On Thursday, May 24 from 8 a.m. to noon at South Mission Beach, I Love A Clean San Diego will lead more than 700 students from local Title I elementary schools in a beach cleanup and aerial art formation for Kids\u2019 Ocean Day, spreading awareness about our ability to affect positive change for the oceans.
\nLast year\u2019s Kids\u2019 Ocean Day message, “Come Together,” illustrated the need for unity among in protecting the environment, the oceans, and marine wildlife. Once again, nearly 1,000 students and adult volunteers will take a stand in the sand on behalf of our oceans to form this year\u2019s message, “Waves of Change.” With this message, the students and volunteers will call for a transformation of everyday habits that negatively impact oceans.
\nBefore even reaching the beach, the students are empowered by ILACSD staff through environmental assembly presentations at their respective schools \u2013 Buena Vista Elementary, Ericson Elementary, Field Elementary, Porter Elementary, Joyner Elementary, San Marcos Elementary, Mission Elementary, and Los Pe\u00f1asquitos Elementary. During each assembly, students learned about unique organisms that live in the ocean, how the ocean is connected to their everyday lives, and actions they can take to protect it.
\nOn May 24, the lessons from the assembly will come to life when ILACSD staff and volunteers lead the students in a large-scale beach and bay cleanup to pick up litter, including cigarette butts, food wrappers, and single-use plastics. The final culmination of Kids\u2019 Ocean Day will feature the students using their bodies to create an aerial art image spelling out “Waves of Change” along South Mission Beach. This powerful image will demand attention and call for action that addresses the dependence on single-use plastic items that allows eight million metric tons of plastic waste to enter the world\u2019s oceans each year.
\n“Children are the wave of the future,” said Jack Ainsworth, executive director of the California Coastal Commission. “And these kids understand that we need to change our consumption and disposal habits and reduce our reliance on single-use plastics, so the beaches and ocean don\u2019t keep suffering from plastic pollution. I\u2019m proud of all these students for making some waves!”\u00a0
\nThis is the 20th\u00a0year I Love A Clean San Diego has organized Kids\u2019 Ocean Day in San Diego County as part of the Annual Kids\u2019 Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup, which has expanded over its 25 years to include five beaches along the California coast. As a precursor to World Oceans Day on June 8, the California Coastal Commission coordinates Kids\u2019 Ocean Day statewide, providing financial support to local efforts with proceeds from the Whale Tail License Plate and voluntary donations on the state tax return to the Protect Our Coast and Oceans Fund.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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