The creatures of our oceans are under attack like never before by the rapaciousness and stupidity of the planet's largest predator, We humans. And, it's not just the large fish floating on the brink of extinction. While it's true, the Blue Fin Tuna, Sharks, Sword and SailFishes, and all of the Whale and Porpoise species waver on the edge of viable survival, the small reef inhabitants of the worlds seas, fish you may find familiar sights at your doctor's or dentist's office, too face an uncertain future. The negative effects driving the extinctions are many, but central to them all is the human penchant to love the wild things of this earth to death.

Robert Wintner is an environmental defender, author, and the wildly successful entrepreneur behind Hawaii's Snorkel Bob's reef outfitter company. He is also the engine behind the Snorkel Bob foundation, whose myriad charitable projects help to bring the appreciation of the oceans and all its inhabitants to humans who would otherwise remain ignorant of the workings of the Planet's singlemost essential biosphere. Some of Robert Wintner's book titles include: 'In a Sweet Magnolia Time', 'Toucan Whisper, Toucan Sing', 'The Modern Outlaws', and his latest, 'Some Fishes I Have Known.' Snorkel Bob is also the author of the popular 'Snorkel Bob's Underwater and Get Down Guide to Oahu', and it's companion 'Get Down Guide to Maui', and has compiled several books of short stories.

Robert 'Snorkel Bob' Wintner in the first half.

And; In the age of Reagan, when a Super Powers war and its subsequent nuclear annihilation of the entire world was not only possible but seemed an impending reality, a group of activists in Massachusetts began an anti-nuclear campaign against the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. What they could not brook was the untold millions of dollars their government devoted to nuclear mega projects and weapons development at the expense of education and social health. The Food Not Bombs protests began as street theatre, but quickly grew into serious opposition to the vicious foreign policy of the Reagan/Bush years, with an especial focus on Latin America. Today FNB continues its activities across North America and beyond, emphasizing the social justice and poverty issues endemic to the end days of the capitalist system.

Luke is a local activist/contributor to Victoria's Food Not Bombs chapter, and an environmental defender noted locally as the last man taken down during the infamous Bare Mountain Tree Sit, the remnant of which is the pitiful clearcut, and Spencer Road Bridge to Nowhere eyesore disgracing the northern approach to the City of Victoria.

Luke on the living history of the Food Not Bombs collective in the second half.

And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us with newz of the pertinent in and around our pretty, rain-dappled city at the bottom of the hour. But first; getting down on Hawaii's reefs with Snorkel Bob Wintner.