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Take a moment to support clean techology

September 13, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Clean technologies have great potential to help solve many of the challenges our oceans face. However, getting a clean technology business up and running is really tough. Not only do entrepreneurs have to have great ideas, but they also have to have grit, determination and lots of funding to develop prototypes, run pilot projects to… [read more]

Filed Under: Clean technology, Do Something, Say Something Tagged With: business incubator, clean oceans, clean tech, clean technology, entrepreneur, LA2050 Grants Challenge, non-profit, PortTech, startup, technology

Go see the giant rubber duck!

August 21, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

A giant rubber duck has arrived in Los Angeles and has transformed Los Angeles Harbor into its own very public bathtub. The duck is 40 feet tall and completely awesome. I had the chance to see it on Wednesday, August 20 when it was towed in as part of the Tall Ships Festival and now… [read more]

Filed Under: Ocean events Tagged With: event, Florentijn Hofman, fun, giant rubber duck, rubberduckLA, tall ships festival, yellow

War of the Whales is a must read!

August 10, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

“War of the Whales” is a must read! This is one ocean journey that everyone should take, and that’s the beauty of reading…you can traverse the depths of the ocean and the hallways of the Supreme Court all without leaving the comforts of your living room. The story centers around marine biologist Ken Balcomb and… [read more]

Filed Under: Do Something, Whales Tagged With: beaked whales, books, Cuvier's beaked whale, Joel Reynolds, Joshua Horwitz, Ken Balcomb, mass stranding, Navy sonar, NRDC, War of the Whales, whale book, whale stranding

Summer Reading: War of the Whales

July 13, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

It’s that time of year when bookstores everywhere showcase “summer reading” options. But take a pass on the books touted as easy reading and pick up “War of the Whales” by Joshua Horwitz instead. Just released on July 1, 2014 by Simon & Schuster, this book takes you behind-the-scenes during the battle to protect whales… [read more]

Filed Under: Do Something, Whales Tagged With: beaked whales, books, Cuvier's beaked whale, Joshua Horwitz, Ken Balcomb, mass stranding, Navy sonar, ocean books, War of the Whales, whale book, whale stranding, wildlife books

Honor July 4th throughout the year by saying something

July 4, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Happy 4th of July! This day is all about celebrating independence, democracy and freedom. But what is the point of celebrating these gifts every July if we don’t make the most of them during the rest of the year? This has been the question on my mind since I attended the Pacific Fisheries Management Council… [read more]

Filed Under: Earth musings, Say Something Tagged With: democracy, drift gillnets, fishing, gillnet fishing, ocean, Oceana, public comment, public speaking, sustainable fishing, swordfish

A trashy start to July

July 1, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 3 Comments

July started with trash on the streets. In my Los Angeles neighborhood, it’s common practice for people to leave flyers on car windshields. Alas, this advertising method leads to trash everywhere: on the street, sidewalks, driveways and grassy areas. Flyers end up on the ground in a variety of ways. Sometimes the wind catches them,… [read more]

Filed Under: Do Something, Ocean pollution, Say Something Tagged With: marine debris, ocean trash, pollution, trash, trash on the street

Pink the brown pelican flies free!

June 5, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

Hooray, Pink the formerly mutilated brown pelican was released on Tuesday, June 3rd, and flew back to his pelican compatriots in the wild! Before being released, he was banded with a blue band printed with V70 on it, this is to help identify him in the wild as part of International Bird Rescue’s Blue-Banded Pelican… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: brown pelican, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican, pelican

Update on Pink the mutilated brown pelican

May 31, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

Great news, Pink the brown pelican has fully recovered from a severe mutilated pouch wound! After two operations that lasted a total of six hours and involved hundreds of stitches, it’s almost impossible to see the scar and Pink looks good as new (see photo). “Over the course of treatment, I’ve seen Pink transform from… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: bird, brown pelican, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican, pelican

$10,000 reward for information on mutilated pelican

April 29, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Great news, the mutilated California brown pelican made it through the first surgery on Sunday and is doing well! Double great news, the reward for information on the attacker(s) is now up to $10,000. In other news, the pelican has been officially nicknamed “Pink” for the colored leg band the bird was assigned upon arriving… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: brown pelican, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican, pelican

$7,500 reward for information on mutilated CA brown pelican

April 24, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Yesterday, International Bird Rescue (IBR) held a press conference and provided more detailed information regarding the status of the mutilated California brown pelican. Here’s the latest: Thanks to the generous support of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and individual donors, the reward has increased to $7,500 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: bird, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican

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