Blue Marbles Project: Sharing Random Acts of Blue Gratitude

"You are not a drop in the ocean; you are the entire ocean in a drop." – Rumi

Unfortunately, I will not be attending Mer-Palooza this year; however my dearest friend, King Neptune, will be attending and he will be carrying my message of Ocean Conservation. If you are attending Mer-Palooza this year make sure to hear the address from King Neptune, we are working together to introduce the Blue Marble Project to the Mermaid Community. Along with his address, King Neptune will have a bag of Blue Marbles that I have gifted to him so he may continue to spread our message!

What do Blue Marbles have to with Ocean Conservation?

  According to Dr. Wallace "J" Nichols, they are a way to teach people about respecting and helping our world’s oceans.  Dr. Wallace "J." Nichols is a Research Associate at California Academy of Sciences and co-founder of OceanRevolution.org, SEEtheWILD.org, GrupoTortuguero.org, and LiVBLUE.org, all of which are global campaigns to reconnect us to our oceans and life within that needs our care and protection.

A fun, simple way to help spread awareness and born of the mind of Dr. Wallace J. Nichols. Three years ago on Jacques Cousteau's 100th Birthday, the Blue Marble Project was born! Each marble is roughly the size of our planet when viewed from One Million Miles away; they are a pocket sized reminder of how important our Oceans are. Johnny Appleseed wondered around planting apple seeds to populate the land with delicious fruit for all to eat. Much like the story of Johnny Appleseed, these marbles are seeds of gratitude and awareness.  The Blue Marbles Project has set out to pass a blue marble through every person's hand on earth, with a simple message of gratitude along with it! What could be a better gift for mermaids to give than the gift of conservation through awareness?  Carry a few marbles in your pocket or purse, hand them out to people with a message… “Practice Random Acts of Ocean Kindness!”  You can purchase your very own Blue Marbles and join in on the Blue Marble game at BlueMarbles.org  Currently over one million blue marbles are traveling the world from person to person. When you are given a Blue Marble it is a gift to you and it is a gift to give again. Continue to pass the message and let the world know MerFolk support the Oceans!

Blue Marbles ~ The Game of Gratitude

1.       Get a blue marble

Dr. Wallace "J" Nichols

2.       Look through your marble and imagine the taste and feel of the ocean

3.       Hold the marble to your mind’s eye and think of the person you will give it to.

4.       Hold the marble to your heart and imagine the gratitude felt in giving and receiving.

5.       Give your marble away and watch it travel the world!

I hope you will all join me in the Blue Marbles game, you can get blue marbles anywhere, but if you get them from the Blue Marbles Project they will donate the profits in an effort to keep ocean kindness traveling around the globe! Plus the blue marbles will come in a great little mesh bag with cards to pass along with them.  Just tie the bag to your belt when you head out to the beach and give out a few blue marbles to curious folk and continue to … Live Blue!

For more information on Blue Marble Project, Dr. Nichols, and Purchasing Marbles check out…

BlueMarbles.og

Bethedifferentbynature.com

Wallacejnichols.org

Donate: http://digitalocean.net/projects/blue-marbles-project-share-random-acts-of-gratitude/

You can also follow Blue Marble on Facebook and Twitter

If you get a blue marble, post your photo with the marble on their page and mine!

www.facebook.com/meridian.mergyver

Love, Peace, & Mermaids,

  Meridian Mer-Gyver