The Blue Frontier/Peter Benchley Awards recognize outstanding achievements leading to the protection of our coasts and ocean and the communities that depend on them. In addition they provide an opportunity for leaders and innovators in different aspects and sectors of ocean work to meet and acknowledge each other, and to celebrate what we have accomplished and the wonders of our blue world.

2010 Recipients

Science: Jesse Ausubel, Program Director, Census of Marine Life
Policy: Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Administrator, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Exploration: Don Walsh, Ocean Explorer
Media: Louie Psihoyos, Director, The Cove, 2010 Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary
Foundation Spirit Award: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Hero of the Seas: Cynthia Sarthou, Executive Director, Gulf Restoration Network
Youth: Kyle Thiermann, Surfer, Activist, ClaimYourChange.org
Third Annual Blue Frontier Campaign / Peter Benchley Awards

Friday, June 25, 2010
6 PM – 10 PM
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park

Master of Ceremonies
Philippe Cousteau

Music by
The Kapalakiko Hawaiian Band

Dinner, dancing, and an albino alligator host at the premier science and marine museum

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Please purchase tickets early as this event has limited seating and will sell out. Parking available at Museum.

Event Chairs
Wendy Benchley   Randall Hayes   David Helvarg

Host Committee