COOL is a broad-based public education effort aimed at raising awareness about the threats of over-fishing, bycatch, and habitat destruction. During a 3-month tour in the fall of 2003, representatives of the COOL campaign toured 11 states and presented a 45-minute slide show to hundreds of groups ranging from students to divers to recreational fishermen. Since then we’ve expanded our efforts in both coastal areas and inland states. COOL representatives continue to give presentations and work with local organizations, clubs, and businesses all across the nation.

Our staff is working in states around the country to build the COOL Coalition and work for solutions to the problems in our oceans. Please contact us to see if there is a COOL regional organizer near you. We currently have almost 800 national, regional, and local groups signed on to our petition, including The Ocean Conservancy, the International Game Fish Association, PADI Project AWARE Foundation, Clean Water Action, The Jane Goodall Institute, many local chapters of the Sierra Club, and over 300 SCUBA diving groups. Noted marine stewards including Dr. Sylvia Earle, Dr. Elliot Norse and Jean-Michel Cousteau have already signed on to the campaign.

	The Campaign, in a City Near You Our state-by-state and national listing of the groups who’ve joined the COOL Coalition by Taking a Pledge that will be delivered to the President and Congress. Nearly 800 groups and 8000 individuals have taken the pledge. Why not take a minute to sign on as an individual or group representative? Click here to Take the Pledge> > Click here for a list of groups from your state> >
	Slideshow A 45 minute multi-media Powerpoint presentation that takes you beneath the ocean to see the problems in the world’s oceans and then returns to the surface to explore what you can do to help save living oceans. You can watch the presentation and then show it to your friends or a local group. Order an interactive slideshow >
	National Slideshow Tour Photos In our 3-month tour in 2003, representatives of the COOL campaign toured 11 states and presented a 45-minute slide show to hundreds of groups and thousands of individuals: ranging from students to divers to recreational fishermen. We found widespread concern for oceans and overwhelming support for ocean and fish protections. Click here to see photos from the road >

To request a CD version, request posters for your group, to join the COOL Campaign or to ask questions, please email us at info@oceanlegacy.org.

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