Not Worth Celebrating | Protect Our Marine Life

Did you know that we also have our own children's worksheets that you can use at home, in the classroom or at events for free! It can be used with our infographic to help children know more about sea turtles in a fun and engaging way. You can download it through this link:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_jfGohmcZ62AfLqSUJd6B192V6xYql9r/view?usp=sharing On top of that, to help you and your child learn even more about turtles and why they are likely to eat and get sick from the balloons that end up in the ocean, we have included a playlist of awesome turtle related videos. Enjoy!

Beautiful but deadly  (Pixabay, 2019) Aren't balloon releases wonderful? Hundreds of balloons all being freed into the sky at once, a beautiful symbol for celebration or ceremonies. However, what goes up, must come down, and millions of marine life are paying the price for that short-lived insta-worthy moment.  Deflated balloon  littering (P. J. Jones) When balloons are released, they get scattered everywhere, from seeing them randomly plastered on buildings to floating in the middle of the vast seas. Many of times, organisers of such events do not cater for cleanups, resulting in deflated balloons waiting out their time to decompose. This leads to grave consequences as they clog up our ecosystems and cause harm to marine life, especially for turtles! "Now which will you choose; the blue pill or the red pill?" (R. Mark, 2018) Did you know? 78% of rubber products found inside sea turtles were balloon fragments.  When balloons deflate and get ...