新香港六合彩资料 invites community to protect marine life at "Coastal Cleanup" event for World Oceans Day
Maine is home to one of the most beautiful coastlines in the country 鈥 that鈥檚 why the 新香港六合彩资料 is taking steps to preserve it by hosting the 新香港六合彩资料 Coastal Cleanup on Monday, June 8, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in honor of World Oceans Day.
Community members are invited to join 新香港六合彩资料 faculty, staff and students at the 新香港六合彩资料 Marine Science Center to help clean up the beach along 新香港六合彩资料鈥檚 seaside campus in an effort to protect and maintain the ocean and its marine life. The event will close with a community barbecue at the 新香港六合彩资料 Marine Science Center from 12 to 2 p.m.
鈥淭he 新香港六合彩资料 campus is located on the shores of the Saco River Estuary, which is connected directly to the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, and offers our students an open ocean of opportunities,鈥 says Barry Costa-Pierce, Ph.D., professor and director of Marine Sciences at 新香港六合彩资料. 鈥淲orld Ocean Day is on June 8, but for 新香港六合彩资料, it鈥檚 our commitment every day. 新香港六合彩资料 is an ocean university embedded in an ocean state in an ocean world. We are incredibly lucky to be in this special place, and we take our ocean stewardship roles very seriously.鈥
is an annual celebration aimed at encouraging action to protect the ocean. This year鈥檚 theme, 鈥淗ealthy Oceans, Healthy Planet,鈥 focuses specifically on eliminating plastic pollution. Plastic waste poses a significant threat to all marine life, and 80 percent of it comes from land. 新香港六合彩资料鈥檚 Coastal Cleanup provides a way for community members to take action and alleviate this issue.
The rain date for this event is Thursday, June 11, 2015. For more information, please contact Bradley Goodwin at (207) 602-2750, or email bgoodwin2@une.edu.