World Oceans Day June 8, Oceans Week June 1-8
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Alberta
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Please visit Adopt A Shoreline www.AdoptAShoreline.org
to list your Group as shoreline cleanup and education heroes.
Libraries and Schools honor World Oceans Day worldwide.
Check with your Marine Science Center and Museums for Events.
Check with our Partners, Sea Shepherd, Oceana, Surf Rider, SubAquatic Associations, Canoe Clubs, Kayak Clubs, Yacht Clubs, Scouts, Girls Guides and Churches around the world have declared May as "Protect our Earth Everyday"
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Email: World Oceans Day Education @ gmail.com
Our Event Ideas page has event ideas and suggestions to promote your event. Aquariums and Zoos which keep and breed wild animals in captivity fund a website where you may choose to promote your event. www.WorldOceansDay.org
PADDLE BOARDERS: one person or a whole group can cover a lot of shoreline just by getting together in the evening and on the weekend. Here is what one man accomplished.... the 1st media article garnered a massive team of volunteers. A picnic at sunset cemented the team. One lake, with over 200 miles of shoreline was claimed by many paddle boarding teams on a tracking map. When the word spread through social media other friends and family volunteered, collectively cleaning 1,000's of miles of fresh and salt water shorelines. The media articles went viral spreading to Linked In, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram sharing the effectiveness around the world and the constant need to be vigilant to protect the source of 80% of our oxygen. https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/270316/Okanagan-Kal-lakes-are-lot-cleaner-after-lots-of-hard-work https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/255916/Lakes-full-of-garbage https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/257525/Paddling-picker-gifted-gear
PADDLE BOARDERS please note: Paddle Boarders can see and reach what Volunteers doing shoreline cleanup or monitoring can't see. Dropping a waterproof camera on a secure line into the water will show disgusting garbage... sofa's etc. A Pro Cam 4 camera under a dock shows who used styro foam illegally for buoyancy. Make note of the address and call the local By-Law office anonymously. Never approach the dock or floating dock owner ! And, if you see By Law infractions on shore follow the same procedure please, note the address and call By Law anonymously. Especially when you see discarded large plastics which the sun and rain/snow will break down into tiny pieces as they inch toward the waterway.
The following pages have Event Ideas
Calgary, AB Mayor's Environment Expo 2024
The Mayor's Environment Expo inspires students and families to take simple actions to protect our environment.
Virtually June 3 to 6, 2024 In-person June 4-5, 2024
In previous years:
Remy Rodden, singer and author of "We're Connected (to the Ocean)"
https://remyrodden.com/ https://remyrodden.com/music
Winners of the Jack Leslie Youth Environmental Grant will be announced
Full Expo Details:http://www.calgary.ca/UEP/ESM/Pages/Mayors-Environ...
Calgary Sparks Centre
http://www.sparkscience.ca/experience-telus-spark/...
Calgary Cleanup Bow River - Adults only.
June 08 4pm to 6pm Meet at 945 General Ave NE,
403-690-3636 to register before the event. Trash bags, gloves and trash pickers will be provided.
Join us as we collect garbage along Memorial Drive and the banks of the Bow river.
Edmonton
June 08 @ 12:00 p.m.
Robertson-Wesley United Church (10209-123 Street, Edmonton)
10209-123 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5N 1N3, Canada
Event will include some special activities or engagements for youth and/or young adults
Under 12,Ages 12-18,College/University Age
A visual display of Alberta photographer Peter Holmes "Water Portrait" series. Also, booths with displays and educational materials and things to give away.
“Celtic Mass for the Sea”, is a choral work written by Nova Scotia (Canada) composer Scott Macmillan and Nova Scotia librettist Jennyfer Brickenden. This work will be performed on World Oceans Day. The text, the composition and the musical forces are all amazing and this is the 30th anniversary of the composition. The text was compiled by Jennyfer Brickenden.
She turns to the early Celtic oral incantations, rituals and prayers, such as theCarmina Gadelica for some of the inspiration from the ancient lore of the ocean. These ancient texts are blended with another set of ancient texts, the Christian Mass (Kyrie, Gloria etc.)
The music themes come from or are inspired by traditional Celtic music – rowing songs, funeral chants, sea-rapture songs, pipe and fiddle tunes, and labour songs. These traditional tunes are interwoven with Scott Macmillan’s original themes.
A chamber orchestra will accompany the choral singing, including a twist - a string quartet combined with a Celtic band!
There will be two additional features to the concert – a number of local and provincial water organizations will be on hand to raise awareness and we will display Alberta photographer Peter Holmes “Water portraits” series as well.
As it says in the forward of the score: “More than at any other time in human history we need to learn from this long ago vision (of the Celts). Our oceans are depleted, our planet in crisis; it is our belief that only through empowerment of the human spirit will we find the collective will to make the sacrifices needed to restore balance and harmony to our global home.”
