Roots and Shoots Day of Peace at the SM Pier

THIS WEEKEND WAS BUSY! WITH EVENTS EVERYDAY, WE HARDLY HAD

TIME TO STOP AND TAKE IN ALL OF THE WONDERFUL

THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AROUND US!

ON SUNDAY WE HEADED TO SANTA MONICA PIER FOR

THE ROOTS AND SHOOTS DAY OF PEACE SPONSORED

BY JANE GOODALL'S ORGANIZATION.

TEAM MARINE AND THE HEAL THE BAY/SURFRIDER CLUB

OF SAMOHI CAME OUT TO

SET UP OUR TABLE AND OH SOO, SOO MUCH MORE!

READ ON:
OUR BOTTLE TOP MARINE ANIMALS WERE A SHOW STOPPER. WE HAD EVERYTHING FROM AN OCTOPUS TO A DOLPHIN MADE OUT OF BOTTLE TOPS IN FRONT OF MANY IMPRESSIVE STUDENT PROJECTS ON DISPLAY AT OUR TABLE.
KEISHA CAME OUT EARLY AND STAYED LATE. SHE WALKED AROUND WEARING THE BOTTLE SWEATSHIRT ALONG WITH MEL IN HER FULL BODY SUIT OF BOTTLE TOPS.

SORRY I DIDN'T GET A PICTURE OF THAT! IT MUST HAVE BEEN PRETTY HOT IN THERE.
HERE'S MEGAN TALKING TO THE "PEACE TROOP" OF OVERLAND ELEMENTARY.

A NEWLY FORMED GROUP OF FORMER GIRL SCOUTS WHO STARTED THEIR OWN THING, THEY CAME OUT TO WORK AT THE SURFRIDER TABLE AND BE A PART OF THE

FESTIVITIES. MEAGAN'S HOLDING A WATER SAMBLE FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC

TRASH GYRE ON LOAN FROM ALGALITA. I'VE SEEN IT UP CLOSE, MORE PLASTIC BITS THAN DEAD CRABS MAKES FOR A THOROUGHLY DISGUSTING EXAMPLE OF THE PROBLEM WE FACE WITH MARINE DEBRIS IN OUR OCEANS.
THE NORTH PACIFIC TRASH GYRE WAS ONCE TWICE THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT HAS NOW GROWN TO TWICE THE SIZE OF THE CONTINENTAL U.S.. CAN YOU WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND THAT? A FLOATING MAN MADE ISLAND OF TRASH IN THE PACIFIC OF MOSTLY PLASTIC GAINING IN SIZE ALL THE TIME. UGH.....

LOOK AT THE SAMPLE ABOVE FOR A SOBERING VIEW OF WHAT'S OUT THERE.
WHAT COULD THE STUDENTS HAVE MADE WITH THIS MANY BOTTLE TOPS YOU MAY ASK? LOOK AT THE PICTURE BELOW FOR THE ANSWER......
BIG ENOUGH TO LEAN AGAINST THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE STAGE, THIS SIGN IS IMPRESSIVE TO SAY THE LEAST.
HERE'S A DETAIL OF THE BOAT THAT TEAM MARINE BUILT AND RACED LAST YEAR.

HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE ENTIRE THING OUTSIDE THE TENT. COUNTLESS HOURS WERE SPENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION. WHERE DO THEY GET ALL THE TIME TO DO THESE FABULOUS THINGS? MAYBE THEY DON'T SLEEP.
THIS PAINTING HUNG BEHIND THE STAGE. THANK YOU JANE GOODALL FOR BEING A VISIONARY FOR MILLIONS OF OTHERS TO FOLLOW. NOT EVERYONE WILL BE ANOTHER JANE GOODALL, BUT ONE THING IS SURE, WE WILL NEED EVERYONE TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE THIS WORLD IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF.

ONE WEEKEND AT A TIME, ONE EVENT AT A TIME, ONE BOTTLE TOP ANIMAL AT A TIME. YOU GET THE IDEA.