A Plastic Ocean

On Friday the 19th of January I went to Bunjil Place with my sister Karima, mum Khatija and my dad Abdel to see a movie called A Plastic Ocean. This documentary was shown outside on a big screen outside of Bunjil Place. It showed how plastic from littering ends up in the ocean.

We saw a whale dying because it had no room for food because it had swallowed too much plastic, so the poor whale starved to death! We also saw baby birds throwing up! A lady researcher dedicated her life to saving seabirds. She squirted salt water in the bird’s mouth so that she could see what was in the bird’s stomach. The bird threw up oil from an oil spill and chunks of plastic.

The second bird threw up naturally and in its vomit there was a long bit of brown plastic. A

researcher found a dead seabird and cut open its tummy and found the tummy full with plastic. They then took out all the pieces of plastic and laid them on a table to count. There were 234 pieces of plastic in the tummy!! The throwing up and cutting of the stomach made me feel........................disgusted.

Seeing the whale suffocating and dying made me feel...........................very sorry for it.

I felt mad at the people because it is their garbage that has ended up in the ocean that kills these animals.

Now I don’t use take away cups and straws.

Clean up Beacy P.S. Day was a fun way to get everyone involved with cleaning

up! Thank you Mr. Methven for registering our school as a site for Clean Up Australia Day! Thank you everyone for making our school litter free. Please continue to get rid of rubbish responsibly so our water ways stay clean and marine life is saved.

With knowledge comes caring and with caring comes change!

Zahra Halabi

Envirogirls Treasurer