I hope to gain knowledge and experience this jewel of a place, a major bird nesting, turtle nesting, monk seal pupping area. I hope to understand the cultural aspects and be better informed to preserve and protect the N. W. islands. I would like to see the incredible diversity of marine life that is there and the plastic plague that needs to be dealt with. I find that traveling to a place inspires and makes me enthusiastic in teaching about it, and I hope to paint and exhibit art about to benefit the Marine Mammal Response Team.
To promote stewardship I would like to use the students in my class to be ambassadors to others in my school, community and with their families. To that end they would be educated on measures that they could take to help with four things, monk seals, turtles, coral and seabirds. Using students’ drawings we would then design and publish a brochure and educational coloring book that helps others learn to leave sleeping monk seals alone, not to step on coral, and keep plastic from the ocean (including fishing line) because turtles think plastic bags are jellyfish and entanglement is another problem for birds, seals and turtles. With financial support (donations and grants) these could be made available to all students in coastal schools on our island not just the 300 at my school.
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