That's young Angelo will Ike, Sylvia, Agnes, and Jean-Michel (some of my Earth Month Heroes) at the designation of the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument and the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument at the White House in 2009. Welcome to the first post on my personal webpage. Last year I challenged all of conservation Twitter to an online lovefest called the Earth Month Hero Challenge.  I think we need to do it again.  We could all use a virtual group hug. Let me explain. Earth Day is April 22, which makes next month Earth Month. I’d like to invite you to participate in a Twitter hashtag campaign for the entire month. The purpose of this campaign is to bring some attention and praise to the people who are doing great conservation work. I’m calling the campaign #30EarthMonthHeroes. Participation is easy. STEP ONE Starting on April 1, post a tweet about someone who you think is doing great work to protect the Earth or the Ocean, either someone you