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Youth are inheriting a world filled with problems that they did not create. Luckily, some are using this as an opportunity to fight for better, cleaner, and more just alternatives. This year, we’ve witnessed children marching for their lives and the right to an education free from gun violence. We know these young people are the future we need now more than ever. Here are 10 teens who submitted their solutions on ocean plastic pollution to the world’s largest marine advocacy contest for youth! Who said middle school students are too young to change the world?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Program<\/span>s<\/span><\/a> is a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that activates the next wave of ocean leaders through the arts, science, and advocacy. They believe that changing our world starts by inspiring and energizing young people to imagine a better future, and empowering them to create it themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bow Seat\u2019s annual <\/span>Ocean Awareness Contest<\/b><\/a> challenges teens around the world to explore the connections between human activities and the health of our oceans through art, writing, film, and music. Many focus on plastic pollution and its impact on ecosystems, wildlife, and human health. <\/span>Bow Seat also hosts the <\/span>Marine Debris Creative Advocacy Competition<\/b><\/a>, <\/b>which challenges students to design and lead creative campaigns in their community that fight plastic pollution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nearly 7<\/span>,000 young people worldwide have participated in Bow Seat programs since the organization\u2019s launch in 2011. All under the age of 18, <\/span>Bow Seat\u2019s students are artists, activists, and environmental leaders who are making real changes for their local streets, rivers, and coasts. <\/span>Meet some of them below!<\/b>\u00a0This community of young wavemakers spans almost every U.S. state and more than 60 countries, but <\/span>all <\/span><\/i>are passionate about using their creative voice to fight for our oceans. Here are some of their winners from 2017. Get inspired and get involved – Bow Seat\u2019s 2018 program deadline is June 18th!<\/span><\/p>\n

14-year-old Blue Brasher-Rues from Fayetteville, Arkansas<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n

Blue was inspired to show her landlocked community that even though they are far from the coast, their actions impact the ocean. To raise awareness and concern about the issue of marine debris, Blue planned and curated a student art show and open mic. Blue partnered with the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology to host the event, and secured donations and sponsorships from local businesses. The successful event connected hundreds of attendees with each other and the environment through visual art, poetry, music, and storytelling. Community members left with grocery bags made from recycled t-shirts and feelings of hope and possibility for creating a wave of positive change.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have always had a passion for protecting our Earth, and especially the water on it that gives life to all. We are not near the ocean, but our land and water are connected. We are a part of an ecosystem, and marine debris has a detrimental effect on our web of existence. It is the job of the people who know about an issue to spread knowledge and passion on that subject. I am ecstatic to know that I can do anything I set my mind to! And I want everyone in my generation knows that they can too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Fremont Middle School Enviro Club from Oxnard, California<\/strong>
\n<\/b>Vanessa Garcia Torres, Isabel Arenas, Victor Godoy, Exivany Ramirez, and Amara Martinez<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Enviro Club members created a plastic Quetzalcoatl \u2013 the Mesoamerican serpent revered as the giver of life and the God of intelligence, creation, and self-reflection \u2013 out of one day\u2019s worth of the school\u2019s discarded plastic trash. The Quetzalcoatl was displayed during the school\u2019s Zero Waste Week, with a poster asking for self-reflection about how every individual can contribute to ending plastic pollution. During the campaign, the Enviro Club members collected 500+ signatures urging their School Board to adopt policies to end the use of polystyrene trays and spork packages and to replace these items with reusable options. The campaign culminated in presentations to the school district\u2019s Director of Child Nutrition Services and the School Board, where the Quetzalcoatl served as the centerpiece during both meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cOur school has been discarding approximately 500 polystyrene trays and spork packages with straws per day, in addition to hundreds of chip bags. These plastic pollutants either end up in the landfill or on the school\u2019s field, where the mower turns them into plastic shrapnel. The wind blows it out onto the street, into the storm drain, and, ultimately, directly into the ocean, which is only three miles away.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

14-year-old Addie Farmer and Lainey Randall from Portland, Maine<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n

