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Help Restore the Gulf

Please ask your Senators to support the RESTORE Act (S. 1400) to ensure that fines collected from the BP oil spill are used to support ecosystem restoration in the Gulf of Mexico.

The BP disaster released millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf, causing devastating impacts to the region’s beaches, coastal marshes, barrier islands, and wildlife. Yet, unless Congress takes action, fines issued through the Clean Water Act will be used for unrelated federal spending instead of urgently needed environmental restoration. 

Restoring the Gulf will provide major benefits to the natural environment, and will also help protect the region’s economy including tourism, recreation, and commercial fishing.

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Trade Winds - Isla Mujeres, Mexico (Near Cancun) (by Patrick Smith)

Trade Winds - Isla Mujeres, Mexico (Near Cancun) (by Patrick Smith)

Sand Trap (by Ramón Domínguez) Titled “Underwater Sadness,” a photograph of a sea turtle caught in a net in the Sea of Cortez won third place in the “Environment and Conservation” category in DEEP Indonesia/Barcroft/Fame Pictures contest. (Learn how to protect the ocean with National Geographic.)

Sand Trap (by Ramón Domínguez)

Titled “Underwater Sadness,” a photograph of a sea turtle caught in a net in the Sea of Cortez won third place in the “Environment and Conservation” category in DEEP Indonesia/Barcroft/Fame Pictures contest.

(Learn how to protect the ocean with National Geographic.)

Moonrise Highway, Baja California, Mexico (by abraham)

Moonrise Highway, Baja California, Mexico (by abraham)

Review: Kook by Peter Heller Just read this book, stealing a few moments here and there from my chaotic schedule to read a few pages when I needed a break; an escape. The book is a good read, depending on your love of all that is surfing and slow adventure.  It made me miss the ocean even more and long to reconnect with my first ocean sport; surfing. It even made me miss Mexico! The book is two parts travel journal, from SoCal to Baja to Mainland Mexico ending in Puerto Escondido, aka The Mexican Pipeline. One part self discovery; love, life, inspiration and what’s really important. Finally, One part environmental awareness. Peter hooks up with Ric O’Barry and The Cove team in Taiji, Japan during filming of the Oscar award winning documentary, a brief break from his surfing journey, and touches several times on the impact development is having on our coastline in Mexico and around the world. All-in-all a quick read, kept my interest. Great book to kick back on the beach and read as the waves come in.  One day soon I will get back on a surfboard and be ecstatic to be a “Kook” all over again after 20 years. Peter just made me remember what I had to look forward to… and I can’t wait. Note: This was my first Apple iBook purchase and read entirely on my iPhone. Not a bad experience and very handy.

Review: Kook by Peter Heller

4 Stars

Just read this book, stealing a few moments here and there from my chaotic schedule to read a few pages when I needed a break; an escape.

The book is a good read, depending on your love of all that is surfing and slow adventure.  It made me miss the ocean even more and long to reconnect with my first ocean sport; surfing. It even made me miss Mexico!

The book is two parts travel journal, from SoCal to Baja to Mainland Mexico ending in Puerto Escondido, aka The Mexican Pipeline. One part self discovery; love, life, inspiration and what’s really important. Finally, One part environmental awareness. Peter hooks up with Ric O’Barry and The Cove team in Taiji, Japan during filming of the Oscar award winning documentary, a brief break from his surfing journey, and touches several times on the impact development is having on our coastline in Mexico and around the world.

All-in-all a quick read, kept my interest. Great book to kick back on the beach and read as the waves come in. 

One day soon I will get back on a surfboard and be ecstatic to be a “Kook” all over again after 20 years. Peter just made me remember what I had to look forward to… and I can’t wait.

Note: This was my first Apple iBook purchase and read entirely on my iPhone. Not a bad experience and very handy.

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