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OO disburses annual endowment funds
It is with great pleasure that we announce the first funds disbursement from our endowment program. Established in 2008, our endowment program ‘The Legacy of Exploration’ was formed to provide a conduit for supporters to provide ongoing and perpetual support to Ocean Opportunity, while simultaneously granting annual fund disbursements to organizations or charities on behalf…
Read Morewhen water bites back
April showers bring May flowers, and floods… Back at home in Rhode Island, the last two days of torrential downpours, coupled with an unusually high water table have caused flooding conditions around the State. RI has been declared to be in a state of emergency, with a significant number of schools, public works and services,…
Read Morehuman journey
This is a borrowed video post from Alex Michael Bonnici, a colleague from the Discovery Enterprise… What particularly caught my attention was the Herman Melville quote from ‘Moby Dick’, “I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote”. This itch is one that cannot be scratched to relief… The torment is what continues to…
Read MoreEducational Film Now Available: The Jamestown Bridge
The team at Ocean Opportunity is pleased to announce the recent release of its short educational documentary entitled ‘The Jamestown Bridge | a Reef from Ruins’. This 10 minute educational film showcases the history of the bridge through to its demolition, and subsequent creation of underwater artificial reefs from demolition debris. This film is an…
Read Morestrong in the water
Perhaps the single most gratifying element of my career in diving is the constant renewed focus and situational awareness refinement; and it doesn’t take much to be reminded of just how important focus and situational awareness are when working in the underwater world Having just returned to the water after a six week medical leave,…
Read MoreMap It! Digital Mapping Resources for the Classroom
This morning, I partook in an interesting professional development workshop entitled ‘Map it! Digital Mapping Resources for the Classroom’, which was put on by Lynn Malone and the Rhode Island Geographic Education Alliance. The program’s participants included teachers of all grade levels, computer resource educators, and non-profit program managers. Topics covered included a wide variety…
Read Morethe Dream Rocket
The Dream Rocket aims to connect art and education through a global collaborative initiative. It will inspire participants to consider, express, and explore their dreams for a better future using Dream Themes such as Energy, Space, Peace, Science, Recycling, etc. This global arts and sciences initiative will be memorialized by wrapping the Saturn V Rocket…
Read MoreRebreather Workshop Proceedings | on DVD
On January 23rd, I organized the ‘2010 Northeast Rebreather & Advanced Diving Technology Workshop’, which was hosted at the University of Rhode Island. The reasons for doing so were partly personal interest, and mostly because we are at a marquee time in advancing human intervention of the sea. In my introductory remarks, I refer to…
Read MoreVideo Proceedings now available!
The DVD version of the 2010 Northeast Rebreather & Advanced Diving Technology Workshop Presentations is now available. This is a 3-DVD set, and includes all of the individual presentations that have been seen here, on our YouTube page, and on the forums TDS and RBW. Our intent in making these available via DVD is to…
Read Morethe DMV | a model for inefficiency
This past Friday was a model lesson in economic efficiency, and a clear representation of why our country is where it is. Some might ask why I frequently write about fundamental economics and basic business. Well, today in particular, we need to strive towards a model of societal efficiency in a way that balances the…
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