Hope For The Oceans


 

Hope For The Rain Forests

Lee  James  Pantas

Who Liza's Reef Is Helping

Reef Store

1. Who is Liza:
A real person who inspired the coral reef paintings, the story about the reef and this website. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill with a major in Environmental Studies. In 2006 she  founded the nation's first Environmental Honors Fraternity Epsilon Eta at Chapel Hill, with the intent of establishing other chapters in universities and colleges throughout the world. She is also a talented photographer. A selection of some of her recent photographs can be seen on the home page in the "Transcendent Beauty of Earth" section, and in the photo archives of her work.

2. What is the mission of Liza's Reef:
The  mission of Liza's Reef  is twofold:

1) To help prevent any further destruction of  rain forests, coral reefs and other oceanic habitats by educating and inspiring others to join in the battle to save earth's environment.
2) To raise funds for  environmental organizations located in Western North Carolina and throughout the world,  and for needy children's orphanages that are located in the South Pacific. The fund raising will be though sales in the  Reef Store, and from the auction  of the  paintings  in the Liza's Reef series.

3. Is Liza's Reef a commercial or a non-profit website:
Primarily non-profit.  The paintings done by Lee Pantas will eventually be auctioned off as a group and 50% the profits from the auction will go directly to needy orphanages on the coral reef islands of the South Pacific and to selected environmental organizations.  Additionally  50% of the profits from the ongoing sale of prints, postcards and other items in the Reef Store will also go to environmental  organizations chosen by buyers.

4. What are the major sections of Liza's Reef:
Hope For The Oceans, Hope For The Rain Forests and  The Paintings of Liza's Reef. 

6. What are Hope For the Oceans and Hope For The Rain Forests:
Science-based resource sub webs that present essential scientific information and an overview about the topics presented, and links to other quality resource websites for further in-depth information. They are designed to be portals and to direct the visitor to other high quality, scientifically legitimate and relevant  websites. Much attention has been paid to filtering out junk, spurious or inaccurate websites, and only posting of links that are of real value.

7. What are Lee Pantas' scientific credentials for authoring this website:
B.S. Biology, University of Vermont 1964; M.S. Freshwater Ecology, University of Vermont 1966; Ph.D. level graduate studies in Fisheries Biology, University of Michigan; Research Associate, Rhine Institute of Parapsychology / Institute For Research On The Nature Of Man, Durham, NC.

8. When will the paintings be sold by auction:
All of the paintings that have been completed in the Liza's Reef series will be sold in auction on Saturday, August 1st, 2015. Prior to this, beginning in January of 2015, they will be exhibited in Asheville, North Carolina and at various venues throughout the United States.

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