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- [Teachers - Why CalSTRS should divest from Fossil Fuels](https://www.teammarine.org/2020/09/28/teachers-why-calstrs-should-divest-from-fossil-fuels/) - What are the financial reasons for CalSTRS to divest from fossil fuels? When it comes to fossil fuel divestment, which may come off as radical to some, you may be asking yourself, is it plausible for this money to be divested from such a large and powerful industry? The answer is yes! More than 1,000
- [Tweeting Sweet Memories of Wyoming](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/12/20/2959/) - This past July, Team Marine senior, Adrienne Hino, was awarded an Earthwatch fellowship in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where she researched, collected, and analyzed quantitative data on the nest shrubs and surrounding shrubs of songbirds, which contributed to a soon-to-be published scientific study addressing how nest shrub density affects nest success in yellow warblers, black-headed grosbeaks,
- [Emerald Planet](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/12/23/emerald-planet/) - On Sunday, October 12th Team Marine members Brian Samimi and Kimberly Fuentes represented us on Emerald Planet, a weekly television program that is broadcast and distributed via Channel 10 TV in Fairfax, Virginia USA. We were so honored to be featured on their TV show via skype to reflect once more on the effects that
- [Life Without Plastic's Spork Donation](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/12/11/3055/) - Team Marine has received the 50 sporks Mr. Kay ordered as well as the ten sporks that the company, Life Without Plastic, donated. We are very appreciative of their generous donation. Team Marine was very excited to receive the sporks and will continue to promote the message of switching from single-use utensils to sustainable alternatives.
- [Ocean Toilet Bowl 2012](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/12/09/3021/) - Team Marine just sent out their press release about this year’s unique first flush encounter. The article has already been posted on the 5Gyres blog and on Surfrider Foundation’s facebook page. Thank you both for the continuous support! http://5gyres.org/posts/2012/12/09/first_flush_santa_monica_team_marine_finds_plastic https://www.facebook.com/SurfriderLA
- [>Brown/Newsom Rally](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/12/17/brownnewsom-rally/) - > (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom held a political rally at UCLA's Dickson Court on Friday October 25, 2010, which was attended by over 4,000 supporters. Team Marine member Aidan Nathanson was lucky enough to attend this event, after participating in a phone banking session. Team Marine is endorsing Jerry
- [QuikSCience Challenge!!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/12/04/quikscience-challenge/) - Team Marine "Bag Team" competed in this year's QuikSCience Challenge! The QuikSCience challenge is a competition for middle and high school students. Each team creates a science project related to marine or freshwater environments. The challenge is sponsored by the USC College Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies in partnership with Quiksilver Inc. Each team (up
- [Suffocating Love](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/12/14/suffocating-love/) - Putting a bear in a plastic bag? Thats a violation of the Endangered Species Act! The school is already a place where plastic expo markers thrive as an invasive species, and now the plastic has been introduced in an alternative form: plastic wrap. This vile deleterious polyethelne product has infultrated the campus premusis
- [Plastic Ocean Film Premiere](https://www.teammarine.org/2017/12/28/4732/) - On January 17th, Team Marine attended the premiere of Plastic Ocean, a documentary about plastic pollution and its effects on human and environmental health. Before the screening we were able to talk to community members about the effects of plastic on the environment. We were also able to show our eco-costumes made up of things
- [Revolution Movie](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/12/29/revolution-movie/) - As you may know, our amazing mentor, Mr. Benjamin Kay loves to incorporate service learning events into his curriculum so that his students can learn more about Marine Biology and Environmental Science through movies, fairs, beach cleanups, and simply getting out into the environment to apply their knowledge to the real world. On
- [Break Free from Fossil Fuels March](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/12/27/4701/) - By Amanda Samimi On Saturday, May 14, thousands of Eco advocates convened at Los Angeles City Hall to march against fossil fuels. The “Break Free from Fossil Fuels” march consisted of speeches from both people affected by the hazardous consequences of oil drilling in their communities and ordinary advocates of climate action. There were also
- [Team Marine Advocates for SB 54 and AB 1080](https://www.teammarine.org/2020/08/30/team-marine-advocates-for-sb-54-and-ab-1080/) - One of Team Marine's biggest focus is combating plastic pollution. To take action in previous years, Team Marine has made many efforts in plastic pollution activism, advocacy, and community engagement. One of their projects consisted of constructing and displaying a giant plastic water bottle at Third Street Promenade to bring attention to the issue with
- [>4th of July Parade](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/08/04/4th-of-july-parade/) - >This 4th of July Team Marine participated in Santa Monica’s Annual 4th of July Parade. We were asked by Heal the Bay, the Grand Marshall this year, to march alongside them through the streets of downtown Santa Monica until we reached the beach. It was an awesome experience and an honor to get to help
- [>Team Marine Wins Big in Environmental Science Competitions](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/04/20/team-marine-wins-big-in-environmental-science-competitions/) - >Team Marine won 2nd Place in the Quikscience Challenge 2010. Team Marine was awarded 2nd place for all their extremely hard work this year including the creation of an original curriculum and documentary about Team Marines 10 R's, advocating for MPAs, cleaning up and spreading awareness about plastic pollution in the ocean, performing in depth
- [>Team Marine Teaches The Youth](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/02/12/team-marine-teaches-the-youth/) - >Pictured above: Team Marine teaches Mr. Guthrie’s 8th grade science class at Culver City Middle School We carpooled to Lincoln Middle School, Animo Leadership Charter High School, Culver City Middle School, and Santa Monica Alternative School House to give a presentation on our 10 R’s Curriculum. Each school varied with the age group we presented
- [>Focus The Nation](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/02/07/focus-the-nation/) - >Pictured above: Team Marine speaks on the problems currently facing our planet. On Thursday February 4th 2010 Team Marine teamed up wit Santa Monica High School’s ASB to put on Focus The Nation. Focus The Nation was a school wide assembly for periods one thru six. Team Marine brought in many expert speakers on sustainability
- [>Plastic Monsters at the Malibu Farmers Market!](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/08/23/plastic-monsters-at-the-malibu-farmers-market/) - > On August 8th 2010, Team Marine worked with the Plastic Pollution Coalition at the Malibu Farmers Market. 5 Gyres also had a booth there, who educated the community. At the Farmers Market, Team Marine members Aidan, and Kou dressed up in the bottle costumes as a bottle and bottle cap “monster” and educated many
- [>ACE Student Leader Training](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/08/23/ace-student-leader-training/) - >Kou and Aidan attended a student leader training seminar led by the Alliance for Climate Education. Team Marine has been close with ACE, and we love them for being Eco-Beasts like ourselves. They invited us to learn about how to create and maintain a successful environmental group, which was a lot of fun (especially the
- [>Santa Monica Alternative Car Expo](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/08/santa-monica-alternative-car-expo/) - > The 2010 Santa Monica AltCar Expo was Saturday, October 2nd. We got a huge group to attend the event, where our members learned about plug-in hybrids and EVs, hydrogen cell and biodiesel, etc. At Team Marine, we are all in love with eco-friendly cars, motorcycles, and trucks like these, especially the zero-emission vehicles. Kudos
- [Team Marine Goes To Catalina](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/06/03/team-marine-goes-to-catalina/) - As a reward for winning first place in the Edison Challenge and second place in the QuickScience Challenge Team Marine spent four days at the USC Marine Wrigley Institute on Catalina island. While on the island Team Marine had a lot of fun snorkling, kyacking, hiking, stargazing and studying the unique marine ecosystem. Even on
- [>Sea Monster Sculpture at SMPA](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/08/23/sea-monster-sculpture-at-smpa/) - >Hey fellow Eco-Beasts. Here's the scoop on an event Team Marine attended on July 8th, 2010 at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. The event we attended was a volunteer enrichment seminar. Team members Aidan and Talia learned how to explain disturbing, immense problems that are currently occurring around the world to children. It prepared us
