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Educator’s Guides Now Available & CA Premieres

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Last week had many people heading back to school, both students and teachers alike, and we hope you’ll find this update quite timely. We are excited to announce that Discussion/Study Guides for the Ocean Frontiers film are now available for educators at the middle/high school and university levels.

The university-level Discussion Guide was developed by the National Sea Grant Law Center with the assistance of Vermont Law School Environmental Law Society. This Discussion Guide was developed to help professors incorporate Ocean Frontiers into the classroom.  The Sea Grant Law Center describes Ocean Frontiers as “an ideal communication tool to help audiences understand key principles of ecosystem-based management and coastal and marine spatial planning. These complex topics come to life and are easy to grasp through the stories and people featured in Ocean Frontiers.”

The Educator’s Resource Guide for middle/high school teachers was produced by the  Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and Colorado Ocean Coalition member Emily Kellagher. This Educator’s Guide is designed to help teachers blend the four stories within Ocean Frontiers into their curriculum and expose students to positive examples of conservation and complementary science concepts.

To download the Guides, simply visit: www.ocean-frontiers.org/discussion-guides. Need an Ocean Frontiers DVD to accompany your Discussion Guide? Please fill out the Host A Screening form, and we’ll send you one for free along with other helpful materials. Please share the news with ocean educators.

 Special Upcoming Premieres in California:

Bay Area Film Premiere – Thursday, September 13, 2012
In San Francisco at the Aquarium of the Bay, in partnership with the San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival. Includes reception and post-film Q & A. For more info: http://www.oceanfilmfest.org/

Monterey Community Premiere – Sunday, September 23, 2012
More than 20 organizations representing the region’s agriculture, recreation, conservation, business, education, and community are co-hosting this special event. Elected leaders will welcome the audience. The film and post-film Q & A will be followed by a reception featuring sustainable seafood and wine from the Central Coast. For more info: https://ocean-frontiers.org/monterey/

Cheers,
Karen Anspacher-Meyer and the Ocean Frontiers Team

Who’s Embarking on a New Era in Ocean Stewardship?

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Fishermen, scientists, business owners, farmers & more are charting a new course for the ocean—one of collaboration & holistic approaches, as seen in Ocean Frontiers. Now, we are able to offer you a more in depth look at what these ocean champions are doing—learn more about their work, watch new video clips and see how to get involved!  Each story now has its own webpage.

Click on the titles below to go to that specific story’s page—with more videos, articles and links! 

whales and ships

Saving Whales at Stellwagen Bank

Learn more about collaborating to save whales and ocean economies. Meet the project partners, and check out the cool work on endangered right whales.

 

An Ocean Blueprint for Florida Keys

See how ocean planning is being done right by a diverse group of ocean stakeholders. Hear from Keys fishermen about how ocean planning benefits their businesses.

 

Iowa Farmers & Gulf of Mexico

Connect with people across the Mississippi River Basin who are both changing their agricultural practices and implementing innovative conservation measures.

 

Port Orford Fishermen Protect Ocean & Way of Life

Learn from these visionary fishermen and their partners about how to create and promote a community stewardship area for a healthy near shore ecosystem that will support their town’s economy.

Kudos to Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes and Leesa Cobb of the Port Orford Ocean Resource Team for the this excellent op-ed they wrote on the National Ocean Policy and its value to Oregon’s coastal communities. 

Thanks for all you do!
The Ocean Frontiers Team