Kokua Calendars Highlight Plastic Free Habits

Posted On: Sep 10, 09

This year’s Kokua Calendar Art integrated an element of service to the community. Contestants were asked to organize a beach clean up and use the objects they found to create a piece of art. The beautiful artwork in this calendar raises awareness of how much trash is on our beaches. Marine debris does not fall from the sky, it falls from our hands - and we have the power to stop it. Working together, we can solve the marine debris problem.

Plastic is not biodegradable—it photodegrades and breaks down into smaller pieces. As a consequence, microscopic particles can enter the food chain, harming both animal and human health.

The solutions to marine debris include everyone - business, government, community groups, families and individuals - all working together. Picking up trash on one day each year is not the whole answer, because trash in our ocean and waterways is an on-going, year-round problem. Working together, we can change behaviors that lead to trash in our ocean, we can change laws to better govern litter and ocean dumping, and we can change to more ocean-friendly products through new technologies.

Action begins with each of us. Learn more at www.KokuaHawaiiFoundation.org/plasticfree and get your copy of the Kokua 2009-2010 Calendar at the Kokua Store.