[Coral-List] Florida - Awareness and Appreciation Coordinator (job posting)
Kerrigan, Kristi
Kristi.Kerrigan at dep.state.fl.us
Wed May 15 13:19:31 UTC 2019
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Coral Reef Conservation Program is looking for a communications coordinator (job title: Awareness and Appreciation Coordinator/Environmental Specialist III). Please see below for a description of this position and follow this link to apply (https://jobs.myflorida.com/job/MIAMI-ENVIRONMENTAL-SPECIALIST-III-37010764-FL-33138/557653700/) :
With guidance from the DEP Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) Manager and Assistant Manager, this position provides technical assistance and leads the planning and implementation of local action strategy projects focused on Awareness and Appreciation (AA) for the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI), and AA-related CRCP projects as identified in the CRCP Strategic Plan and reports to the DEP Coral Reef Conservation Program Manager.
As the CRCP Regional Communications Liaison, works with the CRCP Manager, DEP Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP) and DEP Press Office staff to develop and transmit press releases, articles, newsletters, social media, and other media vehicles for the CRCP and SEFCRI. Primary CRCP contact for media and public inquiries. Leads the planning, coordination, and implementation of communications-related response teams as part of the RCP southeast regional communications including, but not limited to, the CRCP, disease response, etc. This position provides leadership and guidance for CRCP public interaction, including speaking events, outreach materials, public meetings, and site tours. The incumbent is responsible for soliciting, writing, and submitting articles for the weekly Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection Internal Reports, attending regular conference calls, and/or other DEP leadership requests. The position also ensures that agency communications-related direction and press information is disseminated and clearly explained to the RCP Southeast Region staff.
Leads the planning and implementation of LAS projects identified in the AA section of the SEFCRI and any AA-related CRCP projects as identified in the CRCP Strategic Plan. Leads coordination of CRCP and SEFCRI involvement and participation in community events. Serves as a speaker to inform and educate the public and other groups about the Southeast Florida coral reef ecosystem and SEFCRI. Leads development and implementation of a communications and outreach strategy to support the SEFCRI and CRCP including development, presentation, and distribution of effective outreach products and messages (e.g. exhibits, websites, brochures, etc.) across a diverse range of stakeholders. In close coordination with the Office of Technology and Information Services and RCP staff, this person is responsible for managing updates and maintenance of the CRCP and SEFCRI-related websites.
Prepares scopes of work, develops and manages grants and contracts, oversees contractors, and associated progress reporting and financial tracking for all assigned projects. Maintains program and project files and records. Compile information/data, develops, tracks, and maintains databases, prepares progress and financial reports, and facilitates annual review (and revision, if needed) of assigned core programs and projects. Organizes, facilitates, and participates in SEFCRI-related workshops and meetings. Ensures meeting minutes are recorded for all assigned program/project meetings and prepares meeting summaries. Assists with CRCP and SEFCRI programmatic and strategic planning.
Works with numerous partners in both the public and private sectors to further the state's efforts in protecting coral reef resources in Southeast Florida. Works collaboratively, fosters effective communication and exchanges information with intra- and interagency staff, SEFCRI Team members, stakeholders and the general public. Work collaboratively and exchange information with CRCP staff, SEFCRI Team members, and all interested stakeholders. Maintain and establish new partnerships with a variety of stakeholder groups including resource users, NGO's, educational institutions, and government agencies.
Where appropriate, represents the DEP, RCP, CRCP, and the SEFCRI Team. Attends all necessary DEP, RCP, CRCP, and SEFCRI meetings and functions. Attends training programs (where funds allow). Assist with education and outreach activities, as needed. Periodic weekend and evening work may be required to support CRCP outreach activities.
Position is essential to provide assistance in the event of an emergency at the DEP field offices, including pre-storm preparation, post-storm clean-up and replacement of stored goods to ready field office for operation after a storm; or other services assigned.
Regular local travel throughout Southeast Florida and occasional long-distance travel.
Snorkel or SCUBA dive as required to assist with field work.
Other duties as assigned.
The following knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, are required for the position:
Communications, outreach, and media relations experience, including development of communication strategies, media campaigns, press releases, and articles. Knowledge of coral reef ecosystems and general marine science or coastal resource management. Ability to identify the hard coral and reef fish species of Southeast Florida.
