KID’S OCEAN DAY

A project of the Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education

KIDS OCEAN DAY is a project of the Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education that specializes in school outreach and coastal quality issues. Over 735,000 school children have participated in the KIDS OCEAN DAY Program.

Eight-year-old Allen Martinez had never been to the beach before participating in the Malibu Foundation’s KIDS OCEAN DAY School Program. Quoted by The Los Angeles Times on October 5, 1993, he said, “Cleaning the beach with my classmates made me feel hopeful.” Gazing at the horizon, a plastic litterbag dangling at his side, he remarked on how blue the water looked. “The whole place looks so beautiful, I think I can save the Earth.”

This comprehensive environmental education program consists of: school assemblies, lesson plans, a trip to the beach and an aerial art project.

It is designed to motivate teachers and K – 12 children to care about the beaches and oceans. It demonstrates how the beaches and oceans get dirty and provides “hands-on” opportunities to make a difference by recycling, reducing litter and cleaning up the neighborhoods and beaches.