Plastic Ocean Jun. 2016 | Page 8

You Can Do It!

What Can I Do?

Small Can Count!

- Be water wise

- Trim down trash

- Be fish friendly

- Cut down carbon

- Recreate Responsibly

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The first step to making a change is undsertanding and making the conection that there is a real problem. A way that we can contribute to that just in our households is using as little fertilizer as possible. Although it may be helping the plants get more nutrients when that extra nutrients run into a lake or stream from the soil it can create algae blooms which are bad for oceans natural balence. Another step to making the a change thats simple and small is trying to find fruits and vegies that dont have pesticides. This is becuase they contain toxins that when run off into the water can harm marine life. A huge way of helping out our oceans just from the household is actually the products that we use to clean the house and the chemicals in them. Choosing low Phosphate detergents will will help greatly.