As a result of a United Nations General Assembly resolution passed in December 2008, World Oceans Day is now officially recognized by the UN as June 8th each year.
The concept for a “World Ocean Day” was first proposed in 1992 by the Government of Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and it had been unofficially celebrated every year since then. Since 2002, The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network have helped to promote and coordinate World Oceans Day events worldwide. They help coordinate events and activities with aquariums, zoos, museums, conservation organizations, universities, schools, and businesses.
Why Should I Celebrate World Oceans Day?
The world’s ocean:
- Generates most of the oxygen we breathe
- Helps feed us
- Regulates our climate
- Cleans the water we drink
- Offers us a pharmacopoeia of potential medicines
- Provides limitless inspiration!
How can you get involved?
- Volunteer
- Donate
- Meetup and work together to help with the Gulf oil spill
- Protest/Ralley the Golf oil spill with the Sierra Club
- Send a letter to your representatives
- Know what fish you eat
- Refuse plastic
- Break your oil habbits and take public transit, walk or bike
- Save the water, don’t waste it!
- Don’t litter!
These are just a few tips. If you have more, you are welcome to add them in the comment section.
Happy World Oceans Day!
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