All posts from Philippe Cousteau
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Download EarthEcho’s latest webinar to make a difference
What’s your favorite meal? I had the chance to ask that to over 125 classrooms last week when I hosted the What’s On Your Fork webinar. If you missed it, or if you thought it was SO good that you just have to see it again, you can view the full webinar at www.WaterPlanetChallenge.org. Students from across the country – and Canada! – tuned in to hear Brent Kim and Ralph Loglisci of Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future and I, as we discussed the environmental and community impact of daily food choices, the issues associated with modern industrial food production and its environmental impacts, and the history and effectiveness of the Meatless Monday campaign. So share the What’s On Your Fork resources with your friends, family, colleagues …
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Freezing in the Arctic and Sweating in Sudan, but on Time in Chicago
I’ve been traveling all my life. It’s part of my DNA, and in many ways defines me and the work of my family. Flying isn’t the most eco-friendly thing in the world, so to offset it I always try do as much as I can in one place. Click here to read the rest of Philippe's article in The New York Times
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Everything You Do Makes a Difference, What You Buy, Media
For Teens: A Back-to-School Checklist for Going Green and Blue
Heading back to school? You may have a checklist for supplies, from calculators to notebooks and lined paper. Heading back to school is also ideal for another checklist, one for going green and blue at school, at home, and in your community. We all know the importance of going green. Being eco-aware is a must to protect and preserve our environment and increasingly fragile ecosystems. Why add “blue?” View the rest of the blog and my suggestions on Rodale.com
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EarthEcho Updates, Expeditions, Marine Life
The Power of Alaska
PHOTOS BY KEITH ELLENBOGEN
Rarely is the raw power of nature so evident as when one stands staring up at a 300 foot towering mountain of ice. All around us the mountains have been worn smooth by frozen water over millennia with the only jagged peaks being those that were high enough to escape the relentless onslaught of the glaciers. Mother harbor seals concerned for their newborn pups watched us with wary eyes from their frozen perches atop icebergs as we slowly cruised past, careful to keep our distance so as not to disturb them.
This was Dawes Glacier, a tide water glacier, in other words a rare type of glacier that originates in the mountains and makes it all the way down to the ocean, which was recorded by John Muir in 1879. The weather was holding for the time being, and though rain seemed imminent, who could …
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Philippe Cousteau’s Happy Place
They say that our sense of smell is one of the strongest triggers of memories. Of course, our sense of smell is integral to our sense of taste so it is no surprise then that in a life full of moving and traveling, food has always been a source of familiar comfort for me. In particular, one meal from one restaurant stands out above the rest and still stirs precious memories whenever I think about it. Read the rest on CNN
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Help Save Learn and Serve
On my journeys across this great nation, I have the privilege of meeting thousands of youth and their teachers who participate in service-learning projects that improve their environments and communities. I have seen how school energy programs engage students in science as well as save money; I have seen how school gardens change eating habits and transform the student body’s health and how overall, service learning leads to lower dropout rates and more engaged and educated youth. However, the ability for educators to secure funding for these type of activities is in jeopardy. The House Appropriations Committee recently agreed to a budget that cut $40 million from Learn and Serve America. This is the entire budget for Learn and Serve America, which is the only federal program dedicated to service learning. Without this funding, educators will not have the money to start projects that will prepare students …
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Expeditions, CNNi, Arctic Circle
Catlin Ice Base: Mission Critical
I woke up this morning to snow falling on my head caused by the accumulation of my breath freezing on the inside of the tent all night long. Wiping sleep from my eyes, I wrestled with my gear as I slipped out of my sleeping bag into the -35 degree centigrade air. To read the rest of Philippe’s blog on CNN International, visit Follow Philippe (@PCousteau) on Twitter
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Expeditions, CNNi, Arctic Circle
Walking on the Ocean
Since arriving at Catlin Ice Base, we’ve been walking on the ocean — the only thing separating us from the roughly 1,000 feet of freezing Arctic Ocean below is five feet of ice. At these temperatures, a human being would survive about 5 minutes in the water; so it seemed rather counterintuitive that we spent the better part of 8 hours today drilling and chipping through the ice to reach the frigid water below. To read more, visit Philippe’s blog on CNN International http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/22/arctic.expedition/index.html Follow Philippe on Twitter! @PCousteau
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Expeditions, CNNi, Arctic Circle
Arctic Day 7: Warm smiles at the Ice Base
It’s not your typical day at the office. Flying 300 miles north of the second most northern outpost in the Canadian Arctic is not something that happens every day. But finally, it happened to us. After a week of waiting, the weather cleared long enough for us to get out of Resolute Bay. To read the rest of Philippe’s blog, please visit http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/22/arctic.expedition/index.html EarthEcho CEO Philippe Cousteau has arrived at the Catlin Arctic Ice Base. During his expedition, he will work with scientists from the Catlin Arctic Survey to determine the global effects of the melting ice in the Arctic. To learn more about The Catlin Arctic Survey, please visit http://www.catlinarcticsurvey.com/
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Expeditions, CNNi, Arctic Circle
Arctic Day 4: Staying grounded as frustration mounts
Disappointment turned to frustration as soon as we got the news that we would be delayed another day. The weather continues to hammer the northern Canadian Arctic with a low pressure system hundreds of miles wide that is causing zero visibility conditions at Ice Base. Click here to read the rest of my blog on CNN International
