ʻAʻole kono ka hapa nui o nā ʻaha kūkā i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā huakaʻi uhane. Akā, ʻaʻole like ka Blue Mind i ka hapa nui o nā hālāwai kūkā. 

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua pakele ka Blue Mind Summit i nā hoʻāʻo āpau ma ka wehewehe.

ʻO ka hanana, i kēia manawa i kona makahiki ʻeono, ua hāpai ʻia e Wallace J. Nichols a me nā hoaaloha e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā pono noʻonoʻo, naʻau, a me ke kino o ka pili ʻana i ka wai. Me ke kōkua ʻana mai o nā ʻano loea like ʻole me nā paionia mai nā kahua o ka neuroscience, psychology, economics, sociology, clinical therapy, oceanography, and ecology, ke manaʻo nei ka hanana e hoʻokomo i kēia kamaʻilio i loko o ka haʻiʻōlelo ʻepekema nui.

ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe: E hui pū i kahi wahi i kahi hui eclectic-a maikaʻi hoʻi o ka uila o nā poʻe akamai a makemake nui e mālama nui i ko mākou moana, loko, a me nā muliwai i mea e kōkua pū ai iā mākou e komo pū i ka luku ʻana i nā ala o kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai. a ua pili ka hui i ka wai. E hoʻohui iā mākou i kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻopau i ka dogmatism pili waiwai, e wāwahi i nā silo hoʻonaʻauao, a e hana i nā paradigms holoʻokoʻa hou - i nā manawa āpau e pili ana me kā mākou mau hoa hana ma ke ʻano pilikino a hohonu kanaka.

Hoʻomanaʻo kēia hui i kēlā me kēia hui ʻaʻole mākou wale nō i ko mākou aloha i nā wai āpau.

…Ke hoʻomanaʻo mai nei iā mākou he pono nā pahu lana hou.

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ʻO Rocky Point ma ke kahakai ʻo Big Sur ma ka hema pono o Monterey. 

Ua huki ʻo Blue Mind 6 i nā kahu mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua. Mai Mozambique mai, Tim Dykman, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka papahana TOF-hosted Hoʻoholo moana, a Kudzi Dykman, ka wahine mua i lilo i kumu aʻo SCUBA ma kona ʻāina. Mai Nu Ioka mai, Attis Clopton, he mea hoʻokani pila e hoʻoholo i kona hopohopo a aʻo i ka ʻauʻau i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Mai ʻApelika Hema, ka haku o nā ʻaha Chris Bertish, ka mea nana i lanakila ma Mavericks i ka makahiki 2010 a ua kau kona mau maka ma ka hoe ku ana ma ka moana Akelanika. Mai Annapolis, Maryland, Teresa Carey, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Hello Ocean, nāna i ʻōlelo no ka holo ʻana o ka waʻa holo ʻino i ke kai ʻino a me ka manaʻo o ka leʻaleʻa Type II—ke ʻano leʻaleʻa i ka wā i hala, ʻoiai i ka manawa e pōʻino paha ʻoe a paʻakikī paha e ola. A, mai Wakinekona, DC, au, Ben Scheelk, ʻO kekahi kanaka moana nui i mahalo nui ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i koʻu kaikunāne i ka pakele ʻana i kona make ponoʻī i nā lā wale nō ma mua o ka ʻaha kūkā ma ka hohonu hohonu o ka wai pāpaʻu ma ke kumu o kahi wailele kiʻekiʻe.

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ʻO Ben Scheelk ma Blue Mind 6. 

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hele mākou a pau i Asilomar e aʻo a kaʻana like me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, akā manaʻo wau he nui ka poʻe o mākou i hele mai e ʻike aia mākou ma luna o nā mea āpau e aʻo e pili ana iā mākou iho. He aha kā mākou ʻakaʻaka. He aha kā mākou e uē ai. A, he aha ka mea e hoʻoikaika ai iā mākou e hoʻomau i kā mākou crusade e pale i ka wai e lawe mai iā mākou i ke olakino a me ka hauʻoli.

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ʻO nā dunes i hoʻihoʻi ʻia ma waho o ke kahua ʻo Blue Mind e kū pono ana i ke kahakai ʻo Asilomar State, Pacific Grove, CA. 

Hoʻonoho ʻia ma ka moana kokoke i Monterey, Kaleponi, me ke kua o ka Pākīpika a me ka Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary—kekahi o nā wahi hoʻomalu nui loa, ʻokoʻa loa, a kūleʻa i ka honua—Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻo Blue Mind i kāna diaspora wai i kēia mea nui. moana-meka no ka hui ʻana o nā ʻuhane me ka wai paʻakai i loko o ko mākou mau aʻa a me ke koʻa i loko o ko mākou mau iwi. ʻO kēia wahi a me kona wahi noho kai a puni—i kapa ʻia ʻo "Blue Serengeti" e Dr. Barbara Block, ka mea olaola kaulana ʻo Stanford, Tag-A-Giant's kākāʻōlelo ʻepekema, a ʻo ka 2016 Peter Benchley Ocean Award lanakila no ka Excellence in Science — hoʻolei i kāna ʻano ma luna o nā poʻe a pau i loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi o ke kipa ʻana. ʻO ka wao nahele moana ma waho aʻe o Monterey e hana ana i ka umekaumaha nui e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai e noho mau ka poʻe e haʻalele mau loa i kāna mokulele moana orbital.

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ʻO Dr. Barbara Block, ka mea olaola o Stanford a me ke kākāʻōlelo ʻepekema no ka TOF-hosted Tag-A-Giant Foundation, ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa iā Peter Benchley Ocean Award no ka Excellence in Science. Ua mālama ʻia ka makana ma ka Monterey Bay Aquarium ma ka Pōʻalima, Mei 20th ma hope o ka pani ʻana o ka Blue Mind 6. 

ʻAe, ua noʻonoʻo mau wau iaʻu iho i waena o nā haumāna Blue Mind. Akā, ʻo ka mea i maopopo ʻaʻole kēia he huakaʻi hele wale. He huakaʻi e kaʻana like me nā hoaaloha, ʻohana, a me nā hoa hana. A ke ulu mau nei kēia hale lole i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

Wahi a kekahi, ʻo ia ka pāʻina maikaʻi loa ma ke kūlanakauhale. Wahi a kekahi poʻe, no ka pōʻino a me ka pōʻeleʻele e pili ana i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ke olakino o ka moana e hiki mai ana - ʻo ia ka wale no pāʻina ma ke kūlanakauhale.

E ʻoluʻolu e hui pū me mākou ma kēia huakaʻi moana kupaianaha i kēia makahiki aʻe ma ka moana kai piha ʻo Lake Superior no ka 7th rendition o keia hui kūikawā. ʻO ka Kool-Kōkua hele pololei mai nohea mai makou.