Check out these pictures from last weeks 21st Annual Kids Ocean Day! Nearly 4,000 Los Angeles kids, teachers and volunteers sent a giant text message from the ocean to “CLEAN ME UP :)” as part of the 21st annual Kids Ocean Day Adopt-A-Beach Clean-Up organized by the Malibu Foundation, City of Los Angeles, Spectral Q, Keep LA Beautiful and the California Coastal Commission in Los Angeles May 15, 2014. Kids Ocean Day is an environmentally sensitive event that incorporates composting, recycling and an overall reduction of non-biodegradable materials. In addition to beach cleanup, students compost many of the food items from lunch, including vegetables, bread, paper napkins, cutlery, cups and brown paper bags, which are then donated to Odyssey Orchards, a garden program at Los Angeles’ Odyssey Charter School. The human aerial art piece itself is plastic-free; the image stenciled with wooden paintbrush, reusable cardboard tubes and natural fiber rope. The kids are alerting the world about the need to help the ocean and protect it from the everyday trash and plastic litter that flow down the streets, killing marine life and polluting food resources. By taking a stand in the sand, they become voices of the ocean and teachers to the world, raising awareness of the adverse impacts of litter and pollution on the ocean. Photo Credit: Jeff Pantukhoff, Spectral Q, Kids Ocean Day kidsoceanday.org
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 04:47:34 +0000
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