Stories
What Mrs. Vaughan Teaches Us (and can teach U.S.)
Perhaps you have been to see the movie Hidden Figures. Perhaps you were inspired by its depiction of three black women succeeding because of their extraordinary ability in the context …
Costa Rica BBNJ Workshop
I spent the 8th and 9th of March in Puntarenas, Costa Rica for a Central American workshop to develop capacity for foreign ministries engaged in responding to the UN General …
Saving a Special Place on the Potomac
History can only repeat itself if a structure exists to frame and support its stories. Along the Chesapeake, in the narrow Nanjemoy Peninsula, the decaying 18th Century steamships of Mallows …
Remember the River’s Remains
This is part one of a three-part series on the urgency for safeguarding Mallows Bay. Staying afloat amidst changing tides is more crucial now that it was 90 years ago …
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Role in Ocean Issues
On January 28, I arrived in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, one of the 16 cities that make up “Metro Manila,” the most densely populated urban area in the …
Plastics Are Defining Our Future Ocean
49 years ago today the movie, “The Graduate,” first appeared in USA movie theaters and thus enshrined that famous line of Mr. McGuire’s about future opportunities—It is just one word, …
Go Big or Go Home
International agreements value efforts to protect the health and wellbeing of all life on earth—from human rights to endangered species—the nations of the world have come together to figure out …
Blue Tech in San Diego
This past week I attended the 8th annual BlueTech & Blue Economy Summit and Tech Expo in San Diego, which is hosted by The Maritime Alliance (TMA). And, on Friday …
In It for the Long Game
Like most of my colleagues at The Ocean Foundation, I’m always thinking about the long game. What future are we working to achieve? How can what we do now lay the …
Arctic Ocean Acidification Workshop
In September 2016, the biggest cruise ship to ever make the Northwest Passage through the Arctic reached New York safely after 32 days, millions of dollars in preparations, and a …
Stories of the Whale
The ocean is an opaque place in that there is still so much to learn about it. The life patterns of the great whales are also opaque—it is amazing what …
Elements of Earth
I’ve felt the force. The force of water elevating me, pushing me, pulling me, moving me, taking me as far as the eye can see. My fascination and love for …
