ANNOUNCING OCEAN DAY 2006
On May 22nd, over 7,000 kids will converge on California's beaches to take part in the 13th Annual Kids' Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup. They will be removing litter and creating aerial art projects with artist John Quigley at the following locations:
San Diego County: 1,500 kids at Oceanside City Beach.
Los Angeles: 2,800 kids at Dockweiler State Beach.
Orange County: 1,000 kids from inland schools are going to Huntington State Beach.
San Luis Obispo County: 125 students traveling from Strathmore, Tulare County will go to Cayucos State Beach.
Monterey: 180 students from Dinuba, Tulare County will travel to the Municipal Beach on Monterey Bay.
San Francisco: 1,300 Bay Area students will be at Ocean Beach.
Humboldt County: 550 kids will go to the South Spit of Humboldt Bay, remove trash, and restore sand dune habitat.
This year, the themes of the aerial art will be "MAKE THE CONNECTION" and "HELP OCEANS THRIVE."
Also, this year we are pleased to announce the launching of a pilot project called OCEAN DAY KIDS BLOG. Students in these different locations will be able to communicate with each other and talk about their their favorite things about the ocean, their experiences at the beach, and ask each other questions!
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Launch of The Migrating Human Whale Project
The Ocean Day Youth Blog is a teacher coordinator moderated pilot project to activate and facilitate conversation, creativity, and community for the students participating in the Ocean Day events and festivities. Topics and Questions will be posted and students will have the opportunity to post their comments and ideas to the Blog. Students are encouraged to use their best vocabulary and limit their comments to 1-2 paragraphs each.
About Ocean Day
OCEAN DAY is an annual celebration and call to action for the protection of the world’s oceans. For 10 years almost 50,000 West coast children have marked Ocean Day as a finale to their in-school environmental education.
This year many 1000’s of students from Vancouver to Los Angeles to San Diego are motivated to get involved and clean the beaches. They are also committed to making a difference by standing up and creating giant images in the sand to serve as lasting reminders of the need to protect our oceans.
These “aerial art” creations are being photographed from the sky. www.OceanDay.net is dedicated to chronicling this global expression for ocean protection. On this site you will find images from past events.
We look forward to everyone being motivated by these coastal heroes to take their own stand and go out and make a difference.
May 18th, 2007 - Loreto, Mexico
Launch of The Migrating Human Whale Project