Tag: Pacific

After booking my ticket to London, I’m starting to realise the folly of my instant decision. So I’m trying to reduce the impact of two long flights on my body, in particular my legs. So, today I called Qantas to check if there was a possibility that I could alter my booking to have tw...

As an introduction, I'd like to say that Vancouver, British Columbia, is a city that stands out on a global scale. This busy city on Canada's west coast is known for its wide range of cultural activities, cosmopolitan population, and beautiful scenery. Learn more about what makes Vancou...

The Flyway spans over 4,000 miles, and forms one of four major migratory routes in North America. Due to its length, birds need stopover points to fuel up and to rest, which means key habitats like wetlands and lakes along the way need to be protected. The Salton Sea is an attractive rest stop fo...

The Flyway spans over 4,000 miles, and forms one of four major migratory routes in North America. Due to its length, birds need stopover points to fuel up and to rest, which means key habitats like wetlands and lakes along the way need to be protected. The Salton Sea is an attractive rest stop fo...

Pacific lamprey are misunderstood by many as ugly, scary, dangerous and of little value. But in reality, they carry an important role in the ecosystem and hold deep cultural significance for Native American Tribes. Pacific lamprey are a native and anadromous species — spending their lives in f...

Kris Fowler’s life path was changing in 2016. Nothing bad, just…changing. Kris was 34 years old and he had not only recently gone through a divorce- an amicable one- but he left his job when the company moved out of state. Where would Kris go from here? He wasn’t very ups...

Discrimination abounds when first-world citizens try to figure out what’s what when it comes to geographic ethnicities. Filipinos are Pacific Islanders because the Philippine Islands are literally Islands in the Pacific Ocean. If Filipinos were born or immigrated in a country, such as American...

Wildlife are getting ready too — here and there, wherever the herring spawn. Many will come to the coastline and beaches to gorge on the massive schools of fish and their eggs in the shallow waters. Eagles will gather in huge numbers in the trees near the shore. Seals and sea lions will div...

Discrimination abounds when first-world citizens try to figure out what’s what when it comes to geographic ethnicities. Filipinos are Pacific Islanders because the Philippine Islands are literally Islands in the Pacific Ocean. If Filipinos were born or immigrated in a country, such as American...

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time to honor and elevate this community’s historical and cultural impacts on the United States. Although everyone should educate themselves about the AAPI community, libraries use this time to provide essential resources to local pa...

The “year of the rabbit” in 2023 began with multiple acts of gun violence impacting California’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Two mass shootings, first in Monterrey Park on lunar new year’s eve and then in Half Moon Bay have left people searching for answers. Traum...

One month has passed. Another has begun. Yet, there are things to be learned from the past, while acting in the present. What a pleasurable month May has been with the celebration of Asian-American/Pacific-Islander/Native Hawaiian Month! On a personal level, the month was the beginning of one jou...

For the past seven years, Utah has celebrated Pacific Island Heritage Month every August. The goal is to educate the community-at-large about Pacific Island culture, bring positivity to Pacific Island youth, and preserve and showcase traditions. It’s also a chance to honor the pioneers who tra...

Each May, our employee resource group, Asians@, leads a month-long series of celebrations of culture, traditions, and history for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. This year’s theme was, “I AM _____,“ which showcased the vibrant diversity and unique experie...

As I read this interesting article about finding this lost land mass in the Pacific Ocean some out-of-the-realm thinkers might believe it’s the lost land of MU. Of coerce by saying that silly comment I’m going in a different direction and they certainly never mentioned that in the a...