Protecting our Oceans: Perils and Progress in California

Protecting our Oceans: Perils and Progress in California

April 25, 2018 

6:30 - 7:00 pm Registration, Tabling & Networking

7:00 - 9:00 pm Program

Located and Co-sponsored:

Marin Art and Garden Center,
The Studio Building

30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA

Meet and ask questions of local experts: What are they doing to help the California Pacific? What can you do?

Our planet depends on healthy oceans and it is alarming to see the impacts of climate change, reef destruction, multiple pollution inputs, and over-fishing. This program will address some of the threats to our oceans and solutions being implemented in California, focusing on ocean food webs, marine mammals, offshore and coastal restoration projects, and other conservation measures. 

Program Speakers

Keynote Address:

Ellie Cohen, President & CEO, Point Blue Conservation Science 

Biographies

Panel of Experts on Pollutions & Solutions:

Jeff Boehm, Exec. Director, Marine Mammal Center: Oil Spills & Toxicity

Michael Stocker, Exec. Director, Ocean Conservation Research:
Ocean Noise Pollution

Ellie Cohen, CEO, Point Blue: Excess CO₂

Youth Perspective:

Heirs to Our Oceans: Plastics & Fertilizer Pollution and the work of our next generation

Information and Registration at www.MarinEFM.org

$10 in advance or $15/day of the event. Additional discounts for members may apply.

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