[CINC] Celebrate World OceansDay and Cap Rouge Day

[Shauna Bingham]

Dear Channel Islands Naturalist Corps Volunteers:

Celebrate World Oceans Day! Fellow CINC volunteers Drew Picard, Warren
Glaser, Pam Yerger, and Tamara Thompson will host a sanctuary and park booth
at the Ty Warner Sea Center this Saturday in celebration of World Oceans
Day. We will also be celebrating Cap Rouge Day in celebration of Jacques
Cousteau (CINC volunteers will have red caps to wear at our booth). You can
also celebrate by watching a National Park Channel Islands Live event:
http://www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/world-oceans-day-2012.htm

*World Oceans Day *
Saturday, June 9, 2012
11:00 AM–3:00 PM
Ty Warner Sea Center World Oceans Day
*http://www.sbnature.org/twsc/702.html*

“One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.” Get to know funny fish“from
there to here,from here to there"and everywhere. Meet experts who protect
and explore our oceans. Check out marine animals as they eat a special
treat. Make a wish for a fish and enjoy Dr. Seuss-styled activities.
*Cap Rouge Day - Red Hat Day 2012 *For Cap Rouge
Day<http://www.caprougeday.org/>,
which will be held on World Oceans Day, don’t forget to wear – and promote
the wearing of - a red cap, as a symbol of recognition between, and for,
ocean lovers everywhere. The red cap is to remind us of Commander
Jacques-Yves COUSTEAU, whose birthday anniversary is on June 11.

People around the world will be wearing a red cap in honor of Jacques Yves
Cousteau, who inspired people of all ages to love and protect the ocean.
We hope that you will join us this year and wear a red cap for the ocean.
Cap Rouge Day was first celebrated in 2010 on what would have been Jacques
Cousteau's 100th birthday.

Jacques Yves Cousteau was probably the single most influential ocean
personality during the last 100 years bringing the wonders, mysteries, and
fascination of the marine environment to the attention of a broad, world
wide public.  He has inspired generations of kids, divers, journalists,
filmmakers, scientist's even politicians through his films and series.  As
spectators of the expeditions we got to know what is out there and the
stories made us curious for more and kindles passion for this silent world.
Today much of the diversity depicted by Cousteau is already gone. To make a
first simple step we can do something, we can show that we care.
Take this time to consider how *you contribute* as a Channel Islands
Naturalist Corps volunteer to help ensure that our ocean is protected and
conserved for future generations. As a CINC volunteer your stewardship and
interaction with the public helps to:

   - *Change perspective* – encourage individuals to think about what the
   ocean means to them and what it has to offer all of us with hopes of
   conserving it for present and the future generations.

   - *Learn *- discover the wealth of diverse and beautiful ocean creatures
   and habitats, how our daily actions affect them, and how we are all
   interconnected.

   - *Change our ways* – we are all linked to, and through, the ocean! By
   taking care of your backyard, you are acting as a caretaker of our ocean.
   Making small modifications to your everyday habits will greatly benefit our
   blue planet.*http://worldoceansday.org/?page_id=7

Thank you for all that you do!
Shauna
-- 
Shauna Bingham
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
113 Harbor Way, Suite 150
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
805-884-1460
805-568-1582 (fax)
http://channelislands.noaa.gov/
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