I am very grateful for my friend Bob Arnold in Seattle and his passion for nature and my producer Brian Schremp in Tampa. It’s amazing what three people who care about nature can accomplish when they join forces.
Over the past 12 months Earth Calling SOS has covered some powerful stories.
We celebrated a jubilant moment in time when the International Court of Justice at The Hague upheld Australia’s bid to ban Japanese whaling in the South Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
We sounded the tsunami siren on microplastics contaminating rivers, lakes, oceans and all life therein.
Earth Calling SOS covered the stunning discovery by atmospheric scientists that there’s so much toxic Asian air pollution that it’s now changing global weather patterns.
We repeatedly brought attention to the “War Against Nature” and the brutal consequences for tigers, rhinos and elephants.
Throughout the year we have relentlessly reported on Japan, Iceland and Denmark’s bloodthirsty massacre of dolphins and whales.
Earth Calling SOS exposed the shocking proposed seismic slaughter under the seas in Canada’s Arctic, America’s eastern seaboard, the Great Australian Bight and the Tasman Sea.
We broke the story between the link of clear-cutting rainforest West Africa’s rainforests, the Ebola epidemic and its entry into the United States.
We reported on Australian scientists combating climate disruption by using sterile mosquitoes to fight infectious mosquitoes carrying Dengue fever.
We also broadcasted a segment on Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Pharrell Williams, Parley for the Oceans and G-Star turning ocean plastic into fashionable denim.
We covered inspirational stories on human innovation and the first solar powered bike path, and on gorillas that fought back against loathsome poachers, disabling their lethal snares.
My two favorites were broadcasting on the bow of Sea Shepherd’s flagship The Steve Irwin to kick off my ninth book launch “Shepherding the Sea: The Race to Save our Oceans” in Melbourne, Australia at Christmas. And lastly, a touching story on a rescue dog named Maya, protecting koalas and Australian forests from rapacious developers.
Please join me in wearing something blue, holding a sign saying “I Wear Blue For the Oceans,” and sending your picture to our facebook events page.
Earth Dr. Reese Halter’s latest book is “Shepherding the Sea: The Race to Save our Oceans.”