What a great week we have had at Sanibel Sea School. This week and next, we are having a Holiday Camp and this year we have called it Peace Camp. We have latched on the most salient point of our Holidays Season – the message of Peace.
In traditional Sanibel Sea School style, we are teaching peaceful and some not-so-peaceful relationships in the sea. During these two weeks, we are examining and exploring symbiosis. To biologists, symbioses are long-term and meaningful relationship between two species of organisms – and they may not always be peaceful. On each day, we study a new type of symbiotic relationship.
We have explored mutualisms where each individual benefits; we have explored competition where each is negatively impacted. We have dived into the depths of camouflage to examine the hide and seek games that can exist between predators and prey.
And, today our topic is altruism, when we will learn about giving of ourselves with no expectation of immediate returns – our human example of altruism is stewardship.
Our stewardship today includes a trip down to Bailey’s Market to sing Sea Carols to our friends, neighbors and island visitors. We have written Sea Carols - lyrics to the tunes of many popular Holiday songs and we will serenade our fellow islanders with no expectations for our efforts.
Pretty amazing stuff, this Ocean Love.
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