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A world without styrofoam to chew: News-Journal

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:18:33 -0700

OPINION: Editorial July 11, 2007 A world without Styrofoam to chew By WALLACE J. NICHOLS Special to The News-Journal "What's plastic foam, Grandpa?" Some day I'll be an old guy, like my father and his father. And my granddaughters will ask me questions like "what's plastic foam?" and "what's a gas

The Secret Society of Waves: Ocean Magazine

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:41:48 -0700

The Secret Society of Waves I’ll bet in the secret culture of waves that they have a lot of names that start with "ts" and that they throw cotillions for the little ones to learn how to dance and dance and bow and dance some more--back and forth and back and forth. Some waves end in ts and other

A Revolution for the Ocean: Earth Island Journal

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:50:00 -0700

The world suffered a recent enormous human tragedy on the Indian Ocean’s shores. Oceans themselves have also suffered greatly in the past year. Millions of tons of waste have been dumped into the ocean, 100 million tons of fish have been culled, and nearly 30 million tons of ocean megafauna – shark

Defying Oceans End: Narco article

Sun, 6 May 2007 11:16:03 -0700

World Environment Also Victim of Drug Addicition The goal of the U.S.-backed war on drugs is to stop cocaine and heroin produced in South America from traveling north through Mexico and into the bloodstreams of Americans. Yet after spending tens of billions of dollars in recent decades there’s litt

Adelita’s Journey: Screenplay

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:03:07 -0700

Adelita’s Journey is a script based on the true story of the world’s most famous sea turtle. It portrays the epic journey of discovery told through one animal’s quest for family, survival and meaning. Adelita faces grave danger such as the evil Mr. Foody, the greedy owner of an ocean-ruining

Parts of poems

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:38:04 -0700

Two thoughts and pieces of a poem: April 1992 Journal page I’ve always written about the ocean, the sea, nature, places near the sea as if they were a lover, a person, a dear friend. In this case after nearly drowning in the surf near Cape Hatteras. Neruda personified the sea so well in his

You can’t stop the ocean: Ocean Magazine

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:25:24 -0700

You can’t stop the ocean We were trying to stop the ocean. You can’t stop the ocean. She wanted to understand love. You can’t stop the ocean. They walked day and night. You can’t stop the ocean. He couldn’t sleep. You can’t stop the ocean. Their words burned through. You ca

Lunch with a Turtle Poacher: Conservation in Practice

Mon, 4 Oct 2004 21:34:11 -0700

”We must embrace our enemies, look into their eyes long enough to see ourselves. Then, we can begin talking.” An article written with Carl Safina for a wonderful journal called Conservation in Practice. It’s the story of my unusual relationship with Francisco “Gordo” Fischer, one of Mexico’s most

Turtle Heart: Baja Life Magazine

Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:56:02 -0800

“It is alleged that if you hold a sea turtle’s heart in your hand—separated from the body of the animal—that the heart will continue to beat. As if pumping blood and pushing oxygen to its body. For twenty minutes. I know this to be true. I also know that if one were to put the heart into

Twine and the Ancient Mariners: State of the Wild

Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:53:06 -0800

Albatrosses, sea turtles and fishing gear encounters Writing on the state of the oceans with Carl Safina and Eric Gilman in Wildlife Conservation Society’s book State of the Wild. Download a pdf of this book chapter