From our weekly Zoom meet-up for Writing & Poetry on July 21st, a taste of some readings on the subject of, checking in on ‘How We Are Feeling Right Now’. Something Niki Patton believes Americans are not culturally used to doing.

News from the Oceans
As part of our constant focus on work being done to heal our oceans we bring videos, news and ways to be involved.

Sign a Petition to Protect the U.S. Atlantic’s Only Marine National Monument

Dr Marianne Goldberg had a dream to create a Ocean Sanctuary for Martha’s Vineyard.
Unfortunately for us all, her life was cut short before she could realize this dream. In her memory we could at least preserve what we have so close by.

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is located 130 miles off the coast of Cape Cod. It is a biodiversity hotspot, teeming with ocean wildlife from endangered whales, seabirds, and sea turtles to rare thousand-year-old deep-sea corals.

It is the only marine monument in the U.S. Atlantic Ocean, providing lasting protection from oil and gas drilling, commercial fishing, mining, and other destructive activities.

However, the Trump Administration is threatening to roll back these protections. Climate change already threatens our ocean ecosystem. The proposed rollbacks to the Monument would further endanger this special place.

We must preserve the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts to ensure a healthy ocean for generations to come.

The Trump Administration should leave existing protections in place for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.

One of Pam Benjamin’s Sense of Wonder Camp songs related to the topic of prejudice and racism.  The campers and counselors wrote this song with our wonderful African American singer songwriter  Lewis Warren Jr.