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Earth Day: How local kids are teaching other kids how to save the planet
Read full article: Earth Day: How local kids are teaching other kids how to save the planetFifth graders at Ocean Palms Elementary School are putting together a presentation for younger students on recycling with help from students in the Beaches Go Green group at Ponte Vedra High School.
Plastic octopus to continue to spread environmental awareness at new home
Read full article: Plastic octopus to continue to spread environmental awareness at new homeJACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – It graced Jacksonville Beach’s Seawalk Pavilion since November, but now the famous octopus made of single-use plastic will be moving to its new home at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, where it’ll continue to spread awareness about the environment. Piece by piece and strand by strand, volunteers from Beaches Go Green broke down the area’s most visible artificial sea creature on Sunday. “But the breakdown and the setup are always a big undertaking.”The gigantic cephalopod is not only made up of tens of thousands of single-use plastic bottles, but it’s also responsible for more than 1,000 volunteer hours. Now, it’ll soon be on its way to the Jacksonville zoo. Once the octopus is taken to the Jacksonville zoo, it’ll be stored a period of time before a master plan on how it’ll be displayed is created.