{"id":25598,"date":"2011-03-25T00:58:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T04:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/25598\/ten-kids-trash-ocean\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T00:58:51","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T04:58:51","slug":"ten-kids-trash-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/25598\/ten-kids-trash-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Things Kids Want Us to Know About Trash in the Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122)<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook:
\nAdvocate for Saving Dogs\u2122 on Facebook<\/a><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Phil<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fourth-graders
\nin New York City conducted cleanups at a local beach and tallied every
\nitem they found on Ocean Conservancy\u2019s data card, an experience shared
\nby hundreds of thousands of people around the world every year during Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The young citizen scientists learned about the myriad ways marine debris
\nthreatens ocean health, and created graphs to show the sources of these
\nman-made items.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nJocelyn’s drawing says “no” to trash on the beach<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nClara created this bar graph based on the data showing that bags were by far the most common items found<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nIsiah and his classmates worry about trash killing birds and other wildlife<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

They shared their findings with us, and we’d like to share them with you.
\nHere are just a few of their observations, presented just as they’ve written them:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. I was heartbroken. Pollution is ruining the beauty of beaches around the world. -Jocelyn<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Waves lap at the shore and horseshoe crabs swarm like bees on land
\nand sea. The only thing that distracts you from this beautiful scene is
\nthe garbage. Toys, food wrappers, clothing, you name it! -Clara<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. On Plumb Beach I saw two cigarette liters. You might think that’s not so bad but they still had oil in them. -Karin<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Some things that are making all these things go on beaches are that
\npeople through things into lakes, rivers and oceans, and those things
\ntravel around the world and end up on shores and on beaches. -Juliet<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

5. We found a steak knife, condoms, cigarettes, cap lids, straws and
\nmuch more. If the fish here ate the wrong thing then we eat it, we get
\nsick. -Payton<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

6. There are waves of trash arriving on Plum Beach. -Kiara<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

7. There were dangerous things there, like needles used to inject drugs
\ninto your body. Please try to help us find a solution! -Nicholas<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

8. Birds are lovely, and die from us. When they see a lot of trash, they
\ndon’t think once, they just eat. Then are poisoned. -Oliver<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

9. We found 1 strapping band. 2 ropes. 3 oil cans. And 2 fishing nets.
\nWe also found a fire extinguisher! Please do something about this!
\n-Carolyn Ann<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

10. I don’t want to sound like I’m bossing people around but you guys have got to step up and get tough about this stuff. -Jack <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We
\nagree; people everywhere need to “step up and get tough” when it comes
\nto marine debris. Cleaning up is not enough, and the children know it.
\nThey
\nsuggested solutions they hope we adults can put into practice, simple
\nsteps like making sure trash cans are available on beaches, or covering
\nstorm drains with screens to prevent litter from streets and parking
\nlots from traveling to the ocean.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ocean Conservancy is working hard to raise awareness about this
\npollution problem and inspire science-based solutions to prevent it at
\nthe source.
\nBut we can\u2019t do it alone.
\nWe need these fourth-graders — and everyone else — to support the worldwide movement to stop trashing our ocean. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Please join Ocean Conservancy for the 25th annual International Coastal Cleanup this September.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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AfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122) Facebook: Advocate for Saving Dogs\u2122 on Facebook Phil Fourth-graders in New York City conducted cleanups at a local beach and tallied every item they found on Ocean Conservancy\u2019s data card, an experience shared by hundreds of thousands of people around the world every year during Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}