How to help kids save our oceans and be environmental heroes

FAO News - 18/02/2020

Kids are showing that age really is just a number when it comes to fighting climate change. While not every child can sail the Atlantic like Greta Thunberg, that’s not to say they can’t help in the fight against climate change.

Protecting our oceans is a key part of this fight. The world’s oceans benefit us in many different ways, providing us with food, influencing our climate and weather and offering us space for recreation. Yet, we take them for granted. Overfishing is reducing fish populations, threatening the supply of nutritious food and changing marine ecosystems, and millions of tonnes of plastic waste have already ended up in our oceans, killing or harming sea life. We need clean and healthy oceans to protect our own health and survival and to support future generations.

Every little action counts. Here are some simple ways to encourage children to protect our oceans and be environmental heroes.

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Figure: Kids from St George’s International School in Rome search the beach for discarded objects to turn into works of art. ©FAO/ Pier Paolo Cito