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Carissa Welton
Jun 17, 20243 min read
The Blue Marble Series
The Blue Marble Series takes young readers on an ocean exploration adventure through a fictional lens based on real-world issues. Beneath...
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Carissa Welton
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Chinatown Reborn
Since I've known Detroit before I could talk or walk, I have some very vintage memories of the city that stretch all the way back to the...
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Carissa Welton
Feb 11 min read
Planet Detroit
The Dawning of a New D I'm so proud to announce I've been selected to participate in Planet Detroit 's neighborhood reporting lab. This...
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Carissa Welton
Jan 272 min read
The ReVamp
Detroit, affectionately known as The D , has a reputation for a lot of things, and likewise, The D stands for a lot of things... like...
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Carissa Welton
Jan 213 min read
Word of the Day: 环保 (Environmental Protection)
More than 90% of our ocean has been unexplored. What do you think we'll discover once we know our planet better? Word of the Day: 环保...
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Carissa Welton
Jan 201 min read
The Belief in People Power
Huzzah! After years of appeals and protests to the Lantau Tomorrow Vision , a sea reclamation project off Hong Kong's Lantau island that...
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Carissa Welton
Jan 152 min read
Earth Family
A new book for the new year. It was an absolute honor to attend the opening of the 42nd annual Key West Literary Seminar , focused on...
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Carissa Welton
Oct 20, 20241 min read
The Lucky Bear
Shello everyone! What do bears and mermaids have to do with one another, you may ask? Well, obviously, they are both Earth dwellers,...
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Carissa Welton
Oct 6, 20241 min read
We Are Neutral
The ironic nomenclature of my partner organization, We Are Neutral , for the sequel to Beneath the Surface , is due to the fact that they...
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Carissa Welton
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Bilingual Taichi Exercise
Today is the day! Join me for 10 minutes (or less) of Taichi daily and help support The Blue Marble Series. Visit my Patreon ( click here...
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Carissa Welton
Sep 22, 20242 min read
Key West Literary Seminar
Shello Sea Huggers! Well, guess what? I was awarded a select scholarship from Key West Literary Seminar to attend the Writer's Workshop...
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Carissa Welton
Jun 3, 20241 min read
Awaken New Depths
We don't have time for "out of sight out of mind." If the world is numb to numbers, motivating momentum will require opening minds,...
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Carissa Welton
May 12, 20242 min read
Roots & Shoots Global
When I first came up with the idea for Beneath the Surface, I was mentoring students in China through a youth leadership program called...
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Carissa Welton
Apr 19, 20241 min read
Free Coloring Books
Shello everybody! Currently, I'm giving away free Beneath the Surface coloring books to the 1st one hundred subscribers to my YouTube...
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Carissa Welton
Apr 7, 20241 min read
War Is Over
As every ocean lover knows, there is a world war raging all around us. If you've read Beneath the Surface, you know that it's the first...
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Carissa Welton
Apr 5, 20242 min read
Happy Earth Month!
Well, shello again, Ocean Lovers! How are your Earth Months going so far? Remember, April 14th is Dolphin Day and the pink dolphins in...
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Carissa Welton
Mar 19, 20241 min read
The Plight of the Pink Dolphins
China's "Pink Dolphins" (Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins) have declined 75% in just the past 20 years, according to the 2018 documentary...
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Carissa Welton
Mar 12, 20242 min read
Greening the Beige
Seventeen years ago I stumbled into the position of "Director" of an international volunteer platform based in Beijing, China for artists...
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Carissa Welton
Mar 9, 20242 min read
The Importance of Ocean Literacy
The Blue Marble Series is dedicated to Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Global, where I've learned so many valuable life's lessons for...
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Carissa Welton
Mar 7, 20241 min read
Beneath the Surface B-day Book Sale
SHELLO PARTY PEOPLE! There's sooooo much to shelebrate: March 27, 2024 is the 2nd anniversary of Beneath the Surface which also happens...
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