Addie and Lainey launched a campaign to raise awareness of and inspire action around marine debris by introducing NOAA\u2019s Marine Debris Tracker mobile application to their community. The duo set an ambitious goal for the community to collect and log 5,000 pieces of trash in approximately one month. Addie and Lainey conducted multiple outreach activities, including: communicating with their school community through posters, newsletters, and morning announcements; testifying before the Portland City Council; and presenting to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. They were even featured on a local television news segment! Addie and Lainey concluded their campaign with a cleanup at East End Beach. They were joined by 30 volunteers who picked up litter and used the Marine Debris Tracker app to log in data. Together, they collected nearly 6,000 pieces of trash, bringing the month-long total to almost 8,000 items \u2013 3,000 over their initial goal!<\/span><\/p>\n

Soo Bin Cho, Cheyenne Bridge, Sage Nelson, and Lauren Richardson from Irvine\/Newport, California<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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As interns for the city of Newport Beach\u2019s Office of Natural Resources, students Soo Bin, Cheyenne, Sage, and Lauren researched the issue of marine debris, conducted local clean-ups, and analyzed their findings. The group wanted to show others how litter \u2013 and, in particular, plastic \u2013 has a direct impact on marine wildlife, so they created \u201cMaurice,\u201d a whale mural painted on a wooden board with a garbage bag for a stomach. They used Maurice for educational outreach activities and brought him to a local pier, where they encouraged visitors to pick up trash and deposit it in Maurice\u2019s \u201cstomach.\u201d The team found that their interactive mural greatly enhanced their conversations about marine debris with beachgoers of all ages. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ocean holds significance in all of our hearts, and we wanted to do anything we could to help protect it. We were astounded by the amount of marine debris found at the beach and its impact on wildlife. We feel strongly about environmental advocacy and want to contribute to greater environmental awareness.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Middle School Students at High Tech Middle North County from San Marcos, California<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n

Middle school students involved in \u201cThe Ripple Effect\u201d campaign led several projects to raise awareness about plastic pollution, including participating in beach cleanups, creating a children\u2019s book about marine debris, building an informational website and social media campaign, hosting an exhibition for their school community, and raising money to purchase a water bottle filling station at their school. The highlight of their project was creating a life-size whale sculpture out of marine debris, now prominently displayed in their school. Thanks to their hard work, they were able to shift the culture of their school to be more focused on environmental conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe most meaningful part of the project was learning how quickly we are filling the ocean with plastic and just how much plastic exists in the ocean. We had no idea how it was affecting the animals in the ocean and the food that we eat. We also realized how easy it is to stop using plastic \u2026 every time we grab something that has plastic wrapping on it, we recognize that and prevent ourselves from using it, or use it much less. We are now more interested in helping others see the value in doing the same thing. We now see that one person or a small group can have an impact \u2013 and we believe this is a very important mindset for our generation to have.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

And because art is activism, too, here are some of the poets, painters, and filmmakers making waves of change!<\/strong><\/p>\n

14-year-old Dafne Murillo from Lima, Peru<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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“Plastic Whale”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201c<\/i>I\u2019ve been involved in two annual beach cleanup projects, and I\u2019ve been stunned by the countless bottles and plastic bags that are spread across the shoreline. This inspired my piece. My art is my version of the iceberg metaphor: people can only see the portion above the surface but are oblivious of the portion undersea. I feel this is the case in Peru (as in many other countries). People can appreciate our whales, yet fail to realize that by continuing to litter the sea with their plastic waste, they are responsible for the harm of marine wildlife through ingestion or entanglement.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Lauren Krikorian from San Francisco, California<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n

\u201cAs someone who lives and has grown up on the beach, plastics and the harm they can cause to marine life and the environment are a concerning and pressing issue for me. Whenever I walk on the beach I always pick up as much plastic as I can find to help preserve the beauty of the beaches. Seeing how much plastic gets stuck in ocean gyres and by dissecting albatross boluses, I have become more aware of what happens to the plastics that we use. I hope that my film will help someone else realize the dangers of plastic and take little steps to make their daily life more eco-friendly.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Akhila Bandlora from\u00a0Phoenix, AZ<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

