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Some references for the education team can be found on the "Call to Action" page.

Also, information on getting protein from non-animal sources can be found on Protein in the Vegan Diet and on this Protein Information Sheet.

Still contains Dhaval's original work- being edited...Key points include 46% of Californians are "very concerned" that fish/seafood is being overfished, but 56% still eat seafood more than once a week. http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_206MBS.pdf. From Public Policy Institute of California.*** Being vegeterian avoids problems like:diseases caused due to high cholestral
As the proposed solution is presented before a committee of international diplomats for approval, it is imperative that the public is also apprised of the current situation. Education, in effect, is a fundamental cornerstone of implementation. The consideration of the proposal cam be made public via news channels, the radio, magazines, etc. In doing so, people are better informed in terms of what their governments are voting on. This can spark interest in the situation and rally people for a change towards the sustainability of our oceans.

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People need to understand that there is a big problem with the ocean and that, in the end, it is their tiny daily efforts and change in attitudes which will help prevent a natural disaster. The problem we have right now is not only about fish, or even the ocean but is all about the way we have been ruining Mother Nature by recklessly overexploiting it. The most efficient methods to reach out to people are, but is not limited to: movies, news corporation advertisements, books and school programs teaching children the value of the environment. It's also about convincing people how the earth's resources are not absolute and will end up one day -  in fact very soon if we don't change our habits. And we are convinced that, in fact, only day-to-day actions by every one of us are the key to the solutions. Replacing fish one week by tofu, not buying sushi just for the glamour of it, switching off the lights is what is going to save the world. And people need to understand that the future of the planet is in their hands, as much as how it is easy for them to save it.

• • Hydroponics in poor countries...?
    • Used for fresh water

• Use celebs to talk about fish problem

• On the restaurant menus that serve sea food should be marked that it deals with an endangered fish, which would discourage the consumers.

• Have fisheries in the School and College Curriculum (worked in India--The education board has made it compulsory for every student to have a subject Environment Education before getting their graduation.)

• Have international drawing competition about 'SAVING THE OCEANS' among students. (Camlin color contest has again worked in India in creating awareness about environment problems)

• Advertisement on search pages like Google or Yahoo! which links to trivia quizzes on fisheries make people aware of it)
  have events held in colleges or educational institutions which collect money for FISH

• captions and banners like "save the fish" in public places.

• just as it is mandatory to have 'Smoking is injurious to health' written on every cigarette pack, on every place where there is a recipe of dealing with endangered fish, there should be a mandatory caption like 'Save the fish'.

• lectures and talks in schools

• create an organisation to have lesson plans-- give a day to terrascope.

• World Ocean Day

• Create special interests group to be focussed on these problems

• donations from high profile people.

• university movement

• integrate the ideas of fish conservation into school curricula. Just like schools have mandatory Health classes, schools can also integrate environmentalism into mandatory classes.

Education

            News, media, environmental channels---

            By making the consideration of the proposal very public, placing coverage and information about the treaty on news channels, radio etc while inform the public of what their governments are voting on.  This can spark interest in the subject at hand and rally people for a change towards better oceans. 

            Underwater camera so that people can see whats going on under the oceans-I'm not sure if we need to say anything about this one.

            Getting celebrities to sponsor these campaigns

                        People love to support the causes of their favorite celebrities, and nowadays, the famous are using their influence as public role models to support various causes, from aids awareness to St. Jude's ResearchHospital.  By recruiting a few well known celebrities to support our proposal, such as Angelina Jolie, etc, then public awareness of the situation will increase rapidly from the simple matter of having a celebrity associated with it.

            Approving grassroots organizations that a further our mission

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1.      Mass education of the public about the ocean problem and how their everyday actions hold the key to solving this complex problem. This can be achieved by advertisements, movies and and documentaries such as "An Inconvenient Truth" or even by making the fish problem more present in evident through pop culture: for example by making Nemo 2 where Nemo is trying to escape overfishing nets J apprised

2.      3.      Introducing classes at all educational levels about the importance of protecting the environment and about how to use natural resources sustainably.

4.      Organize school and university activities (debates, quizzes, workshops, research opportunities) about how to become more sustainable. we as people can become sustainable consumers of our resources.

• • Hydroponics in poor countries...?
    • Used for fresh water

     Underwater camera

• Use celebs to talk about fish problem

• On the restaurant menus that serve sea food should be marked that it deals with an endangered fish, which would discourage the consumers.

• Have fisheries in the School and College Curriculum (worked in India--The education board has made it compulsory for every student to have a subject Environment Education before getting their graduation.)

• Have international drawing competition about 'SAVING THE OCEANS' among students. (Camlin color contest has again worked in India in creating awareness about environment problems)

• Advertisement on search pages like Google or Yahoo! which links to trivia quizzes on fisheries make people aware of it)
  have events held in colleges or educational institutions which collect money for FISH

• captions and banners like "save the fish" in public places.

• just as it is mandatory to have 'Smoking is injurious to health' written on every cigarette pack, on every place where there is a recipe of dealing with endangered fish, there should be a mandatory caption like 'Save the fish'.

• lectures and talks in schools

• create an organisation to have lesson plans-- give a day to terrascope.

• World Ocean Day

• Create special interests group to be focussed on these problems

• donations from high profile people.

• university movement

• integrate the ideas of fish conservation into school curricula. Just like schools have mandatory Health classes, schools can also integrate environmentalism into mandatory classes.
  

Some references for the education team can be found on the "Call to Action" page.

Also, information on getting protein from non-animal sources can be found on Protein in the Vegan Diet and on this Protein Information Sheet.

...Key points include 46% of Californians are "very concerned" that fish/seafood is being overfished, but 56% still eat seafood more than once a week. http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_206MBS.pdf. From Public Policy Institute of California.*** Being vegeterian avoids problems like:diseases caused due to high cholestral

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\[1\]Zabel R, Harvey C, Katz S, Good T, Levin P, _Ecologically Sustainable Yield_ Website: [http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/17216?fulltext=true&print=yes]

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