest in the oceans by its next generation of explorers, scientists and stewards.
The expedition is a joint project of The Ocean Foundation, the project’s fiscal sponsor, along with 1planet1ocean, and is supported by your tax-deductible donations to the “Ocean Doctor’s 50 Years – 50 States – 50 Speeches Expedition Fund” at The Ocean Foundation. Become a supporter!
50 States Expedition Begins in 2 Weeks! ExpeditionDispatch from 1planet1ocean (Vol. 2 No. 4)
/in ExpeditionDispatch Archive/by Ocean DoctorWest Mercer Elementary (Mercer Island, WA)
/in 50 States Expedition, Events, USA & Territories/by Ocean DoctorMt. Sinai High School (Mt. Sinai, NY)
/in 50 States Expedition, Events, USA & Territories/by Ocean DoctorJuneau Douglas High School (Juneau, AK)
/in 50 States Expedition, Events, Flotsam, USA & Territories/by Ocean DoctorJuneau Douglas High School (Juneau, AK)
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Coral Shores High School (Tavernier, FL)
/in 50 States Expedition, Events, USA & Territories/by Ocean DoctorHouston Community College (Houston, TX)
/in 50 States Expedition, Events, USA & Territories/by Ocean DoctorLocust Valley High School (Locust Valley, NY)
/in 50 States Expedition, Events, USA & Territories/by Ocean DoctorFax: +1 (202) 888-3329
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