Ability to effectively communicate complex scientific concepts to a diverse range of stakeholders. Strong math and analytical skills. Excellent organizational, writing and editing skills (both technical and colloquial). Ability to be flexible, multitask, and meet tight deadlines. Ability to manage multiple, multi-year, concurrent projects. Ability to work in a team setting and independently. Ability to work independently and complete tasks with attention to detail under minimal supervision. Ability to determine work priorities, ensure proper completion of work assignments. Ability to communicate courteously and effectively with a diverse range of people. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. Excellent public speaking and meeting facilitation and conflict resolution skills. Ability to maintain a valid Driver License. Ability to travel regularly. Proficiency with PC computers, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, is required. SCUBA diving certification and at least 60 dives experience is required.
Knowledge of graphic design and photo editing is preferred. Experience with Microsoft Access is also preferred.
Nitrox certification, and experience as a diver for marine science related field work is preferred. Skill in small boat handling and trailering, or the ability to acquire these skills is preferred.
Other job-related requirements for this position: A Bachelor's Degree with a major in one of the marine environmental sciences or biological sciences or communications, and two years of professional experience in a marine environmental program is required. A Master's Degree in one of the marine environmental or biological sciences is preferred. Regular local travel throughout Southeast Florida and occasional long-distance travel.
For state employment, or promotion within, the State of Florida requires that male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962 are to have registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) prior to their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
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Nearest Major Market: Miami
Kristi Kerrigan
Assistant Manager / Reef Resilience Coordinator
FDEP Coral Reef Conservation Program
561-681-6632
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Carbon offsetting (Holger Anlauf)
2. Re: Carbon offsetting (Nohora Galvis)
3. 2020 GoMOSES Conference Call for Session Proposals
(suzanne garrett)
4. Re: Carbon offsetting (Emma Lassiter)
5. Fast-spreading coral disease ravages reefs of St. Thomas
(Douglas Fenner)
6. 2nd call: Course announcement: Methods in tropical reefs
monitoring, Bangka (Indonesia) 3-11 October 2019 (Massimo Ponti)
7. Re: carbon offsetting AND the need for innovative problem
solvers to halt climate change (MariaJung89 at t-online.de)
8. Nova Southeastern University's Halmos College of Natural
Sciences and Oceanography (Alcee Hastings)
9. Re: carbon offsetting AND the need for innovative problem
solvers to halt climate change (Douglas Fenner)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 14:53:00 +0200
From: Holger Anlauf <holger.anlauf.mb at gmail.com>
To: Emma Lassiter <emmalassiter at gmail.com>, Douglas Fenner
<douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
Cc: coral list <Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Carbon offsetting
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Dear Emma,
I can recommend to you?www.seacology.org , which has conducted many projects on islands around the globe with the aim of protecting high ?biodiversity areas and providing renewable energy sources to local community. Personally I like the high percentage of the donations that are used in the projects and that the projects often involve indigenous communities.
The biggest project by Seacology has been to assist Sri Lanka in protecting its entire mangrove forests.
The US webpage does not provide a carbon offset calculator but the German webpage does (https://clicktime.symantec.com/33t1jPcs7h2gvMKpn3rjLrK7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seacology.de%2Fsupport-us%2F%23support-us-co2rechner). You could use the translate option of your Browser to get and estimate of the carbon offset for your conservation efforts.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Holger Anlauf, PhD
On 10 May 2019, 14:49 +0200, Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>, wrote:
> I just happened upon this BBC website discussing carbon offsets, and
> under "Argument 2" it lists 3 organizations that evaluate and list
> various carbon-offset programs.
>
> https://clicktime.symantec.com/34LaPgk6roNJdqbFbs6yeTc7Vc?u=http%3A%2F
> %2Fwww.bbc.com%2Ffuture%2Fstory%2F20190409-carbon-offseting-pros-and-c
> ons
>
> Cheers, Doug
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 1:58 AM Emma Lassiter via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Does anyone have recommendations for a carbon offsetting program? I
> > know there are many out there, but not if there's an especially effective one.
> >
> > Particularly given the large amount of air travel often involved in
> > conservation careers, it seems like an important personal effort to
> > take part in such a program.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Emma
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> >
>
>
> --
> Douglas Fenner
> Ocean Associates, Inc. Contractor
> NOAA Fisheries Service
> Pacific Islands Regional Office
> Honolulu
> and:
> Consultant
> PO Box 7390
> Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA
>
> New book "The Uninhabitable Earth" First sentence: "It is much, much
> worse than you think."