- [>Bag it! A film festival](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/08/07/bag-it-a-film-festival/) - >Plastic Pollution Coalition invites you to… BAG IT! A Film Festival 4-7pm Sunday, August 22, 2010 The UCLA James Bridges Theatre Featuring: Bag It! A documentary by Suzan Bereza Plastic Bag An Award-winning short By Ramin Bahrani Voiced by Werner Herzog & PSAs Supporting AB1998 The California Single-Use Bag Reduction Act The filmmakers, legislators, scientists,
- [>Team Marine Submits To The QuikSCience Challenge](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/02/22/team-marine-submits-to-the-quikscience-challenge/) - > Pictured above: Team Marine jumps for joy after submitting their project This is Team Marine’s 3rd year participating in the QuickSCience Challenge. The QuickScience Challenge is sponsored by The USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies and Quiksilver, Inc. The Challenge is a multi-faceted competition where teams must create and present environmental lesson plans, develop
- [TEAM MARINE GRADUATES](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/06/20/team-marine-graduates/) - On Friday Team Marine graduated from Santa Monica High School. Team Marine will be going on to attend several Colleges including UCSB, Oregon State, Pitzer College, Humboldt State and University of San Francisco. Time, extending days for the whole family and a full line of one human. Worries i had for him to how to
- [>Coastal Cleanup Day](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/01/coastal-cleanup-day/) - > On September 25th, 2010, Team Marine participated in Heal the Bay's Coastal Cleanup Day, which takes place the 3rd Saturday of September every year. We picked up trash for three around Station 27 at the Santa Monica Beach. Some members even entered the Pico-Kenter storm drain to pick up debris. Beach cleanups are one
- [>BAN THE BAG!](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/08/07/ban-the-bag/) - > Every year Californians are estimated to use 19 billion plastic bags — many of which will end up in our rivers and oceans causing major harm and damage to our precious eco-systems. A ban on plastic bags is one of the biggest single cuts we can make to reduce marine debris pollution. California Bill,
- [Letters To Assemblymembers Supporting AB1998](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/06/03/letters-to-assemblymembers-supporting-ab1998/) - Team Marine's letter to Assemblymembers Team Marine wrote and sent letters to eight members of The California State Assembly who play a critical role in the passage of AB1998. In the letter Team marine urges the Assemblymembers to vote for AB1998. Excerpt form the letter “California has a critical role to play in becoming a
- [Team Marine is All Grown Up!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/05/19/team-marine-is-all-grown-up/) - It's that time of the year again. School is coming to an end and the high school graduates are getting ready for college. Recently, we found out where Jessica Thorson, Danny Franco, Kou Collins, and EccoTheohar(our Team Marine seniors) are heading after they graduate from SAMOHI. Team Captain, Jessica Thorson, was accepted into both NYU
- [>QuikSCience at the IMAX](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/04/quikscience-at-the-imax/) - >On Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 Team Marine was invited to speak at a QuikSCience event at the IMAX theater. Other student leaders in the eco-world also spoke of their experiences, and the audience was very enthusiastic about creating eco-groups of their own. Jessica, Kou, and Aidan presented a powerpoint presentation before the main event: a
- [>Day of Peace](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/02/day-of-peace/) - >Looking back at Roots and Shoots' Day of Peace, all I can think is WOW! It was such a fun, educational event at the Santa Monica Pier. Numerous booths who had the common goal of saving the world were there, and everyone learned new things. We won the Best Outreach Booth, participated in the Peace
- [>Dirt! at the Pier](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/02/dirt-at-the-pier/) - >The City of Santa Monica Office of Sustainability and the Environment played Dirt! The Movie at the Santa Monica Pier on Friday September 24th. New Team Marine members were there to educate themselves on the importance of dirt in cultures all over the world. A giant thank you to the OSE for having this free
- [>Koodooz Event](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/01/koodooz-event/) - >The Santa Monica Main Library got a massive helping of Team Marine on Saturday September 25th, 2010. Koodooz put on a great event with a group of speakers including Julia Brownley (we love her!), Mr. Kay, Ethan Burke of ACE, among other important figures in the Eco-World. Team Marine brought its entire REthink mural, and
- [>Team Marine at the IMAX theater!](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/01/team-marine-at-the-imax-theater/) - >The team will be presenting a Powerpoint at a QuikScience event at the California Science Center IMAX theater. Come check us out!
- [>Ban the Plastic Bag in SM Petition](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/09/26/ban-the-plastic-bag-in-sm-petition/) - >Hey all,We have a new petition to ban single-use plastic bags in Santa Monica, since our last one went M.I.A. Please sign the new petition and pass the word others! It's people like you whose voice will convince the officials of the City of Santa Monica to make the right choice and vote for the
- [>Team Marine on Eco-Company TV!](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/09/25/team-marine-on-eco-company-tv/) - >Recently, Eco-Company TV invited Team Marine to be a part of one of their TV episodes. New and old Team Marine members had a great time working with Eco-Company's crew and host, and we all hope that our message against plastics and for sustainability reaches many viewers in the area. For those of you unable
- [>Zocalo Sustainable Seafood Event](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/08/07/zocalo-sustainable-seafood-event/) - >On July 7th at 7:30pm Team Marine attended a sustainable seafood event held by Zocalo at the Skirball Center. Food critic Jonathan Gold, Heal the Bay's president Mark Gold (Jonathan's brother), Providence executive chef Michael Cimarusti, and Santa Monica Seafood's Logan Kock discussed whether seafood will one day become a delicacy due to increasing fishing
- [>HELP BAN PLASTIC BAGS IN CALIFORNIA](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/08/04/help-ban-plastic-bags-in-california/) - >Come show your support ofbanning plastic bags in California by dressing up as a Bag Monster on August12 @ Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco!http://bagmonster.blogspot.com/2010/07/we-need-bag-monster-volunteers-join-us.html
- [>Benjamin Kay's award](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/08/04/benjamin-kays-award/) - >Guest blogger Kou Collins says...On June 19th 2010 Team Marine went to the TreePeople headquarters where Team Marine members Kou Collins and Jacob Hassett were present along with assistant coach Renee Klein who watched their head coach Benjamin Kay win an award. This night was filled with awards that different people won. TreePeople's founder Andy
- [>Recovering from Summer Fever + Beach Cleanup](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/08/02/recovering-from-summer-fever-beach-cleanup/) - >A big hello from Team Marine to all of our readers! Sadly we've all been very busy this summer, and unable to blog regularly. We will be updating you all on all of our activities we have already completed this summer, starting with our first beach cleanup.By invitation of Sara Bayles, Team Marine attended a
- [Support Lifestraws](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/06/03/support-lifestraws/) - Please support our partners in their efforts to expand the Lifestraw Program. Team Marine has been working with this group for the past year and a half collecting and recycling bottles and cans to raise money to buy water purification straws for people who do not have access to clean drinking water. Please click on
- [AB1998 Press Conference](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/06/03/ab1998-press-conference/) - Screen shot of Kcal 9 news clip of press conference On Tuesday morning Team Marine met at the Santa Monica Pier for a press conference to show our support for AB1998. If passed AB1998 would ban all single-use plastic bags in grocery stores, convenience stores and pharmacies and regulate paper bags. Team Marine Captain Megan
- [Solar Cup 2010](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/05/19/solar-cup-2010/) - This past weekend, Santa Monica High School students sponsored by the City of Santa Monica, competed for their second year in the Solar Cup, the nation’s largest solar boat competition put on by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 36 high schools teams built a 16’ wooden hull, attended technical workshops at Occidental College,
- [Team Marine Wins Ocean Hero Award](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/04/21/team-marine-wins-ocean-hero-award/) - Team Marine wins Ocean Hero Award On April 5th Team Marine traveled by van to Sacramento to be part of Ocean Day at the California State Capitol Building on March 6. Representing the youth, the students met with various assembly members, senators, and staff to support bills AB1998 and AB925 that would reduce plastic marine
- [>Tapped Screening a Huge Success](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/03/31/tapped-screening-a-huge-success/) - >On March 24th Team Marine held a special free screening of the award wining documentary Tapped. Tapped is an incredible film all about the harmful effects of single-use plastic water bottles on our environment and ourselves. Over 125 students and members of the community attended.
