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Canadian Diver Broadcasts Mission Blue’s Message

July 7, 2012

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For Canadian diver Mavis McRae, having the chance to join with Dr. Earle on May’s Bahamas Hope Spot Expedition was a dream come true. Fourteen years ago, McRae picked up ‘Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans’ in the University of Manitoba bookstore. The book changed her view about our ocean planet, and she determined that someday she would meet her hero, Dr. Earle in person.

McRae’s wish came true in May of this year when Mission Blue invited members of the public to join in a Bahamas Expedition to the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park.
Even before joining the expedition, McRae queried Mission Blue about how she might help to spread our message of throughout Canada. Engaging the services of a public relations consultant to create a campaign, she has just now finished a tour of Canada from Winnipeg to Calgary, including radio and television appearances, newspaper articles and visits to several schools.
Even more dedicated to Mission Blue’s quest post-expedition, McRae travelled from Winnepeg to Calgary, speaking to students about how we have compromised the ocean through pollution, overfishing, and other stressors, underlining the importance of creating Hope Spots to protect the world’s ocean.
Communicating to kids who have spent their entire lives on the prairie about something that many of them had never seen or touched – the ocean was a constant challenge. McRae used maps to show Calgary students how trash entering the rivers far inland can travel to the ocean through Hudson Bay. Ending each presentation with ideas about how each student and their families can help to protect the ocean, McRae spread Mission Blue’s inspirational message wherever she spoke. 
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