A motivating project that taught little kids about the ocean and the role they can play in saving our seas was organized yesterday. Dubbed “Beach Trash: A Whale of a Problem," it received its public debut by SEA LIFE™ Aquarium. Under the project, a life-size gray whale was artistically created using trash. 130 first-graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Carlsbad collected beach trash since October and worked with environmental artist Teresa Espaniola to give birth to artwork.
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“Little Gray,” as the whale is called, was made using items such as bottle caps, dentures, beach toys, Mylar balloons, a cellphone, string, a watch, surfboard leashes, gloves, sunglasses, plastic cutlery, light sticks, fishing buoys, toothbrushes, candy wrappers, disposable cameras, foam cups, straws and other detritus found on local beaches. The 26-foot-long mosaic is made of six panels of canvas, each 6-feet tall and 4½- feet wide.
The first graders placed the trash giving shape to its head, body and tail, while their parents glued it on. The whale is surrounded with plastic bottles that are full of the student’s wishes for a clean ocean. A 5-minute documentary regarding the creation of the Trash Whale that was played yesterday can be seen several times daily in the Aquarium’s theater and can be viewed online as well. If you too wish to see the “Little Gray” then visit the SEA LIFE Aquarium, where it is on exhibit until the middle of April.
Via: NCTimes
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