- [>TEAM MARINE HOSTS SCREENING OF THE MOVIE TAPPED.](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/03/11/team-marine-hosts-screening-of-the-movie-tapped/) - >EVERYONE CAN COME! ITS COMPLETELY FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!!!!!Click on the picture if you cant read it.When: March 24th @ 4pmWhere: Santa Monica High School Barnum Hall 601 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica California 90405Cost: FREESponsored by Team Marine and The Daily Ocean. Wanna know more about the movie? visit. www.tappedthemovie.com
- [>LabCoats present:LifeStraws at your school!](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/03/08/labcoats-presentlifestraws-at-your-school/) - >For the Edison Challange Team LabCoats made an original video on 10 steps to setting up a LifeStraws recycling program at your school!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl0luR-jnlc
- [>Ban the Bag in Santa Monica](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/19/ban-the-bag-in-santa-monica/) - >Go Reusable! It is Doable! Ban the Plastic Bag!On Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 Santa Monica's City Councilmembers will hopefully pass the Single-use Carryout Bag Ordinance. This will ban plastic bags and put a cost on single-use paper bags in the city https://www.247autolocksmith.com/prices. Team Marine has been waiting for this to happen for about three years.
- [Sea the Change Youth Summit](https://www.teammarine.org/2017/02/28/sea-the-change-youth-summit/) - By Sixtine Foucaut: On Sunday, January 29th, we gave a slideshow presentation to local teen environmental clubs at the Sea the Change Youth Summit put on by Heal the Bay at the SM Pier Aquarium. We presented our methods of communication as a team, as well as examples of our past eco-art projects, through a
- [UCLA Earth Now: Earth 2050 Presentation](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/11/27/ucla-earth-now-earth-2050-presentation/) - On October 20th Team Marine captains Amanda and Zoe, and Mr. Kay presented to a total of around 120 students at UCLA for the Earth Now: Earth 2050 event put on by the UCLA Office of the Environment and Sustainability. We presented to three different high schools in the LA area about the state of
- [Bernie Sanders Rally](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/05/27/bernie-sanders-rally/) - By Amanda Samimi On Monday, May 23, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held a rally at our school, Santa Monica High School. Many Sanders supporters, including some Team Marine members, were overjoyed to have a presidential candidate speak at their very own school. Bernie talked enthusiastically for little over an hour about the platform of his
- [Nothin' But Sand](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/05/21/nothin-but-sand-2/) - Another successful beach cleanup complete! On Saturday May 21, 2016 Team Marine and Marine Biology students attended Heal the Bay's Nothin' But Sand beach cleanup at Will Rodgers State Beach along with over 700 volunteers. All in all we ended the day by collecting around 110 lbs of trash off the beach, even though people
- [Great LA River Cleanup](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/04/27/4674/) - On Saturday, April 23, Team Marine members joined hundreds of dedicated volunteers as part of the Great LA River Cleanup. This event was hosted in conjunction with Friends of the Los Angeles River and the Frog Spot. When we first got to the event, we were warmly welcomed by Frog Spot volunteers, who gave us
- [Streets to Sea](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/05/01/streets-to-sea/) - By Amanda Samimi On Thursday, April 28, 2016, Amanda and Christa represented Team Marine and Santa Monica High School at the annual Streets to the Sea Challenge put on by Generation Earth. Five middle schools and five high schools traveled to Disney Synergy Lab in Glendale to display their environmental projects. The students were asked
- [Tesla Model 3](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/04/15/tesla-model-3/) - By Amanda Samimi Tesla Motors released the design of their 3rd generation electric vehicle on March 31st, 2016. The Model 3 has revolutionized electric vehicles forever. It is the first affordable luxury electric vehicle. The car starts at just $35,000, before tax incentives. The intention of Tesla is to make electric cars widespread to the
- [Happy Easter!](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/03/27/happy-easter/) - One of the downsides of Easter is the plastic easter eggs used in Easter egg hunts. Here are some alternatives: Fabric eggs: Fabric eggs can be made by stitching fabric pieces together and filling them with the same sweets that would be found in plastic eggs. If someone if your family is a talented seamstress,
- [Climate Sign!](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/02/05/climate-sign/) - On February 5th, 2016 Team Marine was delighted to have Hadley from #climatesign (climatesign.org) come to our meeting to talk to us about the “peace sign of this era.” The climate sign is hand gesture in which the fingers form the letter C, which simply stands for “climate.” Individuals can raise the climate sign as
- [Blitz the Bay Youth Summit](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/03/05/blitz-the-bay-youth-summit/) - On March 5, 2016, two Team Marine members, Amanda and Christa attended the Blitz the Bay Youth Summit put on by Heal the Bay. The summit took place in Playa Vista near the Ballona Wetlands. The purpose of the summit was to get youth to explore biodiversity and become involved in BioBlitzing, in which a
- [Ocean Friendly Restaurants](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/03/25/ocean-friendly-restaurants/) - Team Marine is proud to partner with Surfrider’s Ocean Friendly Restaurants (OFR) program! The goal of Ocean Friendly Restaurants is to reward restaurants for their beneficial practices. Team Marine members have begun contacting local restaurants to inform them of this great opportunity. Perks of being an Ocean Friendly Restaurant include decals, informational materials, social media
- [World Water Day: March 22](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/03/23/world-water-day-march-22/) - We'd like to give a shoutout to our friends at WAVE club at Marina High School in Huntington Beach for their work for World Water Day! World Water Day is today, March 22! In order to initiate a conversation about water at their high school, WAVE created a large poster to inform students of the status
- [Nothin' But Sand](https://www.teammarine.org/2016/02/20/nothin-but-sand/) - On Saturday February 20th, a couple of Team Marine members attended Heal the Bay's 'Nothin' But Sand' beach cleanup at the Venice Beach Pier. The turnout was amazing, with over 1077 people, and the amount of trash that was collected was even more impressive which was measured at around 292 pounds! As we were
- [What a way to go - Bike, Bus, Expo!](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/11/23/what-a-way-to-go-bike-bus-expo/) - On Sunday November 22, 2015, Team Marine attended What a way to go - Bike, Bus, Expo! sponsored by Climate Action Santa Monica. We showcased our cigarette research and introduced our petition to the community for the first time. We had all 41, 922 cigarettes on display, along with our science fair board and
- [Alt Car Expo 2015](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/09/20/alt-car-expo-2015/) - On Saturday Sept. 20th Team Marine and Marine Bio/Environmental Science students, left the Heal the Bay Coastal Cleanup Day and ran straight to the Santa Monica Civic Center to show Volts Wattson. We spent the beginning of the day speaking to people at the event and showing off the new upgrades to the car. Later
