Al Gore Accepts Nobel Peace Price

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Saying it's ''time to make peace with the planet,'' Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday with a call for humanity to rise up against a looming climate crisis and stop waging war on the environment. — NYT Online

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Nobel-Prizes.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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Petition to establish Marine Reserves

"There is a growing body of scientific evidence that demonstrates that the establishment of large-scale networks of marine reserves, urgently needed to protect marine species and their habitats, could be key to reversing global fisheries decline and restoring our oceans.

Greenpeace's plan to set aside 40 percent of the world's oceans as no-take zones could mean survival for sharks, tuna, whales, and a wide range of threatened and endangered species.." (taken from: http://oceans.greenpeace.org)



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Blue Man Group on Global Warming

Sustainable Travel International

MISSION : What they do

" Sustainable Travel International (STI) is a global leader in sustainable tourism development. The 501(c)(3) non-profit organization’s mission is to promote sustainable development and responsible travel by providing programs that enable consumers, businesses and travel-related organizations to contribute to the environmental, socio-cultural and economic values of the places they visit, and the planet at large.

STI is dedicated to providing education and outreach services that will lessen the toll that travel and tourism takes on the environment and local cultures. By providing tangible, solutions-oriented programs, STI is taking a holistic approach to addressing sustainable development within the travel and tourism industry."

WWF Mangroves

The WWF has a great page about Mangrove Importance. I'm especially interested in the part about tourism. "Great potential exists elsewhere for revenue generation [through tours], which values the mangroves intact and as they stand." They want people to recognize the importance of mangroves, and if they do, they'll start visiting them, which could be an important money making venture, but it will also be more dangerous as more people are visiting and potentially impacting the area.

Bonaire National Marine Park

Last week George was talking to my group about his work in the Bonaire National Marine Park. Here's their site: http://www.bmp.org/.

I'm finding their Rules and Regulations really useful for our project. While these aren't laws in all places, they can be formed as suggestions to people to voluntarily change their behavior.