World Oceans Day - June 08, 2013
World Oceans Day - June 08 2013
World Oceans Day is an opportunity every year to honour the world's
oceans, celebrate the products the ocean provides such as seafood as
well as marine life itself for aquariums, pets, and also a time to
appreciate its own intrinsic value. The ocean also provides sea-lanes
for international trade. Global pollution and over-consumption of fish
have resulted in drastically dwindling population of the majority of
species.
The Ocean Project, working in partnership with the
World Ocean Network, has been promoting WOD since 2003 with its network
of over 1,600 organizations and others throughout the world. These
groups have been working to build greater awareness of the crucial role
of the ocean in our lives and the important ways people can help. World
Oceans Day provides an opportunity to get directly involved in
protecting our future, through a new mindset and personal and community
action and involvement – beach cleanups, educational programs, art
contests, film festivals, sustainable seafood events, and other planned
activities help to raise consciousness of how our lives depend on the
oceans.
Learn more here: http://worldoceansday.org/
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