Bird Barf Becomes Bitchin Board
By Marcus Eriksen on March 11, 2011
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Laysan Albatross on Midway Atoll feed their chicks 5 tons of plastic pollution each year according to John Klavitter, M.S. a refuge manager with the Fish and Wildlife Service currently enjoying his work on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. "We frequently find these lighters inside the stomach contents, or regurgitated, by the albatross," he said.
I asked, "Can I have 2,000 of them?" The good people at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who manage the atoll, which is one of several islands in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, said, "Sure!" Learn more by clicking here.
A few weeks later two boxes arrived on my doorstep, and that day I brought them to the students of Team Marine at Santa Monica High School. We decided to build a giant surfboard. First we collected 5 broken surfboards.
Fiberglassed the boards together and began gluing lighters on top.
Then finished the word "RE-THINK" on the board as a mosaic of the lighters.
Thanks to John Klavitter 4,000 miles away on Midway Atoll, and Ben Kay's students at Team Marine, for amazing work and passion to keep plastic from impacting wildlife in the world's oceans.
I asked, "Can I have 2,000 of them?" The good people at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who manage the atoll, which is one of several islands in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, said, "Sure!" Learn more by clicking here.
A few weeks later two boxes arrived on my doorstep, and that day I brought them to the students of Team Marine at Santa Monica High School. We decided to build a giant surfboard. First we collected 5 broken surfboards.
Fiberglassed the boards together and began gluing lighters on top.
Then finished the word "RE-THINK" on the board as a mosaic of the lighters.
Thanks to John Klavitter 4,000 miles away on Midway Atoll, and Ben Kay's students at Team Marine, for amazing work and passion to keep plastic from impacting wildlife in the world's oceans.
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