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>>> YOU MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT IT, BUT URBAN FAMILIES ARE
USUALLY HARDEST HIT BY
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION. ONE CHILDREN'S BOOK CALLED
EXPLORE SAILORS SEE -- SAILORS
SEE IS TRYING TO GET OUR
INFORMATION HERE.
INFORMATION HERE. SO WE WERE NOT CRAZY THAT WE DO
KNOW WHAT THIS INVOLVED
BECAUSE?
BECAUSE?
BECAUSE? >> THE NAME IS A NEW NAME.
IT WAS NAMED IN 2009 TO HONOR
THE SAY LISH PEOPLE -- -- SALISH
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. SO HOW DO YOU SAVE A PLACE THAT
THEY DO NOT HAVE A NAME.
IT WAS BOUND BY TWO DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES, UNITED STATES AND
CANADA.
CANADA.
CANADA. WE ALSO HAVE 80 SOME DIFFERENT
TRIBES AND NATIONS.
SO WE NEEDED A NAME TO CALL
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. SMACKS OF THOSE PROBLEMS DON'T
STOP AT THE BORDER.
WHAT HAS INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE
THESE BOOKS INVOLVE CHILDREN?
>> IF PEOPLE DON'T GET TO KNOW
SOMETHING, THEY DON'T GET
CONNECTED TO IT.
ONCE YOU ARE CONNECTED TO IT
YOU WANT TO PROTECT IT.
LIKE YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.
ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN
PORTON TO YOU.
>> THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT
THEY START TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. -- AND WE WANT PART OF THAT TO
BE WHERE THEY LIVE.
>> WHAT IS A GOOD AGE TO START?
>> FIFTH GRADE IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE SCIENCE.
IT HAS A LOT OF REALLY COOL
SCIENCE IN IT.
BUT I THINK JUST GETTING PEOPLE
CONNECTED EVEN WHEN YOU ARE
LITTLE THAT BECOMES PART OF
YOUR CONSTITUTION OF WHO YOU
ARE.
ARE.
ARE. >>
ARE. >> YOUR RAISING FUNDS RIGHT NOW
TRYING TO GET THESE BOOKS IN
THE HANDS OF KIDS?
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. THE IDEA IS WHEN YOU DEGRADE
YOUR ECOSYSTEM IT AFFECTS
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. IF YOU HAVE BAD AIR QUALITY
YOUR KIDS CAN GET ASTHMA.
WHEN YOU HAVE ECOSYSTEM
PROBLEMS, AND IT IS NOT
HEALTHY, KIDS THAT ARE
DISADVANTAGED ECONOMICALLY GET
DISPROPORTIONATELY HURT.
DISPROPORTIONATELY HURT. THEY LIVE IN CHEMICALS WHERE WE
DUMP LEGACY CHEMICALS.
WE WANT TO THOSE KIDS TO KNOW
AND CONNECT TO THIS PLACE AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. >>
WELL. >> AND KNOWING SOMETHING MAY
HELP NEGATE THE POLITICAL VOICE
NOT BEING VERY LOUD IN AN AREA.
>> THAT IS VERY RIGHT.
>> TELL US ABOUT THE BOOK
ITSELF.
ITSELF.
ITSELF. >> WE WANT A STUDENT TO BE ABLE
TO OPEN IT UP ON ANY PAGE AND
BE DRAWN IN.
WITHIN THAT ARE STORIES.
IT IS A CHAPTER BOOK, BECAUSE
WHEN YOU'RE IN FIFTH AND SIXTH
GRADE THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
READING.
READING.
READING. >> I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I
HEARD THE TERM CHAPTER BOOK.
THAT'S SO FUNNY.
LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE
PICTURES HERE.
PICTURES HERE. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE
ASTOUNDING IS THIS TREASURE
TROVE OF INCREDIBLE CREATURES.
THIS IS A FISH THAT CAN GROW TO
BE SEVEN FEET LONG.
THE MALES AND THE FEMALES MATE
FOR LIFE.
FOR LIFE.
FOR LIFE. THIS MAIL YOU CAN SEE ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT THE EAT ARE
URCHINS.
URCHINS.
URCHINS. HE WAS GRABBING IT LIKE A PIECE
OF POPCORN SPINES AND ALL.
AND THAT IS WHAT THEY DO.
OKAY THIS IS INTERESTING.
THIS HAS REALLY BRIGHT COLOR
HERE BECAUSE IT IS TELLING ALL
THE OTHER ANIMALS DON'T MESS
WITH ME I'M POISONOUS.
AND DOING THAT IT IS SO
BEAUTIFUL.
BEAUTIFUL. IT'S ALMOST AN ELECTRIC COLOR.
>> AND THIS NEXT PICTURE?
>> THIS IS A ROCKFISH.
THEY ARE A POISONOUS FISH IN
THE SCORPION FAMILY.
>> I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
SCORPIONS IN THE WATER?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. BUT THIS IS A ROCKFISH THAT IS
ABOUT 95 YEARS OLD.
IT CAN'T EVEN HAVE BABIES UNTIL
17 YEARS OLD.
EVERY YEAR THEY PUT RINGS ON
THE EARS.
THE EARS.
THE EARS. ALMOST LIKE A TREE DOES. SO
SCIENTISTS CAN LOOK AT THAT TO
FIGURE OUT HOW OLD THEY ARE.
>> THEIR VERY LONG-LIVED FISH.
>> THIS IS A LITTLE HARD TO SEE
BUT IN THIS PICTURE IS A BLADE
OF SEAGRASS BUT THERE'S ALSO A
FISH THERE.
FISH THERE. YOU CAN SEE IT ICE.
IT'S VERY CRYPTICALLY CUTTER
DISH COLORED.
DISH COLORED. -- CRYPTICALLY COLORED.
THE FEMALE WILL FIND THE MAIL
AND THEY MADE.
AND THEN SHE WILL DEPOSIT ALL
200 EGGS ON HIM.
AND HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THOSE
EGGS UNTIL THEY HATCH OUT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?
>> THIS IS THE GIANT PACIFIC
OCTOPUS.
OCTOPUS.
OCTOPUS. THE LARGEST OCTOPUS IN THE
WORLD AND IT LIVES HERE.
IT WAS 150 POUNDS.
EVEN MORE THAN THE SCUBA DIVER
BEHIND IT.
BEHIND IT. THEY DON'T LIVE LONG LIKE THE
ROCKFISH.
ROCKFISH.
ROCKFISH. FIVE OR SIX YEARS OF THE MOST.
BUT WHEN A MOTHER MATES
SHOELACE 100,000 EGGS AND THEN
SPEND THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF
HER LIFE TAKING CARE OF THEM
UNTIL THEY HATCH.
>> SO WHAT YOU HAVE STUDENTS
AND PARENTS DO AFTER THEY LEARN
THESE COOL THINGS?
>> THERE ARE TWO THINGS, THERE
IS THE SAVE AND THE SAVOR.
THE BEST THING TO GO IS ENJOY
IT.
IT.
IT. WE
IT. WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST PLACE
ON EARTH.
ON EARTH.
ON EARTH. YOU CAN BE INSPIRED BY THE
SCENERY ANYWHERE IF YOU ARE NOT
YOU'RE MISSING OUT.
BUT IF WE DON'T SAVE IT ON TOP
OF SAVORING IT WHERE NOT DOING
GOOD FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND EVERYONE HERE GETS THE
BONUS OF LEAVING WITH A COPY OF