Celebrations to honour ocean science community

Today marks the world ocean day 2012 in Pakistan as well as all over the world to honor ocean science community with the theme this year ‘Youth: The next Wave for Change’. It is “World Oceans Day,” a day designated to the body of water that is an essential part of our daily lives, our ocean. Today’s celebration provides an opportunity to reflect on both the significance of the ocean and the role of science in understanding our planet. Through discovery, understanding and action, we strive to bring the importance of ocean science to the forefront.
Scientific ocean research is imperative to the future of our country because we are so dependent upon the ocean, from the air we breathe, to the water we drink, to the food we eat. This day also honors the products such as seafood as well as marine life itself for aquariums, pets, and also a time to appreciate its own intrinsic value. The ocean also provides sea-lanes for international trade. Global pollution and over-consumption of fish have resulted in drastically dwindling population of the majority of species.
The Ocean Project, working in partnership with the World Ocean Network, has been promoting WOD since 2003 with its network of over 1,200 organizations and others throughout the world. These groups have been working to build greater awareness of the crucial role of the ocean in our lives.
World Oceans Day provides an opportunity to get directly involved in protecting our future, through a new mindset and personal and community action and involvement – beach cleanups, educational programs, art contests, film festivals, sustainable seafood events, and other planned activities help to raise consciousness of how our lives depend on the oceans.
Global pollution and over-consumption of fish have resulted in drastically dwindling population of the majority of species. The Ocean Project working in partnership with the World Ocean Network has been promoting WOD since 2003 with its network of over 1-200 organizations and others throughout the world. These groups have been working to build greater awareness of the crucial role of the ocean in our lives.
Artists to display jewels of June today : Jewels of June – an exquisite summer group show of paintings, sculptures and photographs will be displayed here today at Gallery6 by various artists. The exhibition explores the experimentation of mediums by artists blend the techniques with the theme to create some thing fascinating for viewers.
The participating artists include Athar Mahmood, Ather Jamal, Altaf Ahmed, Aleem Dad, Arjumand Hussain, Asma Abbasi, Aliya Faizi, Aisha, Abid Aslam, Arif Khan, Fakiro, Hanif Khan, Humera Ghaznavi, Javed Khan, Kausar Iqbal, Mona Waqas, Maylene Rasmussen, Mehmood Ali, Naureen Qamar, Nusrat Raza Mangi, Nasir Sheen, Phillip Hall, Samina Arjumand, Samreen Asif, Shahid Toosy, Shireen Ikram, Sobia Tassadduq, Tehmina Ahmed and Tariq Luni.The show will continue till June 19.