The Washed Ashore Exhibit at Point Defiance Zoo does not disappoint! Students saw large scale sculptures of plastic beach trash designed to encourage people to see the pollution problem that we have in our oceans.
Angela Haseltine Pozzi is the artist and educator behind these amazing sculptures about marine pollution. Washed Ashore art is being created to "save the sea".
Students were amazed to see all of the different items that are found on our beaches such as cell phones, buckets, shoes, plastic bottles, and many more.
One of our goals this year is plastic
reduction. The intent of this goal is to draw attention to the impact of
industry, society, and commerce on the environment. We are trying to look at
these impacts through an unbiased lens. We want to understand things like: what
is really happening, where the impact occurs, how this impact affects the various aspects of our lives.
We
are well on our way to reducing our plastic by bringing our lunches in reusable containers. At the zoo, 82% of our lunches were reusable!
Students also enjoyed visiting their favorite animals at the zoo!
How do you tell if a shark is male or female?
How do they make that noise?
Look at the oil on their skin! The water is beading up.
