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June 21, 2018, Summer Solstice Malibu, California, USA<\/em><\/p>\n I know I\u2019m not alone when I say I love the ocean! I think there is value in organizing people to focus around the action in a day like \u201cWorld Oceans Day<\/a>,\u201d (which was June 8th<\/sup>) or \u201cEarth Day\u201d or even one\u2019s \u201cBirthday\u201d!<\/p>\n The love for the ocean is something most of us have in common.\u00a0 It’s when summer comes, (or when we go to another part of the world), that is when most people begin to build ocean consciousness.\u00a0 Ocean consciousness is usually around going to the beach.\u00a0 So how do we show appreciation, and celebrate the way the ocean gives to the planet, and interacts with life beyond country,\u00a0 all over the world?<\/p>\n Last year we celebrated by participation in the United Nations Ocean Conference and registered our multi-stakeholder partnership Sustainable Solutions Ocean Opportunities on Small Island States (SOS-IS) inside the United Nations platform<\/a> for the Sustainable Development Goals. We also launched the website SOS-IS.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n World Team Now’s June 2017 Newsletter<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n World Team Now gave the \u201cPioneer for the Planet\u201d Award to Aquanaut and Ocean Explorer Fabien Cousteau<\/a> and had a World Team Now Gala<\/a> around the ocean events with a celebration at the Grand Banks Boat\/Restaurant<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was an honor to participate in the United Nations Solutions Panel as a speaker.\u00a0 Also, I covered the conference<\/a> as a journalist.\u00a0 With a death in the family simultaneous at the events\u2019 climax, I learned that it was too many roles to play at the same time. Here are some past tweets, a Facebook post, and a newsletter to give you the feel of the diversity of experiences:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/june2017newsletter.png\")
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