Guba
Contributor
Maybe this is best in "whine and cheese", but...
I'm a "landlubber" who lives about 8 hours from the ocean, but I'll be headed to Galveston today, and that's about the closest I can get. I'll be presenting a workshop at the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST) along with about 6000 other science teachers and education professionals. Now this is the strange part...even though I don't live anywhere close to the ocean, I'll be presenting a session about five critical issues concerning the sea: run off and hypoxic zones, the Pacific gyre pollution, overfishing (specifically bycatch and shark finning), the lionfish encroachment, and ocean acidification. The goal is to put some of these issues on teachers' radar screens so that we can reach the coming generation concerning preserving the oceans' health.
Here's the whine...I'm going to be that close to the sea and won't have ANY opportunity to dive! As much as I would love to get in some dives at the Flower Gardens NMS (my favorite) or maybe some rig dives, it just doesn't fit in with the schedule. sigh...
Oh, well, I'll be busy with volunteering at the NOAA/FGBNMS booth. At least there are other divers there to rub shoulders with. Sometimes, that just has to do.
I'm a "landlubber" who lives about 8 hours from the ocean, but I'll be headed to Galveston today, and that's about the closest I can get. I'll be presenting a workshop at the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST) along with about 6000 other science teachers and education professionals. Now this is the strange part...even though I don't live anywhere close to the ocean, I'll be presenting a session about five critical issues concerning the sea: run off and hypoxic zones, the Pacific gyre pollution, overfishing (specifically bycatch and shark finning), the lionfish encroachment, and ocean acidification. The goal is to put some of these issues on teachers' radar screens so that we can reach the coming generation concerning preserving the oceans' health.
Here's the whine...I'm going to be that close to the sea and won't have ANY opportunity to dive! As much as I would love to get in some dives at the Flower Gardens NMS (my favorite) or maybe some rig dives, it just doesn't fit in with the schedule. sigh...
Oh, well, I'll be busy with volunteering at the NOAA/FGBNMS booth. At least there are other divers there to rub shoulders with. Sometimes, that just has to do.
