Sea Us Rise wants less plastic in the world!
Sea Us Rise has a special deal for classrooms attending the USFSP SciFest.
In return for a year’s membership to the Sea Turtle Conservancy, donated by Sea Us Rise, your class pledges to STOP using single-use plastics in your classroom until the end of the school year.
This means:
- Replacing plastic forks, spoons, knives with other utensils (suggestion: have a classroom drawer of utensils);
- Banning plastic water/soda/drink bottles (suggestion: reusable water bottles or paper cups);
- Replacing plastic plates, bowls, and other dishes (suggestion: paper versions).
The Sea Turtle Conservancy aims to protect sea turtles whose lives are in danger through research, education and campaigns – such as beach clean-ups, outdoor lighting and other activities that benefit the natural habitats on which sea turtles depend.
FUN FACT: It’s the world’s oldest sea turtle research and conservation group, founded in 1959 – and it’s based in Florida!
What’s the big deal about single-use plastics?
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- The big deal is that it’s A BIG DEAL as plastics in the ocean harm sea turtles:
Adult sea turtles get plastics stuck in their stomach, which stops them from properly swallowing food - Large plastics break down into smaller, more toxic microplastics
- Sea turtle hatchlings unknowingly eat microplastics or become tangled up in debris
- 80% of plastic debris in the ocean comes from land – it washes out to sea from beaches and flows through storm drains into streams and rivers…out to sea, too
- The big deal is that it’s A BIG DEAL as plastics in the ocean harm sea turtles:
- If we STOP using single-use plastics, less plastic gets into the ocean. Right?
What’s our deal?
- You sign the honor pledge;
- We will send you a free Sea Turtle Conservancy
membership shortly after the Fair;
- You pledge to keep single use plastics out of your classroom for the rest of the school year and let Sea Us Rise know how you get on by emailing info@seausrise.org
- That’s it!
Your free class membership includes:
- Certified adoption of a sea turtle that is being tracked – for you to follow every day for a whole year
- One-year subscription to the Sea Turtle Conservancy publication
- Fun stickers, window cling, turtle guide, & more!
(We promise to use your details only to send you the membership and to hear about how you got on.)