> Read first (short) chapter open access:
> https://clicktime.symantec.com/3SoLGFgfXCXwRaLrkFoJxbh7Vc?u=https%3A%2
> F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Farts%2Fread-a-chapter-from-the-uninhabita
> ble-earth-a-dire-warning-on-climate-change
>
> Want a Green New Deal? Here's a better one.
> https://clicktime.symantec.com/34jmxbercV5g4xKPQQmgipx7Vc?u=https%3A%2
> F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fwant-a-green-new-deal-heres-a-
> better-one%2F2019%2F02%2F24%2F2d7e491c-36d2-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_sto
> ry.html%3Futm_term%3D.a3fc8337cbf8
>
> Nations falling short of emissions cuts set by Paris climate pact,
> analysis finds
> https://clicktime.symantec.com/3DUAUxY15qsVKmEqpakmrMD7Vc?u=http%3A%2F
> %2Fwww.sciencemag.org%2Fnews%2F2018%2F11%2Fnations-falling-short-emiss
> ions-cuts-set-paris-climate-pact-analysis-finds%3Futm_campaign%3Dnews_
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 11:59:30 -0500
From: Nohora Galvis <icri.colombia at gmail.com>
To: Ehsan KAYAL <ehsan.kayal at gmail.com>
Cc: Coral-List <Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Carbon offsetting
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Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to share with you, the acknowledgement granted to the Foundation ICRI Colombia in Pro of Coral Reefs by the Alliances of Pacto Global- Colombia, Camara de Comercio de Bogot?, the enterprises in the network and UNDP Colombia. Due to the efforts to implement the Sustaianble Development Goal #SDG14 Protecting #LifeBelowWater in Colombia. Our mission is to guide how to improve coral reef conservation effectiveness along the implementation of all the SDGs.
I agree with Ehsan, that the best way is keeping low our own carbon footprint.
Also supporting local programs to improve the effectiveness of the coral reefs conservation.
The more effective way to protect a coral reef is to prevent unsustainable development at local and global level. To learn more about our activities please follow us on the social media with the hashtag #OceanAction14819 Our volunteer commitment before the UN.
Many Thanks,
2019-05-09 8:02 GMT-05:00, Ehsan KAYAL via Coral-List
<coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>:
> The most efficient way to "offset" one's carbon footprint is not to
> travel at all in the first place, instead setting up local programs
> where locals with a better understanding of the local socio-economic
> issues can make the conservation efforts and probide more appropriate solutions.
>
> E
> ___________________________________
>
>
> Ehsan Kayal, PostDoc
> Station Biologique de Roscoff
> FR 2424 CNRS UPMC
> Place Georges Teissier
> CS 90074
> 29688 Roscoff Cedex
> tel: (+33)298295646
> ehsan.kayal at sb-roscoff.fr
> ________________________________
>
> This conversation is most likely monitored by the government ?When
> truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.? Yevgeny
> Yevtushenko
>
>
> On Thu, 9 May 2019 at 14:57, Emma Lassiter via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Does anyone have recommendations for a carbon offsetting program? I
>> know there are many out there, but not if there's an especially effective one.
>>
>> Particularly given the large amount of air travel often involved in
>> conservation careers, it seems like an important personal effort to
>> take part in such a program.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Emma
>> _______________________________________________
>> Coral-List mailing list
>> Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>> https://clicktime.symantec.com/3SVASbJHX56M31i7fw2eiyK7Vc?u=https%3A%
>> 2F%2Fcoral.aoml.noaa.gov%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fcoral-list
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Cordial saludo,
Nohora Galvis
Directora Observatorio Pro Arrecifes
Fundaci?n ICRI Colombia
Coordinadora Red Internacional de Observadores Voluntarios del Arrecife
Facebook.com/ICRI.COLOMBIA
Twitter @ArrecifesCoral e @ICRIcolombia
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 19:07:08 +0000
From: suzanne garrett <slgarrett at hotmail.com>
To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: [Coral-List] 2020 GoMOSES Conference Call for Session
Proposals
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The 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference is now accepting submissions for scientific sessions addressing the theme ?2020: A Milestone in Gulf of Mexico Research.?
