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Dr. Roger Payne
Keynote


Representative
Sam Farr


Sylvia Earle


Philippe Cousteau


Bill McKibben


Marine Artist
Wyland


Author
David Helvarg
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    Change is in the air. Can we bring change to the water, too?

    Yes we can. Come to Washington D.C. and help Turn the Tide.
    Join the Blue Vision Summit March 7-10, 2009!

    Our Ocean Planet is in trouble. President Obama and the new Congress need to be reminded how vital a healthy ocean and coasts are to our economy, security and climate response.

    Join the Blue Vision Summit along with hundreds of ocean leaders for three purposes:

    • To ENCOURAGE President Obama and Congress to take positive action on our public seas

    • To ADDRESS Climate Change impacts on the Ocean

    • To highlight SOLUTIONS to marine environmental threats that work and need to be expanded

    Panelists include: NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco (invited), White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley (invited), Representative Sam Farr, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and other Congressional leaders, California Secretary of Resources Mike Chrisman, Sylvia Earle, Philippe Cousteau, Ralph Nader, Thomas Lovejoy, marine artist Wyland, author Bill Mckibben, Sherman's Lagoon cartoonist Jim Toomey and many more.

    See a list a attendees

    Our Sponsors:
    • Blue Frontier Campaign
    • Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
    • Pew Environment Group
    • Oceana
    • Natural Resources Defense Council
    • The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation
    • Care2.com
    • The Nature Conservancy
    • Environmental Defense Fund
    • Clean Ocean Action
    • The Ocean Foundation
    • The Ocean Conservancy
    • Clean Ocean Action
    • Surfrider - D.C. Chapter
    • National Geographic
    • The Henry Foundation
    • Ocean Champions
    • Project AWARE Foundation
    • The Baum Foundation
    • International Fund for Animal Welfare
    • SeaWeb
    • Massachusetts Ocean Partnership
    For More Information or to get involved contact:
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