<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thank you Sue for all your good work and keeping us informed.<div class="">With Love</div><div class="">Riantee<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 7, 2023, at 12:58, Sue Magoo via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Beautiful beloveds, </div><div class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Tomorrow is World Ocean Day (WOD) and I just wanted to share with you about this annual event (year round for a nature loving woman like myself):</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" class=""><br class="ContentPasted0"></div><div class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">World Ocean Day rallies the world for ocean and climate action on 8 June and throughout the year. We work in partnership with youth leaders, zoos, aquariums, museums, and other youth-focused organizations, as well as a huge range of diverse organizations and businesses from all sectors in a growing global network. Together, we effectively engage the public, inform policymakers, and unite the world to protect and restore our shared ocean and create a stable climate. Join the growing global movement in June and continue to grow the engagement and action year-round!<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><br class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class="ContentPasted0">Canada was the first country to propose the idea at the Earth Summit in Rio back in 1992. It took another decade for it to be globally promoted and coordinated. Back in 2016, they added a World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council. Back in 2019, there were 2000+ events and 140+ countries that participated. In 2020, it took a Conservation Action Focus of protecting 30% of our lands and ocean by 2030. <span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Recently, world leaders made a global commitment to protect 30% of our blue planet by 2030 (30x30). </span><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">To create a healthy ocean with abundant wildlife and to stabilize the climate, it’s critical that 30% of our planet’s lands, waters, and ocean are protected.</span></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></div><h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 6px; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span class="ContentPasted2" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: rgb(43, 68, 108);"><br class="ContentPasted2 ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 6px; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span class="ContentPasted2 ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Your support will help meet the 30x30 goal!</span><span class="ContentPasted2" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: rgb(43, 68, 108);"><o:p class="ContentPasted2"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;"> Please share this with friends, family, and visitors. You, and the folks you share it with, can go to the link below to vote on your reasons why you think we need to have 30x30.</span></o:p></span></h3><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><a href="https://worldoceanday.org/take-action/conservation-action-focus/" class="ContentPasted2 ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;">https://worldoceanday.org/take-action/conservation-action-focus/</a><o:p class="ContentPasted2 ContentPasted0"> </o:p></div><p class="ContentPasted0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><br class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="ContentPasted0"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">short video explaining this further:</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><o:p class="ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0"> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><a href="https://vimeo.com/716467429" class="ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;">https://vimeo.com/716467429</a><o:p class="ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0"> </o:p></div></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" class=""><br class="ContentPasted0"></div><div class="ContentPasted3 ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"> Lastly, here'<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">s the link to an article in the MendoVoice about what we've (my coworker Michael and I) have been up to + Noyo's WOD happenings: </span><a href="https://mendovoice.com/2023/06/celebrate-world-ocean-day-at-the-noyo-center-with-beach-cleanup-a-plastics-pop-up-more/" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://mendovoice.com/2023/06/celebrate-world-ocean-day-at-the-noyo-center-with-beach-cleanup-a-plastics-pop-up-more/</a></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin: 0px;" class=""><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" class=""><br class="ContentPasted0"></div><div class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"> in loving gratitude for this precious planet,</div><div class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"> Sue</div></div><br class=""></div><span id="cid:CF1F2482-D349-4FD0-BD27-C7938B07FCCB@gateway.fusionbroadband.net"><World Ocean Day Print.png></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; 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