Dawson Park Shoreline Cleanup
June 8
Thank you to CIBC employees for doing this shoreline cleanup.
Telus World of Science Centre:
https://TelusWorldoOfScienceEdmonton.ca
2024:
Jane Goodall - Reasons For Hope
https://telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/explore/experiences/Jane-Goodall-Reasons-for-Hope/
Throughout, the film reinforces Jane's four pillars of hope that signal tremendous hope for the future: the amazing human intellect, the resilience of nature, the power and dedication of young people, and the indomitable human spirit.
Jane revolutionized how we view the world around us. Join her on this adventure of inspiration and hope.
Previously:
Secrets Of The Sea
Extreme Weather IMAX 3D
. http://telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca
Grande Cache
World Oceans Day Events
10601 Shand Ave, Grande Cache, AB
2017
Calgary, AB Mayor's Environment Expo
The Mayor's Environment Expo inspires students and families to take simple actions to protect our environment.
June 4 to June 6
Remy Rodden, singer and author of "We're Connected (to the Ocean)"
Winners of the Jack Leslie Youth Environmental Grant will be announced
Full Expo Details: http://www.calgary.ca/UEP/ESM/Pages/Mayors-Environ...
Glenmore Reservoir Shoreline Cleanup
June 8
Thank you to CIBC Employees for doing this shoreline cleanup !
Shouldice Park Shoreline Cleanup
June 8
Thank You to CIBC Employees for doing this shoreline cleanup !
Mahgony Lake, Calgary, AB
Date TBA
Join one of our Project Aware initiatives and join us in cleaning up MAHOGANY LAKE. This will be the fourth year for the gang from Adventures in Scuba to be doing a clean up at Mahgony Lake. They are well set up and know the area quite well. Come on out and meet some new divers, or some old divers. Lets show the community what we can do for the environment. (Lunch is included)
Edmonton
Dawson Park Shoreline Cleanup
June 8
Thank you to CIBC employees for doing this shoreline cleanup.
Telus World of Science Centre
IMAX: Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D
http://telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/films/secret...
Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D offers a breakthrough look at a secret world within the ocean that is perhaps the biggest story of all—that the smallest life in the sea is the mightiest force on which we all depend!
Grande Cache
Grande Cache Municipal Library World Oceans Day Events
10601
Shand Ave, Grande Cache, AB
2016
Mahgony Lake, Calgary, AB
Saturday, June 4, 2016 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
Join one of our Project Aware initiatives and join us in cleaning up MAHOGANY LAKE. This will be the fourth year for the gang from Adventures in Scuba to be doing a clean up at Mahgony Lake. They are well set up and know the area quite well. Come on out and meet some new divers, or some old divers. Lets show the community what we can do for the environment. (Lunch is included)
Edmonton
Telus World of Science Centre
IMAX: Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D
http://telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/films/secret...
Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D offers a breakthrough look at a secret world within the ocean that is perhaps the biggest story of all—that the smallest life in the sea is the mightiest force on which we all depend!
Alongside marine biologist Holly Lohuis, Jean-Michel Cousteau invites you to dive into this whole new world that will leave you in awe of the beauty and diversity of the oceans – the source of all life on our planet – and inspire an even stronger desire to protect what you are seeing for the first time or perhaps re-discovering along the journey.
"When I was introduced to the new technology developed specifically for us, I immediately understood that this was a breakthrough in underwater filming that would allow us to capture extraordinary, never-before seen images that I had never witnessed in my 69 years of diving." - Jean-Michel Cousteau
The film is narrated by renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle.
Playing now until June 24, 2016 Runtime: 40 minutes Rating: G
Sponsored locally by
http://telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca
2015
Mahgony Lake, Calgary, AB
Saturday, June 6, 2015 - 10:00 - 15:00
This will be the third year for the gang from Adventures in Scuba to be doing a clean up at Mahgony Lake. They are well set up and know the area quite well. Come on out and meet some new divers, or some old divers. Lets show the community what we can do for the environment.
Fisheries & Oceans Canada
Each year Fisheries & Oceans Canada hosts events across Canada. As the events for this year come available we will post them.
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
Hosts World Oceans Day events.
Schools
Once again the School Authorities in Alberta have ensured all schools are aware of World Oceans Day and Oceans Week. Thank you to staff at the School Authorities and Teachers who are helping Students learn the importance of watersheds and the need to protect our waterways and oceans. Students are earning the Ocean Hero Certificate. Thank you to teachers, parents and students!
Libraries
Please check your local Library and check back here for details of events planned for this year, as libraries in Newfoundland have hosted events in the previous years and have communicated that they are planning events for 2015 to celebrate World Oceans Day. We will post events as specific information comes to us. Thank you to all Libraries!
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