- [Commendation from the City of Santa Monica](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/08/27/commendation-from-the-city-of-santa-monica/) - On July 25th, Team Marine members were honored with a commendation from the City of Santa Monica by mayor Kevin McKeown. We received this commendation in response to our research concerning Cigarette Pollution and Mitigation in our city. We were also applauded for our sharing of this research through the Los Angles County Science Fair
- [Coastal Cleanup Day 2015](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/09/20/coastal-cleanup-day-2016on-saturday-september-twentieth-team-marine-members-attended-a-coastal-clean-up-day-beach-clean-up-hosted-by-heal-the-bay-they-along-with-a-large-group-of-peers-spent-three/) - On Saturday, September twentieth, Team Marine members attended a Coastal Clean-up Day beach clean up hosted by Heal the Bay. They along with a large group of peers spent three hours scouring the area between lifeguard station twenty and twenty-seven for trash. The most aggravating aspect of this event was the blatantly negative of human’s
- [End of the Year Sorting Event](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/05/18/end-of-the-year-sorting-event/) - On May 18 Team Marine hosted a sorting event, for all the bottles and cans that had been collected by students in the previous semester. Most of the Team Marine members were at a Science Fair event, but a few stayed and ran the whole event, with about 30 students from SaMoHi and SMC.
- [Upcoming Heal the Bay Event!](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/04/27/upcoming-heal-the-bay-event/) - Earlier this month Team Marine members Kimberly Fuentes, Hannah Persinko, and Zoe Parcells made it to the Heal the Bay Headquarters. We learned so much about water conservation but most importantly we and several other students representing their high school played a game and got a sense of what water rationing would be like if
- [Ben Allen swears in](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/01/27/ben-allen-swears-in/) - On Saturday, January the 17th, Ben Allen swore in to become the newly-elected state senator from district 26. The event took place in Santa Monica High school’s very own Barnum Hall and featured a multitude of marvelous music performances as well as a series of speeches acclaiming the senator’s work. Ben, a Samohi alumnus, has
- [Science Fair 2015](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/03/27/science-fair-2015/) - On March 27th, 2015 Team Marine students Kimberly Fuentes, Martin Liu, and Zoe Parcells won first place at the Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair in the category of Environmental Management. We couldn’t be more proud not only of our team members who went to go represent us, but also of the positive feedback
- [Phone Banking for "No on O"](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/02/01/phone-banking-for-no-on-o/) - On Saturday January 31st, 2015 Team Marine members Kimberly Fuentes and Julian Apter, along with Andres Orellono went to the Heal the Bay headquarter in Santa Monica to participate in Phone Banking. For those of you who do not know what phone banking is, it is when volunteers call constituents of a city to see
- [Heal the Bay Beach cleanup](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/01/17/heal-the-bay-beach-cleanup/) - January 17 marks the first beach cleanup of 2015 for Team Marine! Marine Bio and AP Environmental Science students attended the event with us raising our numbers to about 15. The event took place at Will Rodger beach, but a few of us went up the road to clean up the bluffs as well, since
- [Team Marine's Celebratory Party](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/06/13/2679/) - On June 13, 2012, Team Marine held a party to celebrate our year's worth of hard work and achievements. From the QuikSCience Challenge to the Annual Sustainable Santa Monica Student Art Contest, we had a successful year in raising awareness about plastic pollutions and tail pipe emissions. We celebrated by eating a cake made by Kellie Abbott. We would like to
- [Thank you Klean Kanteen](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/01/17/thank-you-klean-kanteen-3/) - Team Marine's newest member, Cody Walker Kay, has started his eco endeavor early in life. Known as an honorary member of Team Marine that will become an ecowarrior and save the world, baby Cody has been getting lots of love and hope from the environmental community lately. Legends tell of a blessed child, whose touch
- [Beach cleanup](https://www.teammarine.org/2015/01/27/beach-cleanup/) - In order to estimate the amount of cigarette butts that escape proper disposal and currently litter our oceans, Team Marine conducted two beach cleanups: one on November 20th and another on December 5th of 2014. Both of these cleanups occurred in the area surrounding the Pico-Kenter storm drain. The first cleanup took place two weeks
- [1,000,000 PAGE VIEWS](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/12/26/1000000-page-views/) - Team Marine is proud to announce that we have hit a memorable milestone. We reached 1 million page views! As a team we would like to thank all of our website viewers, to those who have been continuous followers of our blog, to those who stop by once to check us out. We are overjoyed
- [Chico Bags!!!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/12/12/chico-bags/) - On Friday December 12, we received bags from the Chico Bag company as a part of their Random Bags of Kindness project, special thanks to Andy Keller , Sierra Norton, and Nau Mazari. We were given the bags because of our hard work over the last eight years regarding SB270, the statewide plastic bag
- [Green California Schools & Community Colleges Leadership Award from Green Technology](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/11/05/leadership-award-from-green-california-schools-community-colleges/) - On November fifth Team Marine received the leadership award for "Student Engagement" from the Green California Schools and Community Colleges. Nine members represented the Team at the Pasadena Convention Center ceremony, dressing formally for the occasion. We were honored to listen to and learn about the past and future project plans of some of the
- [First Flush 2014](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/11/04/4340/) - On October 31,2014 (Halloween) at approximately 11:55pm Santa Monica was blessed with rain! Being in this serious drought, we were relieved to finally get such a downpour. However, each year as the first rains come normally in the month of October or November those rains bring with it the "First Flush". This phenomena is when
- [Peer Spring Meeting](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/27/peer-spring-meeting/) - On October 24, 2014 Lee Fox and Laura Page visited the Team Marine classroom in search of a partnership. They pulled up their website and shared all the things that they do for us, as well as what we can do for them. Their overall story is that they want to open up resources
- [No Oil Drilling in Hermosa Beach!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/28/no-oil-drilling-in-hermosa-beach/) - Billy Parent, a speaker from Heal the Bay and former student of Mr.Kay came to Team Marine meeting asking for our help. All of California's coastal communities have the fear that an oil company will attempt to drill on their beaches. We all know that an oil drilling would be detrimental to the beach,
- [Heal the Bay Club Youth Summit](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/28/heal-the-bay-club-youth-summit/) - On Saturday Oct. 25, 2014 Heal the Bay Ed Murphy hosted a mini youth summit for a select few at their main office in Santa Monica . 5 club representatives showed up, so about 10 youth sat at a table to share ideas. The schools they came from were as far away as Irvine
