A message from a friend of the ocean:
Hello Ocean Advocates,
Hello Ocean Advocates,
Many of us
enjoy the beauty and tranquility that a “day at the beach” provides. My wife
and I decided to start our family close to the beach, so that our girls would
grow up with wonderful experiences that only the waves and sand can
provide.
I became
alarmed at the state of our Ocean after watching the documentary “Garbage
Island” which exposed how polluted our ocean is with plastic. Plastics have
been found in every cycle of the food chain and one day could make it to your
dinner plate – a scary and very realistic scenario.
I have
teamed up with Clean Ocean Action, one of the countries leading national and
regional voices working to protect our ocean through science, law, education
and action. Together we have built an educational school program focused
on teaching children how to keep plastics out of our ocean. We linked up
with the author of “Sea Change” Joel Harper, a passionate advocate for ocean
awareness, and will be reading his book in classrooms around the country.
Our goal is
to teach our future leaders about how they can protect their ocean by keeping harmful
plastics out.
It is a
simple, but immensely effective method of educating our children and embedding
an awareness that will protect our oceans for future enjoyment. After reading
Sea Change to my own 2 year old daughter, she now spots discarded water
bottles and says “yucky, that makes the crabbies sick!” It amazed me how
quickly she understood that discarded plastic items do not belong on the side
of the road.
Our hope is
that this youthful perspective will awaken many of us who have come to
accept that plastic trash in the street and on the beach is normal.
I would be
honored to have your support for this cause. Your
contributions go even further thanks to my amazing employer, Edrington’s double
match program, focused on giving back to sustainable causes. With your
$25 donation, it will allow us to educate 25 children with a copy of “Sea
Change” and the materials for the in class lesson plan and take home. 100% of
your donation will go to making this educational campaign a reality and to
reducing the plastic pollution in YOUR ocean.
Thank you
very much for your help
Tom Stein
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