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Marine debris is defined as any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes. Looking for what’s new with marine debris in the Pacific Islands region? Find events and other important announcements below.

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Marine Debris Creative Advocacy Competition
This competition challenges students to design and lead a creative project, campaign, or initiative in their school or community that educates others and inspires action to reduce or prevent marine debris and plastic pollution.
 
Details:
  • Open to middle and high school students ages 11-18 worldwide
  • Students can enter as an individual or as a group/class/club
  • Open to any projects completed during the 2018-2019 academic year
  • Students can earn scholarship awards of up to $5,000
  • Free to enter
  • For more information and to register, visit: bowseat.org/marine-debris
 
Ocean Awareness Contest
The 8th annual Ocean Awareness Contest: "Presence of Future" invites students to creatively explore the impacts of climate change on the ocean. Accepting submissions in: Visual Art, Writing (Prose/Poetry), Film, and Music.
 
Details:
  • Open to students ages 11-18 worldwide
  • Hundreds of scholarship awards available, up to $1,500
  • Students can work as individuals or as a group/class/club
  • Free to enter
  • For more information and to enter, visit: bowseat.org/contest
 
Resources for Educators
 
  • $750 Educator Innovation Award: Teachers and youth program leaders are encouraged to nominate themselves or a colleague for our Educator Innovation Award, recognizing the creating ways that educators incorporate Bow Seat programming into their curricula.
  • Classroom Activities: We have compiled lesson plans, media, and articles to bring climate change into your [science, art, literature, math, music, history, foreign language, etc!] classroom and get your students started on their creative projects. Check out our resources for educators here.
 
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5Please use the left panel to quickly add commonly used variables. 
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10	font-family: 'Noto Sans', sans-serif; 
11} 
12 
13.marine-debris-event a { 
14	font-weight: bold; 
15	color: #f47d3b; 
16} 
17 
18.marine-debris-event-month { 
19	font-weight: bold; 
20	font-size: 16px; 
21	text-transform: uppercase; 
22} 
23 
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25	font-size: 27px; 
26} 
27 
28.marine-debris-event-title { 
29	font-weight: bold; 
30	font-size: 14px; 
31	text-transform: uppercase; 
32} 
33 
34.marine-debris-event-detail { 
35	font-size: 13px; 
36} 
37 
38.marine-debris-event-detail img { 
39	height: 100px; 
40	width: 100px; 
41	margin-right: 10px; 
42	float: left; 
43} 
44 
45.marine-debris-event-clear { 
46	clear: both; 
47} 
48 
49</style> 
50<#assign lastEventMonth = ""/> 
51<#if entries?has_content> 
52	<#list entries as curEntry> 
53<div class="marine-debris-event"> 
54	<#assign eventMonth = curEntry.contentDate?string["MMMM"]/> 
55	<#assign eventMonthNum = curEntry.contentDate?string["MM"]/> 
56	<#assign eventMonthDay = curEntry.contentDate?string["dd"]/> 
57	<#if lastEventMonth != eventMonth> 
58		<div class="marine-debris-event-month"> 
59			${eventMonth} 
60		</div> 
61	</#if> 
62	<div class="marine-debris-event-month-day"> 
63		${eventMonthNum} / ${eventMonthDay} 
64	</div> 
65	<div class="marine-debris-event-title"> 
66		${curEntry.title} 
67	</div> 
68	<div class="marine-debris-event-detail"> 
69	<#if curEntry.photoUrl?has_content> 
70		<img src="${curEntry.photoUrl}" alt="${curEntry.photoCaption}"/> 
71	</#if> 
72		<div class="infoAndLinks">${curEntry.infoAndOrLinks}</div> 
73	</div> 
74	<div class="marine-debris-event-clear">&nbsp;</div> 
75	<#assign lastEventMonth = eventMonth /> 
76</div> 
77	</#list> 
78<#else> 
79    <p>There are no events scheduled.  Please check back again soon.</p> 
80</#if> 
81 
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84	var infoAndLinksLinks = A.all('.infoAndLinks a'); 
85	infoAndLinksLinks.setAttribute('target', '_blank'); 
86}); 
87</script> 
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