A Summary of World Ocean Radio
"Reciprocity makes everyone a winner, everyone a builder, everyone a giver. It is a simple framework that allows us to understand another way of being, how to support a shift from our present way that is making us all losers, all destroyers, and all takers until we have nothing left. Is that really what we want for the land, for the ocean, for ourselves and our future?"
~ From World Ocean Radio 224: Reciprocity II
World Ocean Radio in May
224: Reciprocity Part II
About this episode: In the last edition of World Ocean Radio we suggested reciprocity as a value on which to build our response to the environmental degradation of the terrestrial and ocean systems on which we depend for survival. In this episode we'll follow up with three statements and examples to help us accept a reciprocal relationship with Nature as our obligation and contribution:
1. By not taking, we are giving back.
2. By paying a fair price for what we need and use, we are giving back.
3. By acting and applying these values, we are giving back.
223: Reciprocity Part I
About this episode: There is no single fix to deal with the many challenges facing the world ocean. The ocean community has identified various strategies such as mitigation, adaptation, invention, and changes in value as interim steps to move us in the right direction. In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll discuss changes in behavior and core values such as sustainability and a newer concept--reciprocity, a state of mutual exchange--which would create an obligation wherein we pay back and sustain Nature through equitable contribution.
222: Trophic Cascade
About this episode: A trophic cascade is an ecological phenomenon triggered by the addition or removal of top predators, involving changes in populations of both predator and prey through the food chain, resulting in dramatic changes in the ecosystem. In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll ask, "Who is the top predator here?" and, "If certain endangered species do in fact contain medicinal value, are there not other, more supportive ways to meet demand without decimating supply?"
This episode is also a recent
World Ocean Video production.
221: More About Wind
About this episode: Wind is of particular relevance to the ocean, as evidenced by the number of near and offshore wind turbine proposals currently projected and in motion. In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll describe a variety of innovative wind projects in varying stages of development and use around the globe.
220: Fisheries Crime
About this episode: Fisheries crime is on the rise and the consequences are dire. In most instances of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), enforcement is a major issue: lack of personnel, commitment to prosecution, and the capacity to survey and arrest on the vast, open ocean. In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll discuss efforts being made my Interpol and other organizations to combat unreported fishing loss, the cost to the global economy, and the ever-shrinking core group of owners and corporate structures at the heart of this illegal activity.
About World Ocean Radio: Peter Neill, Director of the
World Ocean Observatory and host of
World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects.
World Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by community radio stations worldwide. You may also subscribe to the weekly podcast on
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OceansInc.
World Ocean Radio in Africa
We are pleased to announce a new partnership with DList Benguela and DList Agulhas. In late May we welcomed these two African affiliates to the World Ocean Radio community.
DLIST Benguela provides information for those who are interested in the welfare of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem in Angola on the western coast of Africa. This web-based platform was created to help provide access to information for all stakeholders who have an interest in the welfare of the BCLME, its coastal areas and local communities.
DLIST ASCLME, its sister website, targets the western Indian Ocean region of Africa including Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa and Tanzania. DLIST ASCLME is a place of exchange of information for all stakeholders who have an interest in the welfare of Western Indian Ocean, its coastal areas and local communities.
Time to Wake Up: Protecting Our Oceans
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) is THE leading ocean advocate in Washington today and is one of great ocean champions in the United States. He is a powerful voice with a clear message: "Our oceans face an unprecedented set of challenges from climate change, pollution, energy extraction, and more. In order to effect change we need to deploy political conditions that require three actions: 1. There must be a regulatory threat to the polluters; 2. There must be a political threat to the deniers in Congress; and 3. We must gather the armies on our side. All of the tools are available to us now. We just need to do it. As someone once said, “Yes we can.”
In May of 2013 his
National Endowment for the Oceans amendment was voted in by bipartisan vote: 68-31.