After 10 years of dedicated research on marine oil spill science, Gulf ecosystems, and the impacts of the spill to those ecosystems and the communities which depend on them, just how much has been learned about oil spills and the Gulf ecosystem? The 2020 program will also explore how this wealth of research can inform regional management and policy, and begin charting a course for future research needs in the Gulf.
The conference Executive Committee will select sessions to reflect a balance of programmatic goals, including basic science, applied research, topic-specific synthesis, and interdisciplinary efforts. Strong consideration will be given to proposals that seek to identify knowledge gaps for future research.
The 2020 GoMOSES Conference will take place February 3-6, 2020 in Tampa, FL. More information, including submission guidelines, is available at https://clicktime.symantec.com/3GFzw16sRGBLzE1bWs81aZV7Vc?u=www.gulfofmexicoconference.org<https://clicktime.symantec.com/3P2dRhBHCbuLonAEa7VSKPs7Vc?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gulfofmexicoconference.org%2F>. The deadline to submit a session proposal is June 21, 2019.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Suzanne Garrett
Program Specialist, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
Consortium for Ocean Leadership
1201 New York Ave NW | 4th Floor | Washington, D.C. 20005
ph.202.448.1256
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 14:33:51 -0700
From: Emma Lassiter <emmalassiter at gmail.com>
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Carbon offsetting
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>
> Thank you for all the feedback.
Doug - helpful article
Franziska - thanks for the recommendations, and I agree about reduction, videoconferencing and questioning the usefulness of conferences. Using other modes of transport is not always an option, depending on geography and family time commitments.
Ehsan - indeed. But what do you do in the case where locals ask for technical help that they don't have in order to make more effective decisions about managing their resources? This is the situation with the organization I have been working with - One People One Reef. The community directs this project and takes all the management decisions, but does not currently have the skills or resources to survey their own reefs, monitor water quality or address the impact of invasive species for example, and capacity-building takes time.
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 08:54:39 -1100
From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: [Coral-List] Fast-spreading coral disease ravages reefs of
St. Thomas
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Virgin Islands corals in crisis
/www.whoi.edu/news-insights/content/virgin-island-corals-in-crisis/
open-access
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
https://clicktime.symantec.com/3BhxQ7JEY1bdsRseZz76boe7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icriforum.org%2Fnews%2F2019%2F04%2Fstony-coral-tissue-loss-disease
open-access
Cheers, Doug
--
Douglas Fenner
Ocean Associates, Inc. Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA
New book "The Uninhabitable Earth" First sentence: "It is much, much worse than you think."
Read first (short) chapter open access:
https://clicktime.symantec.com/3SoLGFgfXCXwRaLrkFoJxbh7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Farts%2Fread-a-chapter-from-the-uninhabitable-earth-a-dire-warning-on-climate-change
Want a Green New Deal? Here's a better one.
https://clicktime.symantec.com/34jmxbercV5g4xKPQQmgipx7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fwant-a-green-new-deal-heres-a-better-one%2F2019%2F02%2F24%2F2d7e491c-36d2-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html%3Futm_term%3D.a3fc8337cbf8
Nations falling short of emissions cuts set by Paris climate pact, analysis finds
https://clicktime.symantec.com/3DUAUxY15qsVKmEqpakmrMD7Vc?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencemag.org%2Fnews%2F2018%2F11%2Fnations-falling-short-emissions-cuts-set-paris-climate-pact-analysis-finds%3Futm_campaign%3Dnews_daily_2018-11-28%26et_rid%3D17045989%26et_cid%3D2515903
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 13:36:34 +0000
From: Massimo Ponti <massimo.ponti at unibo.it>
To: "'Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov'"
<Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: [Coral-List] 2nd call: Course announcement: Methods in
tropical reefs monitoring, Bangka (Indonesia) 3-11 October 2019
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Dear all,
I would like to inform you about the next course on Methods in tropical reefs monitoring that will be held in Bangka (Indonesia), 3-11 October 2019.
Grant application deadline
31st of May 2019
Reef Check Italia onlus, the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences of the Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia and Coral Eye organise an international field course on coral reefs monitoring approaches opened to both marine biology students and diver volunteers from all around the world.
The course, taught in English, aims to:
? provide the basic knowledge for the identification of hard corals and their diseases ? present an overview on the well-established coral reefs monitoring approaches ? learn and apply different methods underwater, including Reef Check and Coral Watch protocols ? contribute to the monitoring and conservation of the coral reefs at the Bangka outpost
Registration is open!
