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12/12/2011 1 Cities on a Blue Planet Blue Urbanism? Cities on a Blue Planet Blue Urbanism? What Does It Mean and What Does It Require? Blue Urbanism? Cities and Urban Populations that Care About the Condition of Ocean and Marine Environments…and Take Tangible Steps and Programs to Protect and Restore Them… Why Are Oceans Important? “The ocean drives climate and weather, regulates temperature, holds 97 percent of Earth’s water, and embraces 97 percent of the biosphere. Far and away the greatest abundance and diversity of life occurs in the ocean, occupying liquid space from the sunlit surface to the greatest depths…” --Sylvia Earle, The World is Blue Why Are Oceans Important? “Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.” --Sylvia Earle, The World is Blue
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Cities on a Blue PlanetBlue Urbanism?
Cities on a Blue PlanetBlue Urbanism?
What Does It Mean and What Does It Require?
Blue Urbanism?Cities and Urban Populations that Care About the Condition of Ocean and Marine Environments…and Take Tangible Steps and Programs to Protect and Restore Them…
Why Are Oceans Important?“The ocean drives climate and weather, regulates temperature, holds 97 percent of Earth’s water, and embraces 97 percent of the biosphere. Far and away the greatest abundance and diversity of life occurs in the ocean, occupying liquid space from the sunlit surface to the greatest depths…”
--Sylvia Earle, The World is Blue
Why Are Oceans Important?“Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.”
--Sylvia Earle, The World is Blue
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Do Urban Populations Care About Oceans?
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Sperm WhaleLoggerhead Sea Turtle
Northern Right WhaleYellowfin Tuna
Census of Marine Life
Copepods (Paraeuchaeta sp.)
Sea Cucumber (Enypniastes sp.)
Juvenile Icefish (Chionodraco hamatus)
Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)
Sea Squirts (Ecteinascidia turbinata)
Oarfish (Regalecus glesne)
“At the end of the ten-year Census of Marine Life, most ocean organisms remain nameless and their numbers unknown. This is not an admission of failure. The ocean is simply so vast that after a decade of hard work, we still only have a snapshot, though sometimes detailed, of what the sea contains… The sea is today in trouble. Its citizens have no vote in any national or international body, but they are suffering and need to be heard…”
--Nancy Knowlton, 2010
Deepwater Horizon Spill
The Impacts of Cities on Oceans?Direct and Indirect…
Ocean Sprawl?
Source: Kraus and Roland, 2007
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Gulf of Maine
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Long Beach Green Port
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Parallels to Land-Based Agriculture?
Can We Eat Our Way to Sustainability?
Boston’s First 100% Sustainable Seafood Restaurant!
Gulf of Maine Responsibly Harvested Program
Reliance On the Market?Sustainable Consumption an Oxymoron?
Community‐Supported Fisheries (CSFs)
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Cape Ann Fresh Catch CSF
Niaz Dorry
The Importance of Working Waterfronts?
Sweet Water Organics, Milwaukee
The Promise of Urban Aquaculture and Aquaponics?
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“Beginning in late 2010, Project Kaisei, the lead on the project, will collect plastic debris from theocean for remediation testing. Covanta Energy will use the debris to test its new waste-to-fueltechnology to convert the plastic into a diesel substitute using its catalytic process for converting solid organic materials directly to mineral diesel fuel. If successful, the end result is expected to be an innovative, sustainable solution for communities around the world to deal with nonrecyclable plastics and plastic waste.”
Hydropolis Underwater Hotel Dubai
Oslo Opera House
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MoMA exhibition Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront
Lilypad City: Vincent Callebaut Architect
City-Sponsored Expeditions and Research?
chagos marine protected area
PapahānaumokuākeaMarine National Monument
chagos marine protected area
PapahānaumokuākeaMarine National Monument
Ocean Sister Cities?“And nearly every American city has at least one sister city. Why shouldn’t blue cities adopt a marine habitat—a particular seamount, hydrothermal vent or underwater rift valley—populated with whales, sea turtles or marine invertebrates? School children could learn about the habitat, neighborhood clubs could organize cultural exchanges, and corporate donors could support research and intervention efforts.”
‐‐Blue Urbanism
How to Reduce the Spatial and Psychological Distance?
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Barnes and Noble, Baltimore
Smart Buoys
Humpback Whale ProjectJupiter Research Foundation
How to Connect Urban Populations with the Sea?
Citizen Spotters? Citizen Marine Scientists?
Dolphin Watch--Perth
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Lisbon’s Oceanario Works Closely With Schools…
Hanauma Bay, Hawaii
Blue Urbanism?What Else Does it Imply or Require for Cities? And City Planning?
Blue Urbanism?Resources?Beatley, “Blue Urbanism: City Planning and Oceans,” Places, 2011,found at: http://places.designobserver.com/Sylvia Earle, The Blue Planet, National Geographic, 2009.
