Expedition: Blue Planet

Welcome to Expedition: Blue Planet! We are on a 100-day journey across 5 continents to explore the most critical water issues of our time. This Expedition is not just about oceans: it's about people, our connection to water issues around the world, and a recognition that we all have the power to protect and replenish our most important life support system. You’ll find fresh blogs and photos posted here daily and new videos on a regular basis, so keep checking back in to share our stories and find ways you can get involved in helping to save our blue planet’s most precious resource.

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Washington, DC: Day 2

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. has been my home for many years. It is where my foundation is headquartered, where my family resides. It is also home to members of the Earth Conservation Corps, a service organization that teaches at-risk teenagers and young adults from the poorest, most violent neighborhoods to clean up their local Anacostia River – and their lives.

Corps members come to intimately understand through their ten months of service, environmental education, and job skills training that saving the planet isn’t just about furthering some liberal “environmentalist” agenda. It isn’t even exclusively about saving animal species, such as the native bald eagle, from extinction. It’s about quality of life for every living, breathing being around – including people. It’s about making home a sweeter home.

The journey of water is round, and its loss, too, moves in a circle, following us around the world as we lose something of such immense value that we do not yet even know its name.

Linda Hogan

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