Ocean Exchange, a Savannah-based international organization devoted to finding proven and sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, has announced the Ocean Exchange Viral Video Challenge 2014.
The organization’s board will recruit and interview candidates for 13 internships to work under the direction of Mehmet Caglayan of Blue Voyage Productions with film and media mentors from the Smithsonian, National Geographic, Savannah College of Art and Design and Morris Media.
The team of interns will create unique videos for the 10 “Solutions Inspiring Action” finalists scheduled to debut at Ocean Exchange 2014 in Savannah in October.
With a 2014 competition theme of “Accelerate Sustainability,” the fourth annual Ocean Exchange will showcase the top 10 worldwide solutions with the ability to generate economic growth and increased productivity while reducing the use of nature’s resources and waste, said Oceans Exchange co-founder Cort Atkinson.
“Each year, the Ocean Exchange seeks innovative and globally scalable solutions that are positive for our economies, health and the environment, while respecting cultures around the world,” Atkinson said.
Each of the 10 finalists will have their solutions showcased in the professional quality videos and shown at Ocean Exchange in October.
There, invited delegates will select the winners of the $100,000 Gulfstream Navigator Award and the $100,000 Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Orcelle Award.
The internships are paid, Atkinson said, but the real payoff comes from the experience and exposure.
“Those chosen are usually juniors or seniors in college who have an idea of where they are going with their filmmaking,” Atkinson said. “For Ocean Exchange, they get to work with world-class mentors, learning all about their particular solution and using their talents to creatively showcase complex concepts in informative and understandable ways.
“The solutions videos are shown before each finalist makes his or her presentation,” she said. “They are always a crowd favorite.”
In years past, selected interns have come from SCAD, Savannah State and Georgia Southern.
A new look at NS Savannah
Those of us who are either history buffs or simply old enough to remember the NS Savannah will always play an important role in our city’s maritime heritage.
I won’t say which I am, but will pass along a great Web page I found filled with fascinating and detailed photos of the ship’s restored interior.
It’s from a Buzz Blog on Physics Central, website of the American Physical Society, a professional organization of physicists nationwide.
Look for it on Savannahnow.com.
For those of you not familiar with the ship, here’s a brief history.
On Wednesday, Aug. 22, 1962, the shiny new Nuclear Ship Savannah arrived in its namesake city to the cheers of thousands of spectators, gathered along the riverfront or sailing alongside.
In 2012 50 years later to the day a somewhat smaller group gathered at the riverfront to see the Georgia Historical Society, in collaboration with the Ships of the Sea Museum and the Savannah Ocean Exchange, unveil a historical marker commemorating the event.
Paul Jaenichen, deputy administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration, which owns the ship today, served as the keynote speaker for the marker’s dedication.
“The NS Savannah was more than the first nuclear-powered cargo ship,” Jaenichen said in his address. “She was and still is an amazing example of American technical innovation and ingenuity.”
After leaving Savannah on that hot August day in 1962, the Savannah sailed the globe for eight years, logging more than 450,000 miles, the equivalent of sailing around the world 21 times, Jaenichen said.
“And she did it without ever refueling,” he said, adding that a regular ship would burn 29 million gallons of fuel going that distance.
A signature element of President Eisenhower’s visionary Atoms for Peace program, the Savannah continued in experimental service as a cargo ship until 1970, after which it was removed from service.
Today, the Savannah no longer sails, but is berthed in Baltimore, where the Department of Transportation’s only nuclear vessel is also a National Historic Landmark.
Senior business reporter Mary Carr Mayle covers the ports for the Savannah Morning News and savannahnow. She can be reached at 912-652-0324 or at mary.mayle@savannahnow.com.
Following are the ships expected to call on Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City and Ocean terminals this week. Schedules are supplied by GPA and are subject to change.
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