Today, Room 15 went to a seminar called 'Sustainable Coastlines.' We met a man named Sam and he told us about what is happening around the world with plastic. Sam showed us a mini movie clip about someone chucking a plastic bag out the window and it went with the wind all the way to Great Barrier Island where a turtle ate it and died because of someone's poor actions. The turtle thought the plastic bag was jelly fish. He also showed us some seagulls that ate bottle tops on an island called Midway Atoll. This is an island near Hawaii where ocean currents meet, also known as 'Gyres.' Midway Atoll is a place where little natural water is stored yet it has lots of cril and plankton in the ocean where sea life feed from. After that, he spoke to us about a plastic bag that a small fish ate and died on the food chain...gross! The worst part of his speech was when he showed us the 20 year-old turtle that has been strangled by a plastic milk ring. Sam's message was to follow the three 'R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) and not to litter in the ocean. So...PLEASE TAKE CARE OF OUR (AND GOD'S) ENVIRONMENT!!!!
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