…but the current administration has no plans on commissioning any new or replacement ocean research vessels. These vessels take years to build. So with this administration, it looks like the US has just forfeited our advance footing on marine science.
I snuck out last week and headed off to Washington DC. There is no pending legislation, but we were offered support from “DCO2” – Don’t Cage Our Ocean – who are working on legislation against industrial fin-fish farming. This is…
As the New Year approaches, it is common to wonder “where did the year go?” But for OCR, oddly, this previous year was thick enough to give us a sense of continuity in transitions, accomplishments, and events.
In the realm of conservation, we struggle with terms like ‘eco-anxiety’ and ‘environmental existential dread,’ acknowledging their impact on us. Amid the backdrop of climate calamity, it’s crucial that we don’t succumb to hopelessness, for action finds its wings in…
Regardless of how close or distant, we are all lucky that Daniel and Patricia Ellsberg have been in our lives. I was so fortunate to have intersected their circles by way of a couple of orbits – one through Patricia’s…
Roger Payne passed on to the Spirit World just a bit over a week ago. I honor him deeply because without his work, it is likely that I would not be here now. Neither would many whales. While this is a…
Ahoy OCR Community, The third week of May, we embarked on a thrilling odyssey through the San Francisco Bay as part of our ongoing hands-on Citizen Science Program. In honor of World Ocean Day, I am sharing both my personal experience…
In my perfect world, every day would be Earth Day! But if the world was perfect, OCR would not be doing the work we do – trying to make our collective habitat better for all of us that live in…
