well, fellow athletes of the amphibious or aquatic kind, and fellow fans of the marine environment, guess what?it is World Oceans Day. i was not aware there was a day dedicated to the oceans of our Earth, but apparently in 2008 the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution that June 8 of every year would be World Oceans Day, dedicated to devoting attention to the health and welfare of the planet's seas.
i know, it doesn't seem like they did a very good job promoting it. at least in the U.S., it has been a non-event. i only learned about it today via a Facebook announcement from National Geographic. but it is relatively recent, so i suspect that like any event it takes a little time to gather momentum. Earth Day, for example, took several decades to get to the world-recognized scale it has now.
given the amount of time i--and i suspect most of you--devote to the ocean environment, whether swimming, surfing, snorkeling, diving, boating, fishing, flying, or simply watching, i think it's worthwhile to support efforts to maintain it. especially considering it is ~75% of the surface of the Earth, and especially considering how much we use it. so i encourage everyone to take some time to learn more and help out if you can. here's some useful links about what's going on for today:
- http://www.un.org/en/events/oceansday/sgmessage.shtml
- http://www.un.org/Depts/los/reference_files/worldoceansday.htm
- http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/index.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Oceans_Day
- http://worldoceansday.org
- http://www.worldoceannetwork.org/EN/accueil.htm
- http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/08/world-oceans-day/?source=link_fbt20110608itworldoceansday
- https://www.facebook.com/WorldOceansDay?sk=app_4949752878
- http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/ocean-now/why-ocean-matters.html
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