The number of participants is limited to 15, including 5 fellowship winners.
Fellowships
Reef check Italia onlus offers 5 grants to partially cover the accommodation costs to the most deserving undergraduate students and young (<28 yrs.) graduate biologists or naturalist on the basis of their CV, including diver qualifications and previous volunteer experiences.
1st place = ? 800.00 (i.e. full board accommodation and dives)
2nd place = ? 700.00
3rd place = ? 600.00
4th place = ? 500.00
5th place = ? 400.00
Grant applications must be submitted within the 31st of May 2019.
Grant selection results will be communicated by email and published on the website within the 18th of June 2019.
Call and application form are available at https://clicktime.symantec.com/3BGJxJJKrKN2MWRHM6NMVsw7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reefcheckmed.org%2Fitaliano%2Freef-check-tropical%2Fbangka-2019-bando%2F
Please, circulate the announcement among students and any possible interested people.
For more information, do not hesitate to contact postmaster at reefcheckitalia.it<mailto:postmaster at reefcheckitalia.it>
Best regards
Massimo Ponti
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Massimo Ponti, PhD
Adjunct professor
President of the Italian Association of Scientific Divers Vice-President of the Reef Check Italy association
BiGeA - Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali CIRSA - Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali in Ravenna Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna Via S. Alberto 163, 48123 Ravenna (Italy)
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 16:48:12 +0200 (CEST)
From: "MariaJung89 at t-online.de" <MariaJung89 at t-online.de>
To: Franziska Elmer <franziskaelmer at hotmail.com>,
"emmalassiter at gmail.com" <emmalassiter at gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [Coral-List] carbon offsetting AND the need for
innovative problem solvers to halt climate change
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Hi Emma, Franziska and all coral listers,
I?m glad this topis has been raised which I personally think is very important and overdue. I absolutely agree that avoiding/reducing is much better than offsetting.
My motivation to study Marine Biology was ocean conservation and I ended up studying the resilience of corals to bleaching and their capacity to recovery. A very important aspect since bleaching events are increasing in frequency and severity - which we all know and this is highlighted in every paper we write and in every conference talk we give.
However, to do so, I travelled from Bremen to Australia which brings an enormous amount of CO2 emissions with it. Ironically, to be able to attend the ICRS next year, I would have to do the same the other way around since I no longer live in Bremen. So unfortunately, I?m contributing more to the climate crisis than to its solutions and I?m sure that I?m not alone with these thoughts since many projects require field trips/meetings all over the world.
Without doubt - conferences like the ICRS are extremely important because a large proportion in science is based on communicating and connecting on a global scale. Nevertheless, I think there is an urgent need of improving our networking and maybe even moving away from the "traditional" science structure so that we will be able to organize global (and regional) conferences/meetings in a sustainable way which exeeds the important aspect of avoiding/reducing plastics at the events. This is necessary since we are already in the middle of the climate crisis.
So my question is: Are there any thoughts/ideas/developments towards alternative approaches, for example purely online-based conferences? This would perhaps also be a good topic for a session at ICRS?
I?m looking forward to reading your comments, ideas, inputs.
Cheers,
Maria Jung
M.Sc. Marine Biology
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Betreff: Re: [Coral-List] carbon offsetting AND the need for innovative problem solvers to halt climate change
Datum: 2019-05-10T15:00:15+0200
Von: "Franziska Elmer via Coral-List" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
An: "emmalassiter at gmail.com" <emmalassiter at gmail.com>, "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Hi emma and coral listers,
Awesome to hear you want to assess the quality of carbon offsetters. I think this is veey important. Please let me know what you find out. I personally use either of these whenever i fly:
https://clicktime.symantec.com/3Lfhm6nJPyZ7QPgknfoPg8J7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oceanfdn.org%2Fcalculator
i like this one because they plant seagrass which is important for coral reefs. But i dont know how well they monitor the plots so I am unsure if they are a good program of actually offsetting what they say they offset (if you find out please let me know)
https://clicktime.symantec.com/3LgyqCWZMSdwuhEKBxntuaZ7Vc?u=Www.myclimate.org
I like myclimate because i know their story and they were one of the first offsetters out there (if not the first). I trust their offsetting as they have strict standards they follow. Plus they are swiss like me.
