For the uninitiated, there is little that can be said to fully express the beauty of Baja California Sur. From the moment one leaves the populations of Colonet & San Quintin, makes a requisite gas stop in El Rosario, and heads into the heart of undeveloped land of cardon, bojum, cholla, poloverde, cirrius and more [...]
Archive for the ‘Clean Water’ Category
beauty where we find it …..
Posted: January 18, 2012 in Baja Living, Beach Dogs, Birds, Buster, Casa de Catalina, Clean Water, Coronado Island, Desert, Dolphins, Environment, Estuary, Family & Friends, Fish, Food, Loreto, Moon Rise, Sailing, San Juanico, Scuba Diving, Sea of Cortez, Snorkeling, Sunrises, Sunsets, SUP, Surfing, Weather, WhalesTags: bountiful sea, Cabo San Lucas, cirrius, San Quintin, Sea of Cortez
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Blue Mind …
Posted: October 8, 2011 in Baja Living, Clean Water, Environment, Sea of CortezTags: blue marbles, blue mind, oceans, one earth, sea turtles, Wallace J. Nichols
“This is Your Brain on the Ocean,” is a must read article about our ‘own’ Wallace J. Nichols – who’s research and perseverance has led to protection and enhancement of turtle nesting grounds in and around Loreto (okay, and the globe). The interview of Nicols by Jeff Greenwald for onearth, a survival guide for the [...]
Conservation and the Plight of the Vaquita
Posted: June 4, 2011 in Baja Living, Clean Water, Desert, Dolphins, EnvironmentTags: Baji Dophin, Doplhins, Fishermen, Gillnets, Gulf of California, Science Conservation Symposium, Sea of Cortez, the Ocean Foundation, Vaquita
‘The last fallen mahogany would lie perceptibly on the landscape, and the last black rhino would be obvious in its loneliness, but a marine species may disappear beneath the waves unobserved and the sea would seem to roll on the same as always.” – G. Carleton Ray in “Biodiversity”, National Academy Press, 1988 Last week [...]
Morning Birthday Gifts
Posted: May 26, 2011 in Baja Living, Birds, Casa de Catalina, Clean Water, Environment, Loreto, Sea of Cortez, SunrisesTags: Eco-Alianzia de Loreto, Kay Wright, Mark Spalding, Science Conservation Symposium, sea turtles, the Ocean Foundation
Quiet seas and shimmering dawn. Early morning osprey calls. The whiz of hummingbird wings next to my face. The splash of hungry pelican. A brisk walk to a thought provoking seminar by Mark Spalding the Ocean Foundation on environmental governance, part of the three-day Simposio de Ciencia de la Conservación en Loreto (Conservation Science Symposium). [...]
Homage to the Home Planet
Posted: April 15, 2011 in Baja Living, Clean Water, Desert, Earth Day, Environment, Estuary, Family & Friends, Waste ManagementTags: Earth Day, Eco-Alianzia de Loreto, Loreto National Marine Park, Loreto Pride, Sea of Cortez, Waterkeeper Alliance
Earth Day – Loreto Pride were celebrated on April 10, 2011 with a community cleanup of the Arroyo Candeleria. The event was sponsored by the Waterkeeper Alliance, Parque Nacional Bahia de Loreto, Loretanos por un mar lleno de vida, and Eco-Alianza de Loreto. A.C. As in years past, the arroyo had been used by those [...]
