150th Anniversary Episode: The Sea Connects All Things
Series: World Ocean Radio: The Sea Connects All Things
From: World Ocean Radio
Length: 00:04:27
This week marks the 150th episode of World Ocean Radio. In honor of this anniversary, we've chosen to re-broadcast our very first World Ocean Radio episode-The Sea Connects All Things-which first aired December 7, 2007.
In this episode, host Peter Neill discusses the ocean as the central element in our lives. He will explain why the ocean is essential to human survival: our primary source of food, water, climate and community. He will argue that the ocean is the undeniable determinate ecology in which we live.
This week and every week, World Ocean Radio celebrates the vast, interconnected global system that is the world ocean. The sea connects all things...
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Peter Neill, Director of the W2O and host of World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. World Ocean Radio, a project of the World Ocean Observatory, is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by community radio stations worldwide.
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Piece Description
This week marks the 150th episode of World Ocean Radio. In honor of this anniversary, we've chosen to re-broadcast our very first World Ocean Radio episode-The Sea Connects All Things-which first aired December 7, 2007.
In this episode, host Peter Neill discusses the ocean as the central element in our lives. He will explain why the ocean is essential to human survival: our primary source of food, water, climate and community. He will argue that the ocean is the undeniable determinate ecology in which we live.
This week and every week, World Ocean Radio celebrates the vast, interconnected global system that is the world ocean. The sea connects all things...
______________________________________________________________________
Peter Neill, Director of the W2O and host of World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. World Ocean Radio, a project of the World Ocean Observatory, is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by community radio stations worldwide.
Broadcast History
WERU-FM, Blue Hill, ME; California Academy of Sciences/Steinhart Aquarium; KSER-FM, Everett, WA; Erie Maritime Museum, Mystic Seaport
Transcript
I’m Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory. For many, the ocean is a place apart, a vast wilderness extending beyond our physical and psychological horizons, at once alien and indifferent, fascinating and compelling, and about which we know very little. But consider these facts: the ocean covers 71% of the earth’s surface; the ocean is a central element in the recycling and purification of fresh water; the ocean provides 40% of the world’s protein, especially in developing nations; more than 200 million people worldwide are dependent on the ocean for their livelihood; 65% of the world’s population lives within 100 miles of an ocean coast.
The reality is that the ocean is essential to human survival, a primary source of food, water, climate, and community – immediate, universal, and undeniable. In short, the ocean is the determinant ecology in which we live – the sea conne...
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Additional Credits
Peter Neill, hot; Trisha Badger, Associate Producer
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