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Ken English, producer of online video and internet radio
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16 July 2008 ***
Sunday Wednesday Topics include ocean-oriented activities such as Artificial Reef Design and art of the ocean realm, along with special events such as the International Year of the Reef, the Coral Reef Symposium and the DEMA Show in Las Vegas (October 22 to 25, 2008) Saturday Liquid Lounge on Caribbean Riddims @ 4:30 PM
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EcoAlert with
Nadine Patrice: Saturday @ 10 AM 12 July: Gus Casmayor of ACGraphics - www.acgraphics.com - in Hialeah, Florida. He talked with Nadine about changes in the printing industry that focus on the environment. Nadine is the executive director of Operation Green Leaves - www.OGLHaiti.com - a non-profit organization dedicated to reforesting Haiti.
Coral Reef
Wrap This video includes remarks by Todd Barber of the Reef Ball Foundation - www.reefball.com and Karrie Carnes of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary - www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov. Tune in Liquid Lounge on www.BlogTalkRadio.com Wednesday July 16 at 1 PM for a wrap up of the Coral Reef Symposium 2008.
*** Liquid Lounge from the Coral Reef Symposium @ Noon on Wednesday, 9 July 2008. Click here to listen. *** Coral Reef Symposium Opens in Fort Lauderdale - 7 July 2008
While I will do what I can to report on activities during the Symposium, I recommend www.CoralReefNews.org for more timely information. As part of the www.SeaWeb.org group, they have done a nice job of capturing the 'news' from the Press Conferences and Plenary Sessions. I'm more into the exhibition area. Check out www.BlogTalkRadio.com for more programs on the BlueGreen Network. You can click the 'widget' in the upper right hand corner to listen to the most recent program. The soundtrack for this video is from 'Rhythms of the Sea' produced by marine artist Wyland to use music to call attention to the issues of the ocean. The CD features the Earth Jazz Agents. For more information, visit www.WylandFoundation.org. Ken English - 8 July 2008 It's time to recognize a simple fact: a healthy planet requires a balance between a healthy ocean and a healthy land. One without the other won't work.
If you'd like more information about the International Year of the Reef and the Coral Reef Symposium, Register for Updates It's appropriate, the venue for the Symposium is less that 5 miles from a 'real' artificial reef mistake. Legend has it that back in 1980s, 'knowledgeable' people thought dumping nearly two million automobile tires in the ocean was a good idea. They thought the tires would provide habitat, which it didn't, and that it would save space in landfills, which, I suppose, it did. But they didn't consider the possibility the steel bands holding the tires in clusters would rust, and eventually break, allowing the tires to roll across, and crush, the few natural reefs that were still alive. Today, workers, including several military training classes are attempting to removed the tires. When collected they will be transported to a 'chipping' facility to be recycled. Estimates place the cost at over 10 million dollars, even with the involvement of the military crews. It is, after all, much more difficult to find the tires in sixty feet of water after 20 years and raise them to a barge, than it was to push them from a barge in the first place. On a good weather day, i.e. calm seas (maybe 50% of the time), 1500 or so tires can be removed. You do the math - 2,000,000 / 1500 = ? days. I guess, they will still be working when the Coral Reef Symposium opens in July. The BlueGreen Network on www.BlogTalkRadio.com is an alliance of media producers - traditional radio and print, as well as internet radio and webmasters, who agree to include a promotional message about the International Year of the Reef during their programs. |
