The document discusses the need to conserve and sustainably use oceans and marine resources. It begins with a thesis statement on acknowledging damage done to oceans, innovating new practices, and implementing practices now to benefit current and future generations. The document then defines key terms and discusses why oceans are important by noting they hold 97% of Earth's water and are essential to life. It provides local examples about reducing plastic straw use and the social media campaign to spread awareness. The call to action encourages asking for no straws and sharing the no plastic straw message online.

1. OCEANS AWAY
University ofWashington,Tacoma
T UNIV 200A-W18
12 January 2018
By: DennisTackett

2. AGENDA
 Thesis
 Definition
 The “Why”
 Cool Facts
 Local Applications
 Greatest Contribution
 Social Media
 Call to Action

3. THESIS STATEMENT
In order to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources we
must acknowledge the damage being done, innovate new practices, and
implement the practices now so current and future generations will thrive.
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi

4. DEFINITION

5. THE “WHY”
 Water is essential to life
 Nearly ¾ of the planet is Ocean
 Holds 97% of the planet’s water
 Water is essential to life
 We drink it, eat it, use it to live
 Water is essential to life

6. HUMAN POPULATION

7. COOL FACTS
 “The Great Barrier Reef, measuring 1,243 miles, is the largest living structure on
Earth. It can be seen from the Moon.”
 “Three-quarters of the world's mega-cities are by the sea.”
 “Plastic waste kills up to 1 million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless
fish each year. Plastic remains in our ecosystem for years harming thousands of
sea creatures everyday”
 “Nearly 60 per cent of the world's remaining reefs are at significant risk of being
lost in the next three decades.”
 “Less than one half a per cent of marine habitats are protected -- compared with
11.5 per cent of global land area.”

8. MORE COOL FACTS
 “More than 3.5 billion people depend on the ocean for their primary source of
food. In 20 years, this number could double to 7 billion.”
 “Each year, illegal longline fishing, which involves lines up to 80 miles long, with
thousands of baited hooks, kills over 300,000 seabirds, including 100,000
albatrosses.”
 “As many as 100 million sharks are killed each year for their meat and fins, which
are used for shark fin soup. Hunters typically catch the sharks, de-fin them while
alive and throw them back into the ocean where they either drown or bleed to
death.”
 “The annual global by-catch mortality of small whales, dolphins and porpoises
alone is estimated to be more than 300,000 individuals.”

9. LOCAL APPLICATIONS
 “Did you know? Over 500,000,000 plastic straws are used each day in the United
States.”
 “In only the past twenty years, people have come to expect plastic straws in
every drink, in an example of extreme waste being generated for minimal
convenience.”
 “These short-lived tools are usually dropped into a garbage can with no further
thought, instantly becoming a source of plastic pollution.”
 “The Last Plastic Straw movement seeks to activate citizens through a
grassroots campaign to encourage individuals to push for change in restaurant
protocol and practices in their local communities around the world.”

10. GREATEST CONTRIBUTION
 “Ask for “no straw” wherever straws
are served.”
 “Ask your local restaurants and bars
to only serve straws upon request.”
 “Start living like you love the ocean,
yourself, and the planet. Make it
official and sign up with us at the
Plastic Pollution Coalition and pledge
to ’Say NO to plastic straws’.”
 “DO LESS…less consumption, less
waste, less straws!”

11. SOCIAL MEDIA
 Share video on various platforms
 Implement the practices and use the
#noplasticstraw tag to join the viral
movement

12. CALL TO ACTION