Mark Gold, D. Env., President of Heal the Bay
Mark is President of the environmental group Heal the Bay, and was their first hire 20 years ago. Heal the Bay is an environmental group dedicated to making Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean. Mark received his Bachelors and Masters in Biology and his doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering from UCLA. He has been inducted into the UCLA School of Public Health Hall of Fame, and has received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award and the Aspen Institute Catto Fellowship.
Mark has worked extensively over the last 20 years in the field of coastal protection and water pollution. In particular he has worked on research projects on urban runoff pollution, DDT and PCB contamination in fish, and the health risks of swimming at runoff contaminated beaches. He created Heal the Bay’s Beach Report Card, and has authored or co-authored numerous California coastal protection, water quality and environmental education bills. He served on the USEPA Urban Stormwater Federal Advisory Committee. Currently, Mark is a vice chair of the California Ocean Science Trust and the National Estuary Program’s Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission.
Dear Mark,
In your blog “Tourist Trap” you wrote that you met an old friend: Paul Ahuja.
As I am studying and writing about the manta ray and I would love to get into contact with him personally.
I have contacted him at Iemanya (not working wtih them anymore?!) and wrote twice an email to his hotmail address (without success).
Hopefully you can help me out with supplying his correct contact details. Many thanks in advance. Best wishes for a rainy Holland.
Berry
Mark,
I write for Orange Coast Magazine. Are you an Orange County resident? If so, I would love to do an interview with you for our “Quotes” page for the November 2008 issue.
We work three months in advance of publication, so I need to set this up right away. All it entails is that I talk to your for about a half hour to get some informative comments — and we need to take a full length photo of you.
Please contact me at your earliest convenience.
Deborah Paul
949-862-1133, ext. 102 at Orange Coast Magazine
310-547-9697 home
It’s a fun, light hearted piece, but
Great Blog!
Mark,
Let me know how best to provide you information about an important, unique environmental forum coming to UCLA (see below). You may have received information already, so I apogize for any duplication. It will be important for you (and others) to be in the audience with other NGOs, politicans, academics, etc.
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September 9 Seminar at UCLA Highlighting Transboundary Environmental Cooperation in the Middle East
Dear David,
Water scarcity. Air pollution. We are all incredibly aware of the environmental issues facing Southern California and how much more challenging the situation becomes when multiple municipalities, states, or even countries are involved. Imagine then how difficult the situation must be in the Middle East, where environmental challenges demand cooperation not only from neighbors but from historic enemies.
Please join us on September 9 for an enlightening and inspiring program featuring environmental experts from Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority who have championed the field of trans-boundary environmental cooperation through the model of the ground-breaking Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (www.friendsofarava.org). Learn about how the Arava Institute has advanced the mission that “Nature Knows No Borders” and how the Institute’s successful model can be relevant to addressing challenges in our own region.
At 5:00 p.m., join us for an in depth seminar at the UCLA School of Law, suitable for academics, researchers, policy makers, and beyond. We are pleased and privileged that this seminar will feature a key note speech from Dr. Peter Gleick, co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, who will discuss the relevance of Southern California environmental issues to the Arava Institute model. This seminar is being offered free of charge, but advance registration is appreciated, as space is limited to 175.
For any questions on this program or to make an advance registration, please email david@friendsofarava.org.
We look forward to seeing you on September 9.
Best Always,
Sonia Simon Cummings, Board Member, Friends of the Arava Institute
Jonathan Leo, Board Member, Friends of the Arava Institute
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