EPISODE
3
Don't
Get Crabby,
Get Shopping!
Hi
Fellow Crew Member!
It's
Addie and Tiffer and we need you to do something difficult, something
really tough. You might even call it "death-defying".
We need you to go shopping.
You
see, if the Sea of Cortez is going to defy death, we need to work
together to save it. One way is to boost eco-tourism in the region.
Eco-tourism is when people visit a place just to experience how
beautiful and wonderful it is. And then they go shopping.
Just
follow along with the script from Episode Three ("Don't Get
Crabby, Get Shopping!") and click the links you see. Each
will give you more information and show you exactly what we learned
as we researched this important topic.
If
you have any more questions, please, please, please email us (addie@kissea.com
or tiffer@kissea.com)
and we will personally zap you an answer.
Thanks
for watching -- and for reading -- and welcome aboard the voyages
of the KiSSEA Crew!
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Click
on Addie & Allie Shopping
to view Episode Three! |
Episode
Three Script
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Shopping
Saves Sharks
In northern Mexico, the average family
makes just $7,700 per year. Jobs in tourism (like being
a salesperson at a shop, being crew on a boat, being staff
at a hotel, being a server at a restaurant, etc.) are much
better jobs than scavenging sharks. |
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We
LOVE San Carlos
San Carlos is a beautiful little place
with lots of shopping and lots to do. Sunset Magazine loves
San Carlos, too. Click
here to read what they say! |
ADDIE:
Welcome back to the Sea of Cortez! Today we’re going shopping!
Gotta run!
TIFFER:
Hey, you were supposed to push me in?!
ADDIE:
Come on girls! (Addie, Mom and Allie push Tiffer in)
There is so much to do here in the Sea of Cortez. There’s
stuff like snorkeling, scuba diving, windsurfing, fishing and
... shopping! That’s our secret subject today.
TIFFER:
It’s secret because we need your Moms and Dads to bring
you down to places like San Carlos. San Carlos is a beautiful
little town that loves tourists. And the more tourists who come,
the more jobs there will be for FORMER fishermen. That’s
right, FORMER fishermen. The real issue in saving the Sea of Cortez
is creating jobs in industries that protect the sea. Like tourism.
ADDIE:
That’s why I’m being forced to shop today. Like I
told my Dad, the more I spend, the more tourism jobs I make and
the more the Sea of Cortez is protected. Pretty cool, huh?
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San
Carlos Ecotours
Snorkel with sea lions! Swim with dolphins!
An Ecotour is a GREAT way to help save the Sea of Cortez.
Try these links:
Gary's
Dive Shop
Los
Jitos Ecotours
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San
Carlos Scuba Diving
Learn to dive in Tucson and then practice
what you've learned in beautiful San Carlos. Click here
to go to one of Tucson's top dive shops,
The
Dive Shop! |
TIFFER:
And it’s not just shopping. I’m being forced to go
sport fishing where we catch and release our fish. Like I told
Dad, the more I fish, the more tourism jobs I make and the more
the Sea of Cortez is protected. Isn’t saving the Sea of
Cortez awesome?
ADDIE:
It’s simple to get here, too. There’s a great divided
highway almost all the way from Tucson to San Carlos. (For
directions and all the details about visas, travel tips, etc.
click
here.)
TIFFER:
And there are beautiful places to stay, like our personal favorite:
the Sol y Mar (Sun and Sea) condominiums along the San Carlos
golf course. Mom loves their kitchens AND washer-dryers! (Click
here to learn all about hotels in San Carlos.)
ADDIE:
So, today we we were tourists. Tomorrow? We’re going to
teach you to scuba dive. Join us here as part of the KiSSEA crew!
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See
a Cool Ecopark!
We hope that someday soon someone will
develop a cool ecopark along the Sea of Cortez like the
Kula Eco Park in Fiji. Click
here to visit this park online and make sure
you see their video. Bula! |
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