Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans

Looking to connect with other ocean advocates? Want to learn more about Walter Munk's legacy? Join Mary, Dimitri, and Isabella at Scripps Institution of Oceanography tomorrow, Friday 10/25, at 3pm! Reception to follow. The 2024 Walter Munk?Annual Lecture celebrates Walter, the?founding director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. This year's presenter is?Roland Burgman, Earth and Planetary Science professor at University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Burgman will present?Learning from Water-driven Solid Earth Deformation and Seismicity.

Yesterday, a few of our leaders explored global microplastics, community, and ocean solutions with the VP of Global Supply Chain at Chef Works,?Enrique Perez, and his right-hand and environmental champion, Ryan Takashima. PI Dimitri gave a private tour of Scripps Institution of Oceanography pier and demonstrated the power of his lab's instruments to provide robust data on a clothing product's environmental impacts of microfibers, small pieces of synthetic materials such as nylon, polyester, and spandex. Our President Mary, Program Manager Steve, and Strategic Development Director Abigail brainstormed and made an action plan with the Chef Works executive team. Want to stay up-to-date with our latest happenings? Sign up for our newsletter to get notified about partnership and program updates, volunteer opportunities, and ocean advocacy events in San Diego and beyond!

We are still in awe and gratitude for last Saturday. We can't say thank you?enough to our speakers, exhibitors, volunteers, and attendees who helped us celebrate and continue Walter’s legacy of daring exploration and discovery through scientific research, education, and ocean conservation. Together, we are building a community of interdisciplinary leaders and children of all ages to empower the next generation of ocean leaders and inspire stewardship for our fragile environment, the ocean, and the species who call it home.?Thank you for your support! #waltermunkday CBS 8 San Diego Neda Iranpour Dimitri Deheyn Catherine Blakespear Diana Kutlow Francine Busby Orlando Anaya Matt Classen Tim Perry Jack Pan Allison Cusick Abigail Jones Sergey Chekov Clear Blue Sea Kilometro Uno Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute The Navy SEAL Museum San Diego

This precious child at Walter Munk Day 2024, at the NAVFAC booth was learning about how items, including money can end up in the ocean and harm its fragility. His facial expressions say it all. NAVFAC Southwest

https://lnkd.in/gpdisbmu Walter Munk Day 2024 in the books! Thank you lajolla.ca for your beautiful video!

Join us Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 9:30am to 4pm for our FREE annual event honoring Walter Munk’s legacy of daring exploration and discovery, and the Kumeyaay heritage and culture at La Jolla Shores for more than ten thousand years. Neda Iranpour, CBS8 Morning News Anchor, is our Emcee. The event will begin with a traditional Kumeyaay Smudge Ceremony where Elders will bless the area and Bird Singers will share their traditional stories. Honored Guests will participate in the Ribbon-cutting ceremony to open Ocean Alley and Kumeyaay Way. On Kumeyaay Way, you will have the opportunity to build and launch tule boats with Stan Rodriguez, PhD, President of the Kumeyaay Community College, and learn about traditional crafts and customs. Michael Connolly Miskwish, author of Maay Uuyow, will share his book about Kumeyaay Cosmology. Visit over 50 Exhibitors on Ocean Alley with ocean-related, interactive, educational projects, engaging each member of the family with the wonder and fragility of our oceans. Be sure to get a sticker for your Passport at each booth when you participate in a science or art project designed for children of all ages. Don’t miss the Fire Station 9 and SWEEP-E displays, music, art, and Food Trucks. Make sure you stop by the Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans booth to make a button, create a rubbing of a bronze sculpture of a local fish species, or participate in a sand experiment; and learn how Walter Munk’s wave predictions were essential to the success of the Navy SEALs Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) first-ever mission during WWII in Oran, Africa. Tour THE MAP of the Grand Canyons of La Jolla located on the Walter Munk Educational Plaza with a bronze sculpture ‘From the HEIGHTS of Mt. Soledad to the DEPTHS of the Grand Canyons of La Jolla,’ a replica of a Tidepool with a plaque dedicated to the history and culture of the Kumeyaay, and Fish ID Panels. Each participant will receive a laminated Fish ID card and Scavenger Hunt booklet to help discover many of the secrets hidden in THE MAP.

So this is happening... The team at the Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans is so excited to announce that we will be on local T.V. tomorrow morning! It will air tomorrow morning at 7:15 AM on the CW channel, and it will be live streamed on CBS8.com. The spectacular CBS8 morning anchor, Neda Iranpour interviewed our President, Mary Munk and 2 wonderful exhibitors that will be attending Walter Munk Day 2024 this Saturday, October 5, 2024. Special Thank you to @msb3dschs?Teacher,Jayne Barnett Students; Adalyn Tapea and Paul Pomares Steele Canyon High School Todd Perry Navy Museum San Diego Captain (SEAL)Todd Perry, USN (Ret) CBS 8 San Diego @nedanews We hope you will tune in tomorrow morning! https://lnkd.in/g9RxShs8

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The Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans and Mary Munk, President would love to have you join us NEXT Saturday for our 3rd annual event! Details in link below. https://lnkd.in/gUYAJNTc

The Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans is just about 20 days out from our annual; WALTER MUNK DAY ~Celebrate our Oceans~ Saturday, October, 5, 2024 9:30am ~4:00pm Kellogg Park La Jolla Shores ?? We are thrilled to be having, Neda Iranpour, CBS8 ?? News Anchor as our Emcee. Special speakers include Dimitri Deheyn, Marine Biologist-research scientist with SIO. ???? It will be a spectacular FREE ?? family, fun day for all! We would love to have you join us! Kindly click the link in bio for all the fabulous details! #waltermunkfoundationfortheoceans?#oceanconservation#lajollaca?#event @nedanews?@dimitrideheyn