Please also keep in mind that offsetting is only the last option. Reducing is much better and with the severity of the climate change problem (a crisis), every conservationist or environmentally concious person should focus in reducing their footprint drastically and only offset what is not possible to reduce. Put time and energy asside to work on reduction plans and think outside the box: can meetings be combined, can they be done via video, can you take the train, bus, a boat instead? What could you accomplish in the extra time given to you if you choose to travel at a slower pace? Undisturbed working time to finish up a manuscript may not be a drawback but a bonus from less carbon intensive travels.
As conservationist who want society and our governments to take climate change serious we have to speak with actions. The next ICRS meeting in 2020 for example will likely make a statement about climate change and may call for rapid and unproceeded actions. But how strong is that statement going to be if the conference is held like it has always been with 1000s of people flying to Bremen from all over the world? By then we have know about the rapid and unproceeded changes that need to be done for almost 2 years and were inactive in transforming our conference for almost 1/6 of the time we have to act to save the coral reefs and a livable planet. The statement made at the end of the conference will be a lot stronger if we make a big effort to reduce (not offset) the emissions caused by it. Either hold several smaller meetings that people can travel to without flying. Or have as many people as possible arrive by cargo ships, trains and other low carbon ways of transport. Or cancel the conference and ask participants to dedicate that week towards actions that will lead to climate justice. All these actions would speak strongly for the severity of the situation. If we continue as we are now, we will reach 1.5 degrees warming in 15.5 years (https://clicktime.symantec.com/36rZSUm5jDr77FyH9vbouqA7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fclimateclock.net) after that our coral reefs will go extinct and we will have to find new careers. Our number one priority should be to reduce carbon emissions drastically world wide and we should dedicate a large amountof our time and energy towards this.
There is still hope and we are smart innovative people with an incredible talent for creative problem solving. Think back to a time in your career, when you had an impossible problem to solve and little time and money to do so, either in the field, in the lab, working with locals or wherever else. Let this inspire you of what you are capable of doing. And then use this talent to find creative solutions to lower your own, your companies, your countries or the worlds carbon emissions. We are some of the smartest and most talented creative problem solvers on this planet and our talents are desperately needed to solve this crisis.
Sorry for going a bit off topic but I think this is very important to be said.
Franziska Elmer
Marine Ecology Lecturer
School for Field Studies
Turks and Caicos Islands
Felmer at fieldstudies.org
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Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 16:34:25 +0000
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 11:48:11 -1100
From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] carbon offsetting AND the need for
innovative problem solvers to halt climate change
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Well, removing the root cause of the problem is certainly vastly better than "mitigation" by band-aid solutions or just "learning to live with it" such as learning to live with dead reefs, temperatures so high that people die every summer, and so on. I can't agree more that the cause of the problem MUST be fixed for reef survival and the survival of many humans and avoiding a decrease in the quality of life for many if not most people in the world.
The problem is that avoiding flying and other consumption that causes emission (driving cars, heating houses in the winter, using cement, and a myriad of other things) calls for self-sacrifice which I don't think will ever become popular. I'm American, and looking at American culture now, there is just about no way that is going to work. Everyone wants to make more money and consume more. Or waste more, as exemplified by the many American garages full of stuff people buy and don't use, no space left for a car in the garage, and so stuff gets put into "mini-storage" places.
People with more money in the modern American culture can't resist buying more stuff, which they mostly store or throw away or donate instead of using. Consumer purchases are 70% of the US economy, and everything is built around growing the economy endlessly larger. People are hooked by all this, everybody's in it. There used to be a phrase, "the rat race" for working hard endlessly. I hadn't heard it for a long time so asked someone, the answer they gave me was that nobody talks about it "because the rats won." And, Americans work shorter hours by far than people in some societies like Japan, where working to about 10pm is the norm for businessmen, I've read. (mind you, in other societies there isn't nearly as much pressure to work so hard).
But the basic problem with self-sacrifice (voluntarily consuming
less) is that the effect of one person doing it is undetectable (even for flying, the plane will fly whether you are on it or not, and the plane will emit the same CO2, if they have less passengers they load more freight).
And it is trivially easy to be a free-rider, consume all you want and share in any benefits that those who self-sacrifice produce. This is the most extreme case of the "tragedy of the commons" I know of. All the incentives are to work harder, earn more, so you can spend more, buy more, consume more, waste more.