- [Plastic Paradise Movie Screening](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/28/plastic-paradise-movie-screening/) - It was a success! October 27th Plastic Paradise movie screening brought in a huge crowd filling the bottom floor of Barnum Hall with interested adults, children and students. This event was made possible because of Team Marine and our partner Reef Check who helped us out. The movie brought reactions from the crowd that was
- [Alt Car Expo](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/20/alt-car-expo-3/) - On Saturday September 20th , Team Marine attended the Alternative Car Exposition, located at the Santa Monica Civic Center, for the second time with Volts Wattson. A couple of our most dedicated members went on Friday and spent the whole day eco-educating members of our community. We got to showcase our improved car, and had
- [Plastic Paradise Flyers at Farmers Market](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/20/plastic-paradice-flyers-at-farmers-market/) - A sunny Sunday is a perfect day to spread awareness of plastic pollution, and that is exactly what we did Sunday, October 19, 2014. We walked up and down Main Street and went to the Farmers Market to pass out flyers announcing that we are screening the premiere of Plastic Paradise by Reef Check.The free
- [Upcoming Plastic Paradise Screening!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/21/plastic-paradise/) - Come learn more about our plastic footprint at a FREE documentary screening of Plastic Paradise, hosted by Reef Check Foundation, an international ocean conservation group based in Los Angeles, and by Team Marine! Join us at Santa Monica High School in Barnum Hall Auditorium on Monday, October 27 at 6:30 PM! Plastic Paradise is an independent documentary
- [Team Marine on 100.3 The Sound LA](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/20/team-marine-on-100-3-the-sound-la/) - Two of our members Aubrey Dondick and Angelina Hwang were given the opportunity to speak with interviewer Cynthia Fox on 100.3 The Sound LA about the environmental issues that we face today. https://soundcloud.com/theteammarine/team-marine-1003-the-sound-interview
- [Green Festival](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/06/green-festival/) - On Saturday September 14, 2014, a couple of our members and marine bio/AP Environmental students attended the Green Festival at the Convention Center in Downtown, Los Angeles. Team Marine was present on the third day, and were able to experience the green energy that flowed from every booth. We were introduced to new healthy food
- [Parent Meeting](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/18/parent-meeting/) - At the start of every year, team members host a special meeting/ potluck dinner where our parents can come and watch a presentation. On October 17th, 2014 we held our parent meeting and do this mainly so they can understand how vigorous and time consuming being a member is, but also learn what we
- [Commendation from the Board of Education ](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/18/commendation-from-the-board-of-education/) - Team Marine on October 16, 2014 received a commendation from the Board of Education. We got this honor because of the hard work we put forth for the last eight years regarding the state wide plastic bag ban, which recently passed. Three of our best speakers took the podium and went through a short powerpoint
- [Video History of Team Marine](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/10/18/video-history-of-team-marine/) - On Friday October 17, the S107 classroom became a movie theatre of the Team's past. The whole room was filled with students from marine bio, APES and of course every member of the team. We got to witness the evolution of Team Marine, from the "guinea pigs" to the dream teams, through the videos
- [California Bag Ban Passed!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/09/01/california-bag-ban-passed/) - If you haven’t heard already, we have just had a HUGE environmental win on August 29th, 2014 with Senate Bill 270. After eight long hardworking years of Team Marine student involvement, both the California Senate and Assembly have passed a STATE plastic bag ban with a speedy signature from Gov. Jerry Brown expected to follow. We
- [Team Marine Featured in a Book!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/08/30/4092/) - We are deeply honored and proud to announce that Team Marine has been featured in the book "Empowering Young Voices for the Planet" by Lynne Cherry, Juliana Texley, and Suzanne E. Lyons. We would like to thank Team Marine '07-'08 for their leadership that led to our inclusion in this book and for leading the way
- [STEM Event at California Yacht Club](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/08/22/stem-event-at-california-yacht-club/) - On the 25th of July 2014, we, Team Marine, met in Marina Del Rey in order to attend the Sailing through STEM night, where we showcased both our 1971 electric Volkswagen Superbeetle, our newly started cigarette study and recycling game. The event, which took place at the California Yacht club, was composed of diversified stations
- [Team Marine End of Year Party!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/06/14/team-marine-end-of-year-party/) - On Sunday, June 8, Team Marine attended a party at member Ellie's house to celebrate the end of another sustainable year. In addition, we celebrated with a special Team Marine cake (check it out below). Special thanks to Joel and Ellie Reynolds for making this party possible!
- [Thank You!!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/06/22/thank-you/) - On June 19th, Team Marine united once more for a meeting to thank all of our supporters and sponsors that aided our efforts this amazing year. Thanks to the talents of Team Marine members Hannah Persinko and Kimberly Fuentes we had homemade “Thank You” cards made and signed by all members present. It was definitely
- [Team Marine Seniors Graduated!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/06/08/team-marine-seniors-graduated-2/) - On Friday, June 6th 2014, Team Marine’s seniors graduated. Stoles were ordered by senior Aubrey Dondick and the graduates wore them proud. Mr. Kay and the rest of Team Marine wishes them the best of luck for next year and beyond! Angelina Hwang will be attending Duke University Aubrey Dondick will be attending Oregon State
- ["No es Basura" Exposition](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/05/11/no-es-basura-art-exposition/) - On Thursday April the 24th, 2014, we went to an art gallery at EarthWE. This exposition, named "no es basura", was a joint project between environmentalist Peter Kreitler and John Reiff Williams. Photographed trash arranged in an esthetic way collected over a span of 90 days was diplayed there. During the event, we met both
- [Team Marine T-Shirts have Arrived!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/03/21/team-marine-t-shirts-have-arrived/) - This Thursday, March 20, our 2013-2014 Team Marine T-Shirts arrived in the mail from Custom Ink! Our T-shirts are also organic cotton and display our sponsor's logos. Team Marine will now be sporting our new shirts to every event, including the POPS Youth Summit (see below) and our upcoming trip to Sacramento! Thank you to our
- [ACE Assembly!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/04/15/ace-assembly/) - On April 1st, we co-hosted an Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) presentation with ASB, Solar Alliance, and Heal the Bay Surfrider clubs at Santa Monica High School. We had two, hour-long, presentations with approximately three hundred students each. This presentation was important because there are many students that are unaware of the effects of climate
- [Mini-Maker Fair!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/03/29/mini-maker-fair/) - On Saturday March 29th, 2014 Team Marine was invited to attend the Los Angeles Mini Maker’s Fair where we exhibited our fabulous Volts Wattson once more. The Mini Maker’s Fair is a collaboration of the Los Angeles County Science Fair where “makers” show off our inventions (or in our case conversions) to fellow inventors as
