The
Aquarium invites you to create poetry celebrating our ocean planet, join its
Virtual Earth Day Festival, and support ocean conservation
WHAT: Looking for ways to
celebrate Earth Day and take action? The Aquarium of the Pacific is launching
an Earth Day poetry contest, a virtual festival, and offers other ways to get
involved in supporting ocean conservation from volunteering to Aquarium memberships.
“Everyone can help protect this ocean planet that we all depend on and call
home. We hope people will learn simple things they can do to make Earth Day
every day,” said Emily Yam, senior manager of education at the Aquarium of the
Pacific.
You
can learn what you can do to help protect our planet at the Aquarium of the
Pacific’s twenty-first annual Earth Day Celebration, which will be held as
a virtual event. Experience animal meet and greets from your home. Explore our
ocean planet through poetry. Learn everyday tips to protect our environment.
Hear about the work that the Aquarium is doing to help protect animals and the
environment. Everyone is invited to tune into this free virtual celebration.
You can follow the Aquarium on Facebook @AquariumofthePacific and
enable notifications so you don’t miss this free virtual celebration.
As part of its Virtual Earth Day Celebration, the Aquarium is hosting a poetry contest with the theme ‘celebrating our ocean planet’. People of all ages are invited to review contest guidelines and submit their poems on the Aquarium’s Earth Day Poetry Contest page by April 9, 2021. The top three finalists will be featured during the virtual festival on Saturday, April 24, 2021.
Those looking to support the Aquarium’s ocean conservation efforts can do so by becoming an Aquarium member, making reservations to visit, donating, or volunteering. Starting on Earth Day, the Aquarium is inviting the public to participate in an ongoing cleanup initiative through its newest community science program called T.R.A.S.H. The Aquarium also invites the public to take part in its local sea turtle monitoring project to help this threatened population of green sea turtles.
WHEN: Virtual Earth
Day Festival: Saturday, April 24, 2021, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Pacific
Day Time
WHERE: aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/earth_day_celebration/ and the Aquarium’s
Facebook page @AquariumofthePacific
How
to view the virtual festival:
On
Saturday, April 24, the public can visit the Virtual Earth Day Festival webpage
to watch the live streaming event. The schedule will be posted on the
webpage, along with links to social media outlets that will also stream the
event live.
COST: Free, virtual
event
RSVP: No RSVPs are required
for this virtual festival
INFO: (562) 590-3100 or
visit aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/earth_day_celebration/
AQUARIUM: The nonprofit Aquarium
of the Pacific is a community gathering place where diverse cultures and the
arts are celebrated and where important challenges facing our planet are
explored by scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders in search of sustainable
solutions. The Aquarium is dedicated to conserving and building nature and
nature's services by building the interactions between and among peoples. Home
to more than 12,000 animals, Aquarium exhibits include Shark Lagoon, the June
Keyes Penguin Habitat, Lorikeet Forest, and the Molina Animal Care Center.
Beyond its animal exhibits, the Aquarium offers educational programs for people
of all ages, including lectures by leading scientists, through its Online
Academy. The Aquarium offers memberships with unlimited FREE admission for 12
months and other special benefits. To make a donation to help
support the Aquarium during the pandemic, please visit Pacific.to/donate.
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