B&B Exec Leads Important Crusade
When he’s not overseeing the production of THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL for his day job, supervising producer Ed Scott is trying to save the world literally. The TV exec and husband of Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) is the CEO of the Save The Earth Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to helping raise both awareness and funding for environmental research in collaboration with major universities.
The organization has planned several exciting events for Earth Week this week. On Tuesday, April 22, Chicago’s No. 1 rock station, The Drive 97.1 will auction off a Candy Apple Red Fender Standard Stratocaster signed by Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler. For more information check out the STE auction site. The foundation is also sponsoring a major symposium on Saturday, April 26th featuring the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the focus of which will be the problem of marine debris.
“There are three huge garbage patches in our oceans right now, one of which is in the North Pacific and covers an area the size of Texas,” Scott explains. “The fish eat the plastic, and god only knows what it does to us when it gets into our system. The other major problem is container ships dropping big containers. Every year hundreds fall off of ships in rough seas, and they’re really fouling up the water.”
Scott points to a new book called Emotion For The Ocean by Chet Forrest, which explains, in layman’s terms, the devastation being done to our oceans and marine life. “The oceans are our lifeblood,” says Scott. “I don’t think enough people understand the severity of what is happening, but we have to get it resolved. We can’t keep destroying the oceans like we’re doing.”
For more information about Scott’s efforts on behalf of Save The Earth, visit http://www.savetheearth.org/.
