John on Press Herald Post Have you ever attended a planning board meeting? There has been considerable discussion of “urban sprawl” in southern Maine. Town planning departments and planning boards are where citizens confront these questions of sprawl and manage the...
John on Press Herald Post You have to love those clear hot July days on the water. The boat leaves harbor at sun-up and runs straight out to sea for two hours to a favorite offshore fishing ground. As the morning wears on the sun beats down, the air becomes...
John on Press Herald Post The International Coastal Cleanup has become a big event worldwide (http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_icc). Volunteers not only collect tons and tons and tons of trash from beaches and shore lands; they...
John on Press Herald Post All life on Earth depends on the ocean. Even yours. I’m often struck that when policy makers worry about Climate Change they don’t also talk about Ocean Change. Ocean IS climate – the two are in an inseparable dance that creates the...
John on Press Herald Post Barak Obama seemed a bit bewildered. I’m sure he hadn’t given it much thought. But suddenly people were asking him “Why don’t you wear a flag on your lapel? Don’t you love your Country?” Of course he loves his Country – it’s a given...