IPAC-MERC is dedicated to providing solutions for environmental concerns of our time. MERC's focus is on research, creative educational tool development, providing tangible solution technology applications, and, importantly, implementing systems of economic self-empowerment within the nonprofit sector.
We encourage your thoughts, ideas and participation as our various programs are brought to life. MERC - a multifaceted organizational tool uniquely designed for use by individuals of common concern as we actualize our dreams, turning them into solutions, by applying our collective wisdom, experience, energy and capabilities for the betterment of this small planet.
Environmental Educational Book Promotion Project:
THE WOODS OF WICOMICO
Author Nuala Galbari
Review: "Children will be captivated when they meet Timothy the tortoise, Octavious the osprey, Grahame the groundhog and their friends of various species, all dwelling in The Woods of Wicomico. Nuala Galbari has written, and Buttons Boggs has illustrated, a narrative that’s up to the minute in its environmental message, but timeless in its ability to bring animals to vital life as distinct individuals. Best of all, through its sparkling vocabulary and its original songs and lyrics, this book invites an engaged and creative response on the part of its young readers." ... Barbara J. King, Ph.D., author of Being with Animals
More Information:
http://www.nualagalbari.org/index.htm
BEING WITH ANIMALS
Why We Are Obsessed With the Furry, Scaly, Feathered Creatures Who Populate Our World --- Barbara J. King, anthropologist
Review:
"Animals are an integral part of our lives and culture. We can find them in children's books as talking characters, in our living rooms snuggled up on the couch or on our dinner plates next to a heap of mashed potatoes. In "Being with Animals," Anthropologist Barbara J. King explains how this unique relationship came to be by tracing it back to our earliest human ancestors."
Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/19/AR2010021902181.html
Another Marvelous Video Interview with Barbara King:
http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2010/king-being-with-animals-021.php
INAGUA
Gilbert Klingel (1908-1983), a self-made man of many talents, was a naturalist, explorer, award-winning author, inventor, avid sailor and boat builder. He wrote three books and numerous articles. Inagua (1940) and The Bay (1951) were based on his experiences in the West Indies and around the Chesapeake Bay. Boat building with Steel (1973) was a technical guide for constructing sailboats out of steel. He was a pioneer in underwater research. He invented and built his own diving equipment including a submersible for the National Geographic Society.
INAGUA
is a classic historical adventure that should be considered more valuable than its weight in gold. It's a must for any person concerned or interested in the marine environment, nature or an incredible adventure by two very unusual early pioneers / naturalist adventurers of the last century. Very highly recommended. A joy to read. This updated, 2010 edition, beside sporting a new cover design and website by Stu Coleman, enjoys a brilliant introduction written by Marcy Benouameur, the author's daughter." ... James Welch, IPAC-MERC
More Information: http://inaguabook.com/?page_id=2
THE BAY: (pub 1953
Gilbert Klingel (1908-1983)
"Klingel's book, "The Bay", expanded from articles he wrote for the Baltimore Sun, describes the Chesapeake as he'd known it all the way back to his childhood decades earlier, and includes detailed naturalist survey of sounds and sights both above and below the surface of the Chesapeake. He was awarded the John Burroughs Medal from the American Museum of Natural History in 1953 for this book."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Klingel
More Information:
http://www.amazon.com/Bay-Maryland-Paperback-Bookshelf/product-reviews/0801825369/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
The above-mentioned books are all important educational tools. Each carries its own powerful message in its own unique creative manner. All are highly recommended reading which may be purchased at the following places:
Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble (either in-store or through their website)
Borders.com
Twice Told Tales - Gloucester, VA
and through the individual publishers, or your local book store. Movie Rights available, please contact IPAC-MERC for more information.
INTERNATIONALRESEARCH / EDUCATIONAL / COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT
A Special Project on hold at the moment:To SAVE LORA HILLS
Multiuse BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH STATION – Ostional, Guanacaste, COSTA RICA
Incorporating: Oceanographic, Rainforest and Sea Turtle Studies; Scientific and Eco Tourism; Medical & Dental Outreach; Innovative Community Development Programs, Large Scale Organic Garden for Community Support, Diving, Snorkeling, MERC's 45' Trimaran Morningstar and more...
Morphing LORA Hills into MERC's Biological-Educational Center
http://www.lorahills.com/main.html
Lora Hills - Ostional, Guanacaste: http://isaacmartinez.com/lorahills/
VIEW IT HERE: http://ipacmerc.multiply.com/photos/album/47
Sea Turtles Landing: Refugio Naiconal de Vida Silvestre Ostional:http://isaacmartinez.com/ostional/
"From the point of view of what I actually studied the coastal marine ecosystems the train has left the station and it’s traveling at higher and higher speed towards destruction." ..... Jeremy Jackson Ph.D.
Economic Self-Empowerment of the Nonprofit Sector is the Key to
Planetary Improvement...as a means of providing a solution to the problems discussed in
The Triple Bottom Line
Upcoming Events sponsored in part by the
OCEAN AID - HEALING THE PLANET - RESTORING THE WEB OF LIFE©
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