- [POPS Youth Summit](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/03/26/pops-youth-summit-3/) - The beginning of a very intense eco-filled weekend began with Team Marine at an international youth summit this past Saturday and Sunday. We applied and were accepted into the Plastic Ocean Pollution Solutions International Youth Summit 2014 in Dana Point sponsored by the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. We arrived at the Ocean Institute around 8:00am and
- [Lobbying at Sacramento](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/03/27/lobbying-at-sacramento/) - After POPS, we drove from Dana Point to Sacramento for Ocean Day - March 24. There we met our group leader Sarah Sikich from Heal the Bay, who helped us lobby for SB 270 (California statewide bag ban), SB 1132 (moratorium on fracking), and AB 1699 (ban on polyethylene micro-beads in personal hygiene products). We camped out at
- [Expo Marker Collection](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/03/22/expo-markers-collection-2/) - Today we rescued some boxes from the trash bins to reuse them and create Expo marker collections boxes. We decorated them and plan to distribute them to other schools in our district to expand our collection of expo markers. These markers, which are toxic and single use, are thrown away each year by teachers and are
- [Recycling Sorting Event](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/03/12/recycling-sorting-event-3/) - With one of Team Marine’s main focus being reducing plastic pollution, it is truly amazing that by recycling cans and bottles we can keep them off our beaches and also use them to buy life straws. Thanks to our mentor, Mr. Kay, not only did Team Marine participate in this recycling sorting event but also
- [Third Flush Clean-Up!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/03/04/third-flush-clean-up/) - On February 28, 2014 the third flush of the 2013-2014 school year occurred. Although the rain was much needed because of the drought, the horrendous amount of Styrofoam and plastic was not as welcomed. The vast amount of water that these rain storms created pushed out any remaining plastics that were stuck in the drains
- [Green Valentine's Festival](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/02/23/green-valentines-festival/) - On Saturday, February 8th, we were invited to Laguna Beach to panel and present to the community and local schools. We displayed our bottle cap and single-use-plastic eco-artwork. We also drove our recently converted all-electric vehicle "Volts Wattson". While presenting with Generation Waking Up, the team was able to convey the science, effects, and solutions to
- [Keystone XL Pipeline Rally](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/02/04/keyston-xl-pipeline-rally/) - On Monday, the 3rd of February, over 80 eco-minded persons protested against the construction of the XL keystone pipeline in a rally organized by the NRDC. We, Team Marine, made and brought signs to this protest, which was held at the intersection of Ocean Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd, so that passing pedestrians, bikers and
- [California State Plastic Bag Ban](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/02/02/california-state-plastic-bag-ban/) - On Friday January 24th, Team Marine members called key California State Senators to advocate for a state wide plastic bag ban. We encouraged senators to vote yes on a plastic bag ban bill SB 405 using our previous research on the Santa Monica plastic bag ban, the effects of plastic pollution on marine life, and the economic
- ["Reusable" Plastic Bags?!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/02/01/reusable-plastic-bags/) - Many cities across California are now banning the use of “single use carryout plastic bags” due to various environmental, economic, and health concerns. Plastic bag manufacturers are now pursuing various loopholes and green washing techniques in the bag ban laws as means to continue the use of their environment destroying chemically derived plastic bags. One
- [Bottlecap Project Repairs!](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/01/30/bottlecap-project-repairs/) - One way that Team Marine accomplishes reaching out to all the people that we do is by making eco-art that stands out and captures attention. With an upcoming event on February 8th called the Green Valentine’s Festival (you’ll hear more about this later) we go through a series of procedures to ensure that we are
- [Recycling at Rose Parade](https://www.teammarine.org/2014/01/03/recycling-at-rose-parade/) - On New Year's Day 2014, we had our annual recycling event at the Rose Bowl parade in Pasadena. We call this parade the gold mine of recyclables because every person has a drink or more with them. Unfortunately, we did come across some difficulties this year and almost couldn't make it. Our usual partner school decided they weren't
- [Paul Scott Presents to Marine Biology Classes!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/12/11/3760/) - In order for Team Marine members to be able to accurately teach others about the devastating problems of today such as ocean acidification, plastic pollution, and climate change, we must first be experts on what we are talking about. We pride ourselves on our profound knowledge of these topics, but we are always fascinated to
- [Santa Monica HS Recycling Bins!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/12/05/3744/) - Earlier in the year, we communicated with the school district to implement recycling bins in classrooms of teachers at Santa Monica High School. Our patience and perseverance resulted in success! For the Thanksgiving holiday we distributed thirty recycling bins. We cultivated a clear sign displaying items to recycle and items to trash for better waste
- [Second Flush 2013](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/12/03/second-flush-2013/) - Though we have already blogged about the famous First Flush, this year’s Second Flush proved to be more devastating. On November 21st, there was continuous rain, which caused copious amounts of trash in the Pico-Kenter Storm Drain to rapidly distribute onto the Santa Monica beach. The Second Flush resulted in a plethora of plastics and
- [Grades of Green Presentation](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/12/01/grades-of-green-presentation/) - On Friday November 22, Team Marine was given a presentation from Grades of Green. Girl Scout Juniors from Grant Elementary School were also present to listen to the presentation. Grades of Green is a catalyst in taking kids’ green ideas and turning them into fruition. Students come to them with their ideas, and they provide
- [First Flush 2013](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/10/22/first-flush-2013-2/) - On the 9th day of October, Santa Monica encountered the first flush of the year. This was surprising because the amount of rain indicated a gurgle rather than a flush. When we realized that it was the First Flush we sent a crew down to the beach to do an emergency clean up. When we
- [Santa Monica STEAM Event](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/11/16/3704/) - On Saturday, November 9th, Team Marine went to the Santa Monica Pier for a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) event. There we showcased our recently converted 1971 Volkswagen Super Beetle to people attending the event. Community outreach is pivotal in getting our cause and mission spread. Furthermore, being at such a tourist attraction
- [Alt Car Expo](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/09/26/alt-car-expo/) - For the past four years we have been working on the conversion of a 1971 Volkswagen Super-Beetle (donated to us by the Poon-Fear family in 2009) from a combustion engine into an all-electric vehicle. On September 20th and 21st we had the debut of our car “Wattson” at the Santa Monica Civic Center for the Alt-Car Expo.
