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One more shot of winners and organizers of this year's Peter Benchley Ocean Awards. That's John Racanelli CEO of the National Aquarium next to me. So many good folks.
May 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One more shot of winners and organizers of this year's Peter Benchley Ocean Awards. That's John Racanelli CEO of the National Aquarium next to me. So many good folks.
aThe Peter Benchley Ocean Awards are back. Great evening at the National Aquarium. Here I am with 4 ocean champions: Jane Lubchenco, Sylvia Earle, Wendy Benchley and Mary Munk. Glad to have started something that lives on when we need it most.
May 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
aThe Peter Benchley Ocean Awards are back. Great evening at the National Aquarium. Here I am with 4 ocean champions: Jane Lubchenco, Sylvia Earle, Wendy Benchley and Mary Munk. Glad to have started something that lives on when we need it most.
My cover story in Smithsonian's American Indian Magazine winter issue is now online for anyone to read. Feel free:
www.americanindianmagazine.org
www.americanindianmagazine.org
March 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My cover story in Smithsonian's American Indian Magazine winter issue is now online for anyone to read. Feel free:
www.americanindianmagazine.org
www.americanindianmagazine.org
What borders on Insanity? Canada and Mexico
March 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
What borders on Insanity? Canada and Mexico
Norooz, the Persian Spring equinox celebration has come to my neighborhood park.
March 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Norooz, the Persian Spring equinox celebration has come to my neighborhood park.
I marched and spoke at the Rosie the Riveter National Park Visitors Center today in Richmond CA as did 1000s of other citizens at National Park sites across the nation.
March 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I marched and spoke at the Rosie the Riveter National Park Visitors Center today in Richmond CA as did 1000s of other citizens at National Park sites across the nation.
My Substack newsletter version of my interview with Alaska Alaska Journalist Nat Herz. davidhelvarg.substack.com/publish/post...
February 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My Substack newsletter version of my interview with Alaska Alaska Journalist Nat Herz. davidhelvarg.substack.com/publish/post...
Our latest Rising Tide Ocean Podcast we talk with Alaska independent journalist Nat Herz - bluefront.org/podcast/nat-...?
February 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Our latest Rising Tide Ocean Podcast we talk with Alaska independent journalist Nat Herz - bluefront.org/podcast/nat-...?
And our 2025 Peter Benchley Ocean Award winners - to be presented at the National Aquarium in Baltimore May 8th.
February 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
And our 2025 Peter Benchley Ocean Award winners - to be presented at the National Aquarium in Baltimore May 8th.
Not every reef get's its own report card. But the Mesoamerican Reef recently did. Check out our conversation with Melanie McField of Healthy Reefs for Healthy People on our Rising Tide Ocean Podcast bluefront.org/.../melanie-...
February 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Not every reef get's its own report card. But the Mesoamerican Reef recently did. Check out our conversation with Melanie McField of Healthy Reefs for Healthy People on our Rising Tide Ocean Podcast bluefront.org/.../melanie-...
My house after today's Bay Area storms.
February 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
My house after today's Bay Area storms.
Ten U.S. Places I could live, but don’t
Hilo Hawaii
Eureka California
Pacific Grove California
Santa Barbara California
San Diego California
Key West Florida
St. Pete Florida
Homer Alaska
Portland Oregon
Portland Maine
Hilo Hawaii
Eureka California
Pacific Grove California
Santa Barbara California
San Diego California
Key West Florida
St. Pete Florida
Homer Alaska
Portland Oregon
Portland Maine
January 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ten U.S. Places I could live, but don’t
Hilo Hawaii
Eureka California
Pacific Grove California
Santa Barbara California
San Diego California
Key West Florida
St. Pete Florida
Homer Alaska
Portland Oregon
Portland Maine
Hilo Hawaii
Eureka California
Pacific Grove California
Santa Barbara California
San Diego California
Key West Florida
St. Pete Florida
Homer Alaska
Portland Oregon
Portland Maine
Two movies I highly recommend.
January 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Two movies I highly recommend.
The Holiday Season is officially over tonight. Time to stop stuffing ourselves. Happy New Year.
January 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The Holiday Season is officially over tonight. Time to stop stuffing ourselves. Happy New Year.
A great present - "Mechanical Skin Diver," circa 1960. And here's a holiday gift to ya'll - a great episode of Sea Hunt in which he's stuck in an underwater habitat cut off from its mother ship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6T-...
December 27, 2024 at 5:39 PM
A great present - "Mechanical Skin Diver," circa 1960. And here's a holiday gift to ya'll - a great episode of Sea Hunt in which he's stuck in an underwater habitat cut off from its mother ship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6T-...
After the storm it's OK to be a little Blue.
December 17, 2024 at 1:08 AM
After the storm it's OK to be a little Blue.
Our new Rising Tide Ocean Podcast on how we won a Point Molate Park and why it took 20 years. bluefront.org/podcast/from...?
December 16, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Our new Rising Tide Ocean Podcast on how we won a Point Molate Park and why it took 20 years. bluefront.org/podcast/from...?
Interviewing my friend, Dr. Sylvia Earle for my next book, 'The Forest in the Sea.'
December 15, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Interviewing my friend, Dr. Sylvia Earle for my next book, 'The Forest in the Sea.'
If you haven't heard our latest Rising Tide Ocean podcast - on 'Climate Change and Cultural Resilience on St. Paul Island' Alaska featuring 20-year-old Destiny Bristol Kushin and her grandmother Zinaida Melovidov it's well worth a listen. bluefront.org/.../climate-...
December 8, 2024 at 6:46 PM
If you haven't heard our latest Rising Tide Ocean podcast - on 'Climate Change and Cultural Resilience on St. Paul Island' Alaska featuring 20-year-old Destiny Bristol Kushin and her grandmother Zinaida Melovidov it's well worth a listen. bluefront.org/.../climate-...
In the port of Los Angeles today.
December 7, 2024 at 2:36 AM
In the port of Los Angeles today.
Did I mention that Istanbul is full of street cats who are fed by locals or adopt some store or restaurant as their own. They are mostly neutered, chipped and clipped. Odd arrangement but it seems to mostly work with feeding stations scattered about.
December 1, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Did I mention that Istanbul is full of street cats who are fed by locals or adopt some store or restaurant as their own. They are mostly neutered, chipped and clipped. Odd arrangement but it seems to mostly work with feeding stations scattered about.
Visiting family in Istanbul for a week. Took pix on ferry from the Asian to European side of the Bosphorus strait. Arrived having gone from North America to Europe to Asia in less than a day. Oh, the wonder and warnings of life today.
November 25, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Visiting family in Istanbul for a week. Took pix on ferry from the Asian to European side of the Bosphorus strait. Arrived having gone from North America to Europe to Asia in less than a day. Oh, the wonder and warnings of life today.
On Thursday Nov. 21 the California Coastal Conservancy approved just under $36 million to acquire Point Molate Park where I live in Richmond CA. Here's an LA Times piece I wrote on our 20-year struggle for Environmental Justice and a world class park. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
November 22, 2024 at 6:53 PM
On Thursday Nov. 21 the California Coastal Conservancy approved just under $36 million to acquire Point Molate Park where I live in Richmond CA. Here's an LA Times piece I wrote on our 20-year struggle for Environmental Justice and a world class park. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
And finally - yes, I'm ready for my close up. Sea otter in Homer Alaska - Oct. 19, 2024.
November 17, 2024 at 6:18 PM
And finally - yes, I'm ready for my close up. Sea otter in Homer Alaska - Oct. 19, 2024.