Let’s join forces and clean up aquatic habitats! Ocean Conservancy will hold their 24th annual Coastal Clean Up on September 19th, 2009. That’s a Saturday. And there are scheduled sites around the globe, including inland lakes and rivers, so even if you don’t live near the ocean, you can still do your part. The event is only a month away, so sign up with your family and friends at: http://www.signuptocleanup.org.

Last year 400,000 participants coordinated efforts in 100 countries to remove nearly 7 million pounds of trash—yes, 7 MILLION POUNDS of TRASH!

                     Mottled domes of shell wing slow and steady as time across vibrant reefs of coral.

                                Sea turtles of sweet mystery.

                     Wiggly bodies, all eye and color in soft pallets and neon flare nibble tender feathers of algae.

                                               Fish of our lifeblood.

                     Blue behemoths, a hundred feet of glorious blubber, heart and baleen gape krill in the crystalline space.

                                     Whales of living legend.

                     Divers, black neoprene and plexiglass, capture whisps of plastic, slick as jellies, and take them away.

                                                         Hero of all.

Kevin and I are planning to work at Lake Pleasant in Phoenix, Arizona to support the underwater cleanup there (see, there are even clean-up sites in the desert). We hope there will be lots of people diving with us and tidying the shore. Wherever you live, whatever river, lake or ocean you love best, whichever aquatic animals speak to your heart, please join this important effort.

       Alone, we can make a difference.  Together we can save the sea.

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