There IS a very, very small "minimalist" movement. They say that once you leave the rat race and stop trying to get ahead of the Joneses and endlessly make more money and stop buying things you don't need, suddenly you have lots more spare time, you don't have to work at a high-paying job you hate, and your quality of life goes way up. Will anything but a tiny fraction of the public do that?? I have my doubts. It would be great if they did. But I don't see it happening.
We need to find things that actually solve the problem and reduce the emissions, and self-sacrifice has essentially NO chance of doing that (especially as quickly as it must be done), unless everyone converts to minimalist living almost immediately. Not going to happen (and if everybody did it economies might well collapse). Among other things, the majority of the world, including the largest countries, are going full blast to grow their economies (to get out of poverty), including consumption, and they all want to eat much more meat, and fly whenever they want, and drive cars instead of riding bicycles, and on and on.
So it is a wonderful, altruistic idea, but it will not solve our problem. Even one whole country doing this will not solve it, the whole world (including, notably, the USA) must do it in a vastly more extensive way than they have even proposed, for it to work. So far all the good words of the Paris agreement have not made even a tiny dent in emissions, and this year emissions are even above what they have been, since some economies are doing well (at least for the moment).
So unfortunately, not flying is not going to be a solution.
Projections are (unfortunately) that in coming decades, the amount of flying that is going to occur is going to grow dramatically, and a few self-sacrificing people won't make any dent in that. It would be wonderful if it worked, but it has essentially zero chance of working (unless a miracle happens and suddenly everyone becomes a minimalist. That certainly won't happen in the US, nor will it in developing countries that want to get out of abject poverty (as well they should)).
On the other hand, flying carbon-neutral is surprisingly inexpensive. Countries could just mandate that airline tickets must include carbon offset, and it would increase flying costs less that taxes do. Then they could do the same for gasoline for cars and trucks. And so on. Probably won't happen because that would raise prices.
Sorry to be such a pessimist. But we need solutions that will actually solve the problem, and self-sacrifice has no chance of doing it.
The situation isn't hopeless, after all we know the basics of what the problem is and how to solve it (in at least general terms). The world's societies have to take decisive action, but they are dragging their feet and delay makes it so action has to be even more drastic and expensive to reduce emissions enough to avoid disaster (though still orders of magnitude cheaper than the costs of inaction).
Cheers, Doug
On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 8:31 AM MariaJung89--- via Coral-List < coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> Hi Emma, Franziska and all coral listers,
>
> I?m glad this topis has been raised which I personally think is very
> important and overdue. I absolutely agree that avoiding/reducing is
> much better than offsetting.
>
> My motivation to study Marine Biology was ocean conservation and I
> ended up studying the resilience of corals to bleaching and their
> capacity to recovery. A very important aspect since bleaching events
> are increasing in frequency and severity - which we all know and this
> is highlighted in every paper we write and in every conference talk we give.
> However, to do so, I travelled from Bremen to Australia which brings
> an enormous amount of CO2 emissions with it. Ironically, to be able to
> attend the ICRS next year, I would have to do the same the other way
> around since I no longer live in Bremen. So unfortunately, I?m
> contributing more to the climate crisis than to its solutions and I?m
> sure that I?m not alone with these thoughts since many projects
> require field trips/meetings all over the world.
>
> Without doubt - conferences like the ICRS are extremely important
> because a large proportion in science is based on communicating and
> connecting on a global scale. Nevertheless, I think there is an urgent
> need of improving our networking and maybe even moving away from the
> "traditional" science structure so that we will be able to organize
> global (and regional) conferences/meetings in a sustainable way which
> exeeds the important aspect of avoiding/reducing plastics at the
> events. This is necessary since we are already in the middle of the climate crisis.
>
> So my question is: Are there any thoughts/ideas/developments towards
> alternative approaches, for example purely online-based conferences?
> This would perhaps also be a good topic for a session at ICRS?
