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Thank you for your interest in Nick Carter and the preservation of the world's oceans. As you know, Nick's charity funds will go to support various oceanic causes - we call this support program "Nick Carter's Oceans Campaign." Rather than an organization or a foundation, a Campaign is a "game plan" for activating people to support and/or oppose a series of specific ocean issues.
Nick plans to learn about different ocean-based issues and use his position as a well-known entertainer to speak out and gain attention for those issues so more people become aware and take action. For example, Nick recently made a statement about the Navy's plan to conduct sonar testing and how it would negatively impact the world's whale population. By his sharing that information, many of you joined in the cause and signed the NRDC's petition to the National Marine Fisheries Service to stop the sonar testing. If we all work together, to make our opinions known, we can stop environmentally harmful things from destroying our oceans and marine life. In addition to his issues-based statements, Nick will support oceanic education and outreach.
The best way for you to help Nick is to get educated and start making noise!!! Read, read and read some more! Learn all you can about current ocean issues and get your friends and family to help you speak on behalf of the sea and its creatures, who can't speak for themselves. There is so much you can do all on your own! Surf the Internet and learn all you can about current oceanic issues. Visit the Web sites of organizations that already do great work on behalf of the oceans and their inhabitants. Become a member of ocean-supporting organizations and volunteer for their projects. Write to your Congressperson and Senator and make your views and opinions known. Encourage registered voters to support policies that promote the health of the oceans and waterways. Write letters to the editor of your local newspaper to share your concerns with others in your community. Post your concerns and what you're doing to help improve things on Web sites and message boards connected to Nick Carter, BSB and related groups. Spread the word through online email lists, chats groups and clubs. For those who want to raise money for the cause, you can hold local fundraisers on behalf of Nick's campaign. Kids, always make sure your fundraisers are legal and approved and supervised by your parents!
Navy sonar testing and its effects on marine mammals like whales and dolphins. Factory trawlers that "clear-cut" the ocean bottom by dragging huge nets along the seafloor, destroying everything in their paths. These nets not only capture the fish they are harvesting, but all the coral, rocks, grasses and other organisms necessary to support sea life. They turn thriving ocean floors into underwater deserts. Killing of whales by many countries for commercial use. Off-shore drilling for oil and natural gas. Pollution from rivers loaded with city and agricultural wastes. This pollution causes dead zones in ocean waters where fish and other animals have almost disappeared. One dead zone exists in the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Beaches littered with garbage and medical waste. Sewer and storm drain runoff from cities that make it unsafe to swim and surf.