- [Recycling Sorting Event](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/10/24/recycling-sorting-event-2/) - For the past three months, Team Marine, along with Mr. Kay’s Marine Biology class, has been collecting thousands of redeemable beverage containers at Santa Monica High School. This past Wednesday, October 16, 2013, Team Marine organized a sorting event of over 8,000 containers. In all there were: 6,087 plastic #1 bottles, 193 plastic #2 bottles,
- [Santa Fe Springs Car Show](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/10/08/santa-fe-springs-car-show/) - Last saturday, October 5th, We displayed "Volts Wattson" at the 6th Annual Classic Car show in Santa Fe Springs. Although we rode up in our silent vehicles with no rev, we wound up being a huge hit! We really stood out and were able to educate many classic car enthusiasts about the effect of combustion engines
- [Commendation from City of Santa Monica](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/10/20/commendation-from-city-of-santa-monica/) - We have been honored with a commendation from Terry O'Day (Mayor Pro Temp) on behalf of the City of Santa Monica for our dedication to Volts Wattson which debuted last month . This recognition commends us for the hurdles that we had to overcome and how we used this electric vehicle to raise awareness about climate
- [Team Marine on CNN Latino!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/10/18/team-marine-on-cnn-latino/) - After unveiling our gas-to-electric car conversion project at Alt-Car Expo we were invited to go on CNN Latino on a news show called "Sin Limites con Elizabeth Espinosa"'. We were able to get the word out about our car at a Television network that gets millions of views daily and that positive media outreach surely
- [National Plug In Day!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/09/29/national-plug-in-day-2/) - On Saturday, September 8th, Team Marine had the honor of presenting our finished electric 1971 Super-Beetle at National Plug In Day. Electric engineering chief Patricio Guerrero and Left Coast Electric sponsor Gadget drove the car to the event from the Left Coast Electric garage in Inglewood to the event in Long Beach. All Team Marine
- [2011-2012 Season has Officially Started!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/09/09/2011-2012-season-has-officially-started/) - Today, Team Marine met with junior prospects interested in joining Team Marine for a few hours after school. Mr. Kay, our 4-year assistant coach Renee Klein, and the team talked about the requirements to be in Team Marine and the very exciting competitions we will be taking place in this year. So far, two projects
- [Electric Car Conversion Complete!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/09/20/electric-car-conversion-complete/) - This past Monday, Team Marine completed the gas to electric conversion of a 1971 convertible Volkswagen Super Beetle. The project started in 2009, when the Poon-Fear family donated the car to Team Marine for a conversion project. The car will publicly debut at the Santa Monica Alternative Car Exposition, which takes place today and tomorrow
- [Splash into Science Cigarette Study](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/08/14/chinese-student-cigarette-study/) - On August 4 and 5, eight students from Beijing, China investigated cigarette butt pollution in Santa Monica. Following a real scientific protocol using belt transects, their study compared the number of cigarette butts found in commonly littered areas of a residential neighborhood, beach boardwalk, and open sandy beach. In total, 1,922 butts were counted and
- [Team Marine Seniors Graduated!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/06/09/team-marine-seniors-graduated/) - This past Friday, June 7th 2013, Team Marine's nine seniors graduated. Stoles were made by junior Katie Oran's mom and the graduates wore them proudly at the ceremony. Mr. Kay and the rest of Team Marine wishes them the best of luck for next year and beyond! Adrian Gibson will be attending Cal State Northridge.
- [Recycling Sorting Event](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/05/25/recycling-sorting-event/) - On Friday, May 24th, Team Marine, Marine Biology, as well as SMC students helped sort many of the collected recyclables contributed this year. With set goals and deadlines to reach, students from Team Marine were able collect at least 10 bottles for a remainder of the time. As for the process, each of us distributed
- [Thank You Klean Kanteen!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/06/06/thank-you-klean-kanteen/) - Special thanks to Klean Kanteen! Team Marine was rewarded for our recent preview in an upcoming documentary film—Each of us were sent our very own Klean Kanteen re-usable water canister; yet there’s a catch! These awesome eco-friendly bottles have NO plastic cap, in addition to no paint. Instead, they replaced it with bamboo tops, and
- [Tree Planting at Topanga!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/05/23/tree-planting-at-temescal/) - This past Sunday we won a Tree People competition by sending in ten pictures of us doing environmental activities within the past year. Tree People awarded us with a beautiful trip to plant trees! After hiking through the lower Topanga Canyon we helped water and give mulch to developing native plants and trees. This was
- [Alt Build Expo 2013](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/05/22/alt-build-expo-2013/) - Seven Team Marine students presented on a panel at the AltBuild Expo in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium last Saturday, May 11, sharing the results of their scientific research and service-learning projects, including the Water Fountain Audit at Santa Monica High School, the gas-to-electric conversion project, and plastic-bag ban data. This panel provided students an opportunity
- [Team Marine in the California State Science Fair!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/04/22/team-marine-in-the-california-state-science-fair/) - This Tuesday April 16, Team Marine captains Angelina, Edie and Ivan won 4th place out of 24 entries in the senior division of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the California State Science Fair for their bag ban research project. The research focused on the consumer bag choices and how they were affected by the plastic
- [Sacramento ](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/03/28/sacramento/) - This past Monday, my mother drove me up to Sacramento to raise awareness for Ocean’s Day with fellow senators and assemblymen of California. Members of Heal the Bay, including Kirsten James who is Heal the Bay's water quality director, Surfrider Foundation, and students of Scripps Institute of Oceanography were all there to learn as
- ["The Epic Story of Team Marine" Blog Post on ACE Website!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/05/03/the-epic-story-of-team-marine-blog-post-on-ace-website/) - After competing at the LA County Science Fair and then the State Fair, Team Marine captains Edie, Ivan and Angelina were interviewed by Kristina von Hoffman for a blog post for the ACE website. Here is the post detailing our experience: http://www.acespace.org/blog/2013/04/team-marine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=team-marine Thank you Kristina for the feature and for the continuous partnership with ACE!
- [First Place in the LA County Science Fair!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/03/27/first-place-in-the-la-county-science-fair/) - On Saturday, March 23 , co captains Angelina, Edie, and Ivan were awarded first place in the LA County Science Fair in the senior division of Environmental Management at the Pasadena Convention Center. Their project examined the effects of the Santa Monica plastic bag ban on consumer bag choice by comparing pre-ban with post-ban data. Over
- [Bag It Challenge Video](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/03/24/bag-it-video/) - From the hallways at school to the halls of government, Team Marine is committed to research science and environmental advocacy. This short film documents some of our work and achievements this year, and we were inspired by the film Bag It to press forward and enter our work in the 2013 Bag It Competition. Enjoy!
