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Ocean plastics. Courtesy of doyourpart.com

Oceans: The Perils of Plastic

July 22, 2018by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Travelers, ecotourists,  beach-goers, sports fans, consumers: It doesn’t matter where you live or travel, plastic pollution is invading our oceans—it is affecting you and your well-being, as well as animals, […]

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Endangered species, Environment, Fish, Oceans, Plastic, Rivers, Sustainability, Travel, Waste and Recycling, Water, Whales
African White Bellied Tree Pangolin and baby, hunted for their meat and scales. Copyright Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark

Driven by Nature: 3 Great Photographers (portal)

July 6, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Three photographers we profiled in June – all have prolific careers with National Geographic and independent projects – are linked in this portal for a good read. What drives their […]

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Endangered species, Extinction, Film and television, Fish, Natural history, Oceans, Photography, Sustainability, Travel, Whales, Wildlife
Black Tip Reef, Blue, Tiger, Gray Reef, Tiger and Oceanic Whitetip -- all featured in Shark - National Geographic exhibition Washington DC Summer 2017

Driven by Nature Part 1: Brian Skerry

June 1, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Three renowned photographers who’ve captured nature on every continent over the past thirty years-– Brian Skerry, Frans Lanting, and Joel Sartore – have logged tens of thousands of hours documenting the beautiful, […]

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Books, Climate change, Conservation, Discovery, Documentary films, Exhibitions, Extinction, Fish, Oceans, Photography, Travel, Whales
Kids and grownups help make the sculptures for Washed Ashore. Courtesy of Washed Ashore.

Washed Ashore: Sea-Saving Art

August 2, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

How do you delight and educate about the oceans’ worst predator – plastic waste – to encourage people to change their buying habits, and how they handle their plastic waste?  […]

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Animals at risk, Art & Design, Biodiversity, Exhibitions, Fish, Oceans, Travel, Waste and Recycling, Whales
Free diving at the Great Barrier Reef

World Oceans Day: The Sea & Its Abundance

June 8, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Today is World Oceans Day-– We honor the oceans by reprising our earlier selection of books of the seas and their creatures. These writers explore species that have prevailed for millions of […]

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Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Books, Endangered species, Extinction, Fish, Oceans, Travel, Whales, Wildlife
Courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Friday Roundup Apr 29: Ches Bay, Space Colony, Hummingbirds, Feeding Africa

April 29, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Our stories this week: Chesapeake Bay’s good news,  Kaplana –a NASA space colony, Howard Buffett’s “brown revolution” to feed Africa, bison wins new status Chesapeake Bay’s Good News The Chesapeake […]

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Birds, Extinction, Farming, Food, Friday Roundup, News, Rivers, Science, Water, Whales, Wildlife
Men in wetsuits waded out to snare pilot whales and bring them ashore for killing. Sciene of the slaughter is the Faroe Islands, part of Denmark. Copyright Mark Wendt/Sea Shepherd Global.

Whalehunting: The latest Japanese caper

March 30, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Japan has just returned from a 3-month whale-hunting “expedition” in the Antarctic, killing 333 minke whales – some 230 were females,  90% of them pregnant – as part of its […]

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Animals at risk, Asia, Endangered species, Europe, News, Oceans, Sustainability, Whales

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