At a time when unfortunately families no longer always live close enough to care for thier older members here is an initiative which aims to tackle loneliness by matching older people looking for companionship with a young person who needs somewhere sffordsble to live.
For more details check out the BBC website
So what do we do? Read this article by Melissa Gaskill of Mens Journal on how we and other marine cope with hurricanes
National Geographic, believe ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. So they created CHASING GENIUS, a new digital community designed to inspire, ignite, and enable the genius inside each of us.
Check out the website
National Geographic Chasing Genius
“To find out if your idea is a spark of genius, create a one-minute video describing your CHASING GENIUS idea and the solution it provides. Your idea will be evaluated on the following criteria: innovation, creativity, viability, and inspiration.”
Starting Friday 23 June is OCEARCH’s 29th Expedition.
Check the link for details
OCEARCH Expedition Mid Atlantic
and follow the expedition on OCEARCH twitter
So technical problems stopped me posting about World Oceans Day on 8 June but as I feel everyday should be Oceans Day there is nothing wrong be few days out.
Here is a video OCEARCH Twitter put together to celebrate the day.
Remember we need Sharks to keep our oceans in balance and we need oceans to survive.
Earth Day 2017’s Campaign is Environmental & Climate Literacy. Check out their website.
Remember it is our Earth and the responsibility of all of us to care for it
The Virginian Pilot pilotonline.com have reported the 11 OCEARCH sharks pinging of the coast of the Lowcountries
They are
Savannah, Grey Lady, George, Cisco, Oscar, Hilton, Weimar, Beaufort, Manhattan me and Mary Lee
I was so excited that I managed a good ping the other day that I forgot to blog it. Since my last ping on October 1st 2016 I have travelled from Long Island to just off Pamlico Sound. North Carolina.
This not far from where OCEARCH are currently on their Lowcountry expedition.
So far 4 sharks have been tagged White Sharks Hilton and Savannah and Tiger Sharks Weimar and Beaufort. You can follow them all on the Global Tracker and Twitter Beaufort twitter Hilton twitter Savannah twitter Weimar twitter
March 3rd was proclaimed as UN World Wildlife Day by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 20 December 2013
A day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.
This year it will be celebrated with the theme “Listen to the Young Voices.” As the future leaders and decision makers of the world, young people need to be encouraged to act at both local and global levels to protect endangered wildlife.
For more details check out the website
Monday 27 expedition update with Brandon Eyre
GRATITUDE 