The Countdown to Conservation 2009 is on

[Martin Kuss]

Challenge #1: June 8, 2009 is the 16th annual World Ocean Day, a global celebration of things oceanic taking place at aquariums, science museums, zoos and other educational institutions in 50 states and 70 countries. Your Mission: Attend on of the hundreds of events and post a photo of the experience, or sign the online petition that asks the United Nations to officially recognize World Ocean Day and post your signature number. For information, visit http://oceanproject.org/wod. Join the fight.

[gcummings@austin.rr.com]

OK missed 1st challenge, so when is the next challenge?
Will we be subscribed to "challenge" list and be informed of each challenge?
Or do we have to remember and manually need to come back to this forum to find next challenge?

[6793026]

If you get the scription of the magazine, each month will have a focus and offer activities for the different challenges.

June: # 1 World Ocean Day
July: # 2 Ocean-Friendly Seafood Recipe
Aug: # 3 Carbon Offset
Sept: # 4 International Cleanup Day Sept 19, 2009.

Phil

[marine9]

Phil:

When will winners be announced? I've yet to see anything on line
or posted in Sport Diver. Please advise. Thanks.

[6793026]

I'm not sure when they pick the new winners, however, if you click on this link below, they chose a winner for the Ocean-Friendly recipe.

http://forums.sportdiver.com/showthread.php?t=559806

phil

[6793026]

Oct: Find the MSC (Marine Stewardship Conuncil's) sustainable seafood eco-label and write a story about which supermarket it was from and what MSC-labeled seafood product was bought and post online on this forum.

[6793026]

Countdown to Conservation 2009 Nov / Dec

Put your money where your heart is by making a contribution to the cause at projectaware.org. Then share your reasons for donating in a post on the C2C forum at sportdiver.com/c2c2009

[6793026]

Countdown to Conservation 2009 Nov / Dec

Create a myAware account, share the site with friends and also email editor@sportdivers.com for a chance to win prizes.