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Environmental Issues in Hawaii & Solution
Ocean Conservancy is actively working to prevent trash from entering oceans, which poses threats to marine life and local economies. They encourage volunteering and provide resources on how to take action against ocean pollution. Additionally, the document suggests increasing the number of trash cans on Hawaii's beaches as a potential solution to reduce litter.
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- 5. Link to thesite: https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/ How to volunteer: https://takeaction.oceanconservancy.org/page/14136/action/1?utm_campaign=a dvocacy_general&utm_source=web&utm_medium=other&ea.tracking.id=17WAX AAXXX&utm_content=landing-page Link to their blog: https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/
- 6. “Ocean Conservancy istaking bold action, working to stop the flow of trash at the source, before it has a chance to reach the water to choke and entangle dolphins or endanger sea turtles, or ruin our beaches and depress our local economies.”
- 7. What else can bedone to reduce trash on beaches??
- 8. More (if any) trashcans on the beaches in Hawaii!!!
- 9. Sources: • Pictures: • http://talb.org/events/2015/3/21/30-minute- beach-clean-up •http://granitegrok.com/blog/2013/07/republican- vote-stealer/attachment/question-mark • http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/ 06/smart-trash-can.html
Editor's Notes
- #5 Taken from Wikipedia: Ocean Conservancy is a nonprofit environmental advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., United States. The organization helps formulate ocean policy at the federal and state government levels based on peer reviewed science
- #7 Taken from the website: Ocean Conservancy is leading the way with practical solutions that: Empower people. We lead a movement of people taking concrete actions every day to protect our ocean. We’re bringing useful tips to people on every street corner, creek bed and coastal waterway to empower them to stop the flow of trash before it hits our shores. Strengthen the science. Ocean Conservancy is leading scientific work with business and academic partners to improve our knowledge of the ocean trash issue. Engage everyone in solutions. We can’t do this alone, so we’re bringing together leaders from industry, government, NGO partners and the scientific community through the Trash Free Seas Alliance® to bring systemic, durable solutions to the ocean trash issue. Promote good policies. Ocean Conservancy built support for the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act and its companion bill in the Senate, the Trash Free Seas Act, to strengthen a national focus on marine debris.
- #9 Own ideas: Let’s be real: people are lazy. We as humans are lazy people. When we have trash on temple beach or bikini beach, but there are no trash cans to throw our garbage away, we basically turn a blind eye and, even when we know it is bad, litter. Because that’s just ‘what everyone else does’ and it’s more convenient for us. If we had a lot more garbage cans by entrances and exits of beaches that were colorful and supported no trash on beaches, the more people would throw away their trash and the beaches would be a lot cleaner.In my opinion anyway.