>
> I?m looking forward to reading your comments, ideas, inputs.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Maria Jung
> M.Sc. Marine Biology
>
>
>
>
> -----Original-Nachricht-----
> Betreff: Re: [Coral-List] carbon offsetting AND the need for
> innovative problem solvers to halt climate change
> Datum: 2019-05-10T15:00:15+0200
> Von: "Franziska Elmer via Coral-List" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> An: "emmalassiter at gmail.com" <emmalassiter at gmail.com>, "
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>
> Hi emma and coral listers,
>
> Awesome to hear you want to assess the quality of carbon offsetters. I
> think this is veey important. Please let me know what you find out. I
> personally use either of these whenever i fly:
> https://clicktime.symantec.com/3Lfhm6nJPyZ7QPgknfoPg8J7Vc?u=https%3A%2
> F%2Fwww.oceanfdn.org%2Fcalculator i like this one because they plant
> seagrass which is important for coral reefs. But i dont know how well
> they monitor the plots so I am unsure if they are a good program of
> actually offsetting what they say they offset (if you find out please
> let me know)
>
> https://clicktime.symantec.com/3LgyqCWZMSdwuhEKBxntuaZ7Vc?u=Www.myclim
> ate.org I like myclimate because i know their story and they were one
> of the first offsetters out there (if not the first). I trust their
> offsetting as they have strict standards they follow. Plus they are
> swiss like me.
>
>
> Please also keep in mind that offsetting is only the last option.
> Reducing is much better and with the severity of the climate change
> problem (a crisis), every conservationist or environmentally concious
> person should focus in reducing their footprint drastically and only
> offset what is not possible to reduce. Put time and energy asside to
> work on reduction plans and think outside the box: can meetings be
> combined, can they be done via video, can you take the train, bus, a
> boat instead? What could you accomplish in the extra time given to you
> if you choose to travel at a slower pace? Undisturbed working time to
> finish up a manuscript may not be a drawback but a bonus from less carbon intensive travels.
>
> As conservationist who want society and our governments to take
> climate change serious we have to speak with actions. The next ICRS
> meeting in 2020 for example will likely make a statement about climate
> change and may call for rapid and unproceeded actions. But how strong
> is that statement going to be if the conference is held like it has
> always been with 1000s of people flying to Bremen from all over the
> world? By then we have know about the rapid and unproceeded changes
> that need to be done for almost 2 years and were inactive in
> transforming our conference for almost 1/6 of the time we have to act
> to save the coral reefs and a livable planet. The statement made at
> the end of the conference will be a lot stronger if we make a big
> effort to reduce (not offset) the emissions caused by it. Either hold
> several smaller meetings that people can travel to without flying. Or
> have as many people as possible arrive by cargo ships, trains and
> other low carbon ways of transport. Or cancel the conference and ask
> participants to dedicate that week towards actions that will lead to
> climate justice. All these actions would speak strongly for the
> severity of the situation. If we continue as we are now, we will reach
> 1.5 degrees warming in 15.5 years (https://clicktime.symantec.com/36rZSUm5jDr77FyH9vbouqA7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fclimateclock.net) after that our coral reefs will go extinct and we will have to find new careers.
> Our number one priority should be to reduce carbon emissions
> drastically world wide and we should dedicate a large amountof our
> time and energy towards this.
>
> There is still hope and we are smart innovative people with an
> incredible talent for creative problem solving. Think back to a time
> in your career, when you had an impossible problem to solve and little
> time and money to do so, either in the field, in the lab, working with locals or wherever else.
> Let this inspire you of what you are capable of doing. And then use
> this talent to find creative solutions to lower your own, your
> companies, your countries or the worlds carbon emissions. We are some
> of the smartest and most talented creative problem solvers on this
> planet and our talents are desperately needed to solve this crisis.
>
> Sorry for going a bit off topic but I think this is very important to
> be said.
>
> Franziska Elmer
> Marine Ecology Lecturer
> School for Field Studies
> Turks and Caicos Islands
> Felmer at fieldstudies.org
>
>
>
> Sent from the octopuses garden.
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Douglas Fenner
Ocean Associates, Inc. Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
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Consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA
New book "The Uninhabitable Earth" First sentence: "It is much, much worse than you think."
Read first (short) chapter open access:
https://clicktime.symantec.com/3SoLGFgfXCXwRaLrkFoJxbh7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Farts%2Fread-a-chapter-from-the-uninhabitable-earth-a-dire-warning-on-climate-change
Want a Green New Deal? Here's a better one.
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Nations falling short of emissions cuts set by Paris climate pact, analysis finds
https://clicktime.symantec.com/3DUAUxY15qsVKmEqpakmrMD7Vc?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencemag.org%2Fnews%2F2018%2F11%2Fnations-falling-short-emissions-cuts-set-paris-climate-pact-analysis-finds%3Futm_campaign%3Dnews_daily_2018-11-28%26et_rid%3D17045989%26et_cid%3D2515903
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