Oceans - Solutions

The Desert Development Foundation uses seawater-based agricultural and forestry technologies to grow plants that have many uses, including food, oil, and housewares. Check out this multi-purpose solution. http://seawaterforests. org

The Ford Campaign
bluewaternetwork.org/campaign_gw_ford.shtml

Dioxin Discharge
www.earthjustice.org/urgent/display.html?ID=205

Bluewater Network's mission is to champion innovative solutions and inspire individuals to protect the earth's finite and vulnerable ecosystems. Bluewater Network promotes critical policy changes in government and industry to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and eradicate other root causes of air and water pollution, global warming, and habitat destruction. http://www.bluewaternetwork. org

Watch the online film from Shifting Baselines that explains the truth about ocean decline, click here http://www.shiftingbaselines.org/slideshow/pristine_hi. html

Join a Reef Check Team - click here to see an international map where Reef Check Teams are active http://www.reefcheck.org/participate/teams.asp

Global Stewards provides resources for sustainable living and environmental activism. http://www.globalstewards. org

The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education. http://www.surfrider.org

Statistics on childhood illnesses since 1980 are staggering. Asthma has increased 142%; cancer continues to rise at 1% per year; birth defects are rising; and 17% of all children under age 19 have some form of developmental disability. Check out www.safefoodandfertilizer. org to learn more about hazardous and other industrial wastes in fertilizer that currently has no regulation.

See Our Ocean Resources page for more ways to participate