never forget<\/a><\/p>\n

i.
\nthe girl with sea foam fingers writes letters
\non napkins left on beaches like loose change,
\nwords stumbling down staircases of five-seven-five haikus
\n\u2014 i want an ocean,<\/em>
\nthe one mama whispers of,<\/em>
\nwhen she eats, sleeps, prays \u2014<\/em>
\nshe ties them to the webbed foot of a seagull,
\nsends it off to the governor\u2013
\n\u201cthe tide is coming.\u201d
\nhe laughs, the kind of laugh that corrodes,
\nshoos the seagull \u2014 lulls it to sleep with plastic wrappers and bottles \u2014
\nthrows the napkin away to land up exactly where the girl found it,
\ndips his pen into the seagull\u2019s carcass to sign a bill
\nfor a factory to dump their industrial waste into the ocean
\n\u2014 man made trashcan.<\/p>\n

The girl\u2019s eyes are seismic; the world shifts.<\/p>\n

ii.
\nIt\u2019s 1972,
\nthe year oysters pearl, fish jump, and crabs claw;
\nthe girl trades her haikus for ballads, her flat chest
\nfor fruit cup breasts, their apathy for her unrest
\nthe sailors; they call her a woman.
\nshe gargles the sea in her mouth to remember why she\u2019s fighting,
\npulls trash left on beaches and from washed up animal carnage,
\ndumps it on the governor\u2019s desk\u2013
\n\u201cthe tide is here.\u201d
\nchants reduce, reuse, and recycle outside the homes of oil-guzzling men,
\nshe leaks into classrooms, salt water ferments the walls,
\nteaches her children how to protect;
\nthe world watches her,
\nuntil its eyes cataract,
\nteeth chip,
\nlips parch,
\nand ears burst.
\nAnd finally, it listens\u2013
\nbirths the Marine Mammal Protection Act,
\nMPRSA, the ocean dumping act,
\nholds the UN Convention on the law of the sea\u2013
\nAll promises to defend.
\nshe smiles,
\nwhistles to the whoosh of the waves,
\nand shows her children how to protest \u2014
\nThe fight is not over.<\/p>\n

iii.
\nIt\u2019s 2017,
\nwhere climate change is an alternative fact,
\nthe ocean an afterthought instead of a forethought;
\nbut it\u2019s still her first thought.
\nher bones are soft like coral,
\nhair long like coast and gray like gravel,
\nvoice throaty as a frog\u2019s\u2013
\nher battle ending,
\nthe war still raging\u2013
\nher children, we do not forget;
\nwhen our president pulls out of the Paris Agreement,
\nelects a denialist to run the EPA,
\ncuts its budget by thirty percent,
\nwe grab conch shells and march on\u2013
\n\u201cthe ocean is rising and so are we\u201d\u2013
\nshe braids kelp through her hair,
\nwashes her body with the sea,
\ntells us to never forget,
\nand we say we never will.<\/p>\n

Qinlin Li from Southborough,\u00a0Massachusetts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"“Bottled Home”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are several factors that led to my passion for, and involvement in, sustainability, but I think my community has been my greatest impact, particularly my home country of China, and my own family\u2019s involvement in and concern regarding pollution and sustainability. As a resident of China for the majority of my life, I have read about and seen firsthand how the environment has been polluted by the irresponsible behavior of people. I became interested in sustainability, hoping to do my part to raise sustainability awareness, by reducing my own waste of single-use products, reusing and recycling paper, and modeling so others would do the same. Through my artwork, I wish to raise an awareness of the threat of irresponsible plastic usage and inspire others to reduce their use of these synthesized materials.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

13-year-old Maxwell Sagermann from Santa Barbara, California<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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“Strangled Seas”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI have always had a special spot in my heart for the sea, but over the years I have noticed definite changes in my local ecosystem, so I created this piece as a voice of my concern. When I started to work on the trash hand monster, I tried to use vibrant colors and large amounts of detail as I wanted it to be the focal point of the piece. The plastic industry also advertises their products with flashy colors to entice their consumers, but are secretly a monster in disguise.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Inspiring, aren’t they? Check out Bow Seat’s website<\/a> to see more amazing projects designed by young people who are making the oceans – and the world – a better place for all of us. A special thank you to the Bow Seat team<\/a> for making this possible!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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