The Oceana fundraiser in Laguna Beach raised over 900,000 for ocean conservation. Celebrities such as Glenn Close, Ted Danson and Kate Walsh just to name a few helped to raise awareness of this organization.
“People see the ads in magazines with the powder white sand and turquoise waters but they don’t think about the fact that they might not be able to swim in them soon because the fish are not surviving. Fish is a source of food for a good part of the world and we’re depleting it and over-fishing and trawling and polluting. It’s a big passion of mine,” says actress Kate Walsh (pictured right), who traveled to the Virgin Islands earlier this summer to shoot a commercial for Oceana about saving endangered sea turtles. It will air in October to coincide with a lobbying campaign in Washington, D.C., to secure protection for turtle nesting areas and legislation to limit development and commercial fishing and trawling in these areas.
“The oceans cover 71 percent of the Earth, and without the oceans we don’t have a whole hell of a lot. I have two young kids. I’m trying to make the world a better place for them,” says actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar, explaining what drew him to Oceana. At home, his family is conscious of its energy consumption. “We make sure when we’re not in rooms to turn off the lights and we turn down the air conditioning during the day. We’re trying to make a difference. We’re planning on putting skylights in some of the rooms as well.”
by Gerri Miller
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