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Sometimes it takes being asked the right questions to figure out if we're on the right track towards a sustainable lifestyle. The following quiz is a great starting point, of course Oceana offers us sailors some great tips on living blue too!

Answer the following 12 questions, keeping track of all your answers on a piece of paper (different letters get a different amount of points) and learn how eco-friendly you are using the link below.

1. You suck down a beverage and are left with the empty can. You:
a. Hold on to it until you find a recycling bin.

By Juliet Eilperin

Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 6, 2009; A02

Federal fisheries managers have voted to bar all commercial fishing in U.S. waters from north of the Bering Strait and east to the Canadian border in light of the rapid climate changes that are transforming the Arctic.

In a unanimous vote yesterday, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council ruled that scientists and policy-makers need to better assess how global warming is affecting the region before allowing fishing on stocks such as Arctic cod, saffron cod and snow crab.

Today, Monday January 19th after a spectacular day of racing Maria Vicari, President of Nautica Licensing addressed members of the press on their new fragrance "Oceans" due to launch globally next month. It's a water-based, 100% biodegradable and packaged environmentally with all proceeds going to Oceana.

Ms. Vicari shares the bands passion for the aquatic lifestyle and working with sailors has been a complete pleasure. More to come as I hope to speak more thoroughly about the sustainable sailor's lifestyle in weeks to come.

Imagine my ear to ear grin when I woke up this morning to see on the front page (above the fold) of the the Washington Posts the following:

Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific

Apparently, President Bush woke up New Year's day and had the same thought I did:  I am going to fully live up to my Ocean Conservation Yacht Club Commodore status.  Well Mr. Bush... you've made a good start.

From the Washington Post:

Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific

Marine Monuments Burnish an Environmental Record That Is Seen as Mixed

Cold-water fjords in Patagonia, Chile. Credit: Oceana

Members of Oceana's Chile office just returned from an expedition to the Patagonian fjords in southern Chile, and they took some breathtaking photos, including the one you see here. The expedition was part of their ongoing efforts to study the marine wildlife of the Patagonian town of Tortel and the surrounding fjords. Oceana's goal is ultimately to establish a Marine Protected Area over 4.5 million acres.