Our Empty Oceans

I have lived a privileged life. I was lucky enough to be born in the Bahamas. As a boy my Dad would tell me stories about his life as a young man in Eleuthera Bahamas in the early 1930’s. They grew up poor but there was always an abundance of seafood. “We...

The Tipping Point

Back in 1497 fisherman off of Newfoundland reported that the cod was so thick you could hardly row a boat through them. This area is known as the Grand Banks and for hundreds of years fisherman caught cod here. The supply seemed endless. In 1951 factory fishing began....

The Cumulative Effect

  The vast majority of us go through life not giving much thought to how we impact the planet. After all we are just one person. It cannot make that much difference if we throw that piece of garbage in the ocean or on the ground. Yet apparently it does. Out in...

Later May Be Too Late

            BEFORE  …………………………………………………AFTER We humans are famous for putting things off. How many times have you said “one...