The (New) Blue Economy
The Blue Economy has long history, dating back to at least 6000 BC when humans are believed to have begun whaling in Korea so we're talking 8000+ years. For most of us though, we equate the Blue Economy with the Viking Age from 800 to 1050 AD w…
World Environment, 6/5, & Ocean, 6/8, Days
Busy week this week with World Environment Day on Monday, 6/5, and World Ocean Day on Thursday, 6/8. While World Ocean Day we are well familiar with as we are a supporter, World Environment Day is new for us even though it has been taking place…
The Blue Economy
Over the last few years, we keep hearing about the Blue Economy so thought it made sense to unpack this a bit to bring more clarity to the concept. The Blue Economy is not new as humans have been profiting from the ocean, lakes, rivers and stre…
Memorial Day Weekend (aka start of Summer), World Reef / Ocean Day & miscellaneous thoughts...
Welcome to Memorial Day 2022 and the unofficial start of summer. Hope folks are planning on a beach weekend, whether the ocean, lake, pond, river or stream, but if not that doesn't mean you can't take a day trip to the beach sometime this weekend.&nb…
Earth Day 2022 + other stuff
So here we are at Earth Day 2022 where the theme is invest in the planet. I have to be honest, I think the tag line is overly optimistic as we, humans, as a species, don't seem to grok the damage we are doing to the earth. Silly humans.&n…