- [Forward on Climate Rally!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/02/20/forward-on-climate-rally/) - Last Sunday, Febrauary 17, Team Marine attended the "Forward on Climate" rally in downtown LA along with staff from the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE), who organized the student coalition. The team and several Marine Biology students joined over 1000 people in a march to City Hall to encourage President Obama to stop the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline and move
- [Forward on Climate Rally Prep!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/02/16/forward-on-climate-rally-prep/) - This Sunday, February 17, Team Marine will be heading out to the Forward on Climate Rally. Across the US, people will gather in the largest climate rally to take a stand against the Keystone XL pipeline and climate change. As preparation, team members created signs for the rally at today's meeting. Date: Sunday, February 17, 2013
- [G2 Gallery-Coral Triangle Talk](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/02/03/g2-gallery-coral-triangle-talk/) - On Tuesday January 29th, Team Marine along with Marine Biology students from Santa Monica High School were privelaged to listen to Dr. Paul Barber speak at the G2 Gallery. Dr. Barber, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA, has been passionate about bringing awareness to the people about the "Coral Triangle." The Coral
- [What is the Electric Car? Film](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/02/04/3178/) - On Sunday January 20, 2013 Team Marine visited the Santa Monica library to view a screening of the movie "What is the Electric Car". The movie highlighted consumer reluctance and opinion when real people were asked whether or not they would buy an electric car. The film then refuted the most common misconceptions associated with
- [Beach Clean Up!](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/01/30/beach-clean-up-2/) - On January 28 Team Marine did a quick beach cleanup. After the first gurgle and first flush this year, the team was exited to work on cleaning the area around the Pico Kenter storm drain. We walked south of the Kenter-Pico storm drain where there was sightings of trash. Since there has been a recent
- [Rose Parade and Life Straws](https://www.teammarine.org/2013/01/05/rose-parade-and-life-straws/) - On January 1, Team Marine headed out to the Rose Parade. Not to see the floats, but instead to collect recyclables. Members walked along the parade route collecting plastic bottles to raise money for Lifestraws, water purifiers that are to be sent to countries that need clean water. Along with students from the Green
- [Culver City Plastic Bag Ban!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/12/15/culver-city-plastic-bag-ban/) - This past Monday, the 10th of December, Culver City Council held a hearing for a plastic bag ban ordinance. Team Marine members were excited but unable to attend due to the upcoming week of Finals. However, Team Marine’s own coach, Benjamin Kay, presented Team Marine’s data from a two-year student study of grocery store bag type
- [5 Cheers for 5 Gyres!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/12/22/support-5-gyres/) - The 5 Gyres Institute is an environmental organization that not only spreads awareness about the issues in our oceans such as plastic bag pollution, dumping of harmful chemicals, as well as the endangerment of marine life all over the world. The activists at 5 Gyres collect evidence from oceans all over the world and present
- [Team Marine Featured on First Here, Then Everywhere](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/12/29/team-marine-featured-on-first-here-then-everywhere/) - This summer, the website First Here, Then Everywhere interviewed last year's members on Team Marine's current projects. They even featured our First Flush video! First Here, Then Everywhere is a network for young environmentalists to connect and share ideas about solutions to climate change with other students in the country. A big thank you to founder Chloe Maxmin for featuring
- [Team Marine T-Shirts are Here!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/12/11/team-marine-t-shirts-are-here/) - Two weeks ago, Team Marine received their customized 2012-2013 Team Marine T-shirts; special thanks to Justin Tavaf who designed the shirts. Team Marine will now be sporting our shirts to every event as well as every Friday. Another special thanks to Terri Bidle, Lynn Whitley, and DJ Kast Da Vinci for providing Team Marine’s car
- [Life Without Plastic](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/12/04/life-without-plastics/) - Just recently, Mr. Kay bought 50 sustainable sporks from Life Without Plastics for Team Marine. These sporks are made of metal and they fold up and fit into organic drawstring bags. Team Marine first heard of this company from attending the POPS Youth Summit, where we received free sporks for our lunch. Life Without Plastics
- [Team Marine First Flush in Santa Monica Mirror!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/12/11/team-marine-first-flush-in-santa-monica-mirror/) - This morning, the Santa Monica Mirror published an online article about Team Marine and the First Flush! Check it out: http://www.smmirror.com/articles/News/November-Rain-Flushes-Eight-Months-Of-Trash-Onto-Santa-Monica-Beach/36276. Also, thank you so much to Zan Dubin Scott from Plug-In America for sharing our press release! Plug-In America's website: http://www.pluginamerica.org/
- [First Gurgle 2012](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/11/18/first-flush-2013/) - This past week, the weather brought on a small, yet significant, amount of rain. So on November 16th, Team Marine walked to the Santa Monica Storm Drain to collect trash that was piled on the beach. Upon arrival,Team Marine split into three groups in order to collect as much trash as possible. In the storm
- [Recycling Bin Cleaning Day](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/08/28/recycling-bin-cleaning-day/) - Recently Team Marine had a "Recycling Bin Wash" where we collected all the dirty or broken recycling bins from our school. We thoroughly cleaned all the junk and gunk from the bins to the highest standard. We washed these bins with soap, sponges and limited water. With the help of our student volunteers and Team
- [POPS Youth Summit](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/11/11/pops-youth-summit/) - This past Saturday, November 3rd, Team Marine attended the Plastic Ocean Pollution Solutions Youth Speaker Training, at the Main Street Google headquarters. The event was an excellent opportunity to learn even more about the 20 percent of plastics that are unaccounted for --and end up in our oceans, and our streets-- as well as a
- [National Plug-In Day](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/10/13/national-plug-in-day/) - On Sunday September 23rd, Team Marine members travelled to El Segundo where National Plug In Day was hosted. The Automobile Driving Museum (ADM) is a destination for anyone who loves cars and the role they have had in our lives. On National Plug In Day, a variety of electric cars were displayed. We were presented
- [Riding Currents](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/10/14/2819/) - Team Marine attended an event at the California Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey, CA on this Wednesday, October 10 following docking of the Riding Currents craft along its ocean journey. Riding Currents is a project started by Billy Dutton to raise awareness about plastic pollution and alternative energy. They have outfitted a 22-foot duffy
- [Car Team's Catalina QuikSCience Award Trip!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/07/05/car-teams-catalina-quikscience-award-trip/) - The QuikSCience Challenge winning team's prize is a week-long trip to Catalina Island. The official description for this trip on the QuikSCience website is: "an expedition for the students and their teacher or advisor to the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island. The one-week trip will include expeditions to different parts of the
- [Catalina Trip](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/06/28/catalina-trip/) - Tomorrow at 4 o'clock, Team Marine coach Mr. Kay, along with members Kalon, Ivan, Annie, Cassandra, and Angelina will be loading a boat on our way to Catalina Island. For roughly four days, we will snorkel, hike, and explore the island with the Hawaii team and Bag Team, as they join us on the last
- [Senior Stoles are in](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/06/12/senior-stoles-are-in/) - About an hour ago, the 2011-2012 graduation stoles were completed! Each one is 100% hand made with one of 5 different Eco-patches! A big THANK YOU to Evelyn Javelosa (Alexis' mother) for making them all. They all look great! Now our seniors are ready to walk the graduation stage reppin' Team Marine with style.
- [End-of-year TM party!!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/06/12/end-of-year-tm-party/) - At the end of each season, Team Marine has a potluck party where we sign yearbooks, watch the premier of TM/marine bio slideshow, and announce the winners of the "players' choice" and "MVP" awards. Congratulations to Adrienne Hino for winning the "players' choice" award and Alexis Saez for being named this year's MVP. Even though
- [Generation Earth's Streets to the Sea Challenge](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/05/01/generation-earths-streets-to-the-sea-challenge/) - On Thursday, May 26th, 2011 our S2S team went down to Disney Studios in Burbank for the recognition event. Here, each team would be judged by hand-picked judges as well as our very own competitors. All teams had to set up a booth displaying all we've done for the challenge and give 5 min presentations
- [Los Angeles has finally done it!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/05/24/los-angeles-has-finally-done-it/) - Los Angeles has BANNED THE PLASTIC BAG! At about noon on Wednesday, May 23rd 2012, with a vote of 13 to 1 (Councilman Bernard Parks cast the no vote), Los Angeles became the biggest jurisdiction in USA to do this! First there will be a 4 month environmental review of the ban, and then an
- [LA city-wide plastic bag ban!!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/05/23/la-city-wide-plastic-bag-ban/) - At 10am on May 23, the City Council will make their decision on banning the plastic bag in LA City. Heal the Bay and the Clean Seas Coalition, along with other environmental groups will rally at City Hall before the meeting. Several Team Marine members plan to help in the event. However, we’re all eager
- [Santa Monica Festival!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/05/21/santa-monica-festival/) - On Saturday May 19th, a few Team Mariners along with Marine Biology students joined Mr. kay at Clover park for the Santa Monica Festival. Here, we went from booth to booth and got to see/do lots of interesing things. Some of us even got to make trees out of paper bags! One booth was dedicated to the 2012 Sustinable Santa
- [Ocean Plastic Underestimated?](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/05/01/ocean-plastic-underestimated/) - Remember when the ocean shores were covered with plastic confetti? Researches now believe the clear seas are caused by wind driving large amounts of plastic pollution deeper into the sea. A new study has theorized that past estimates of marine plastic pollution has been greatly underestimated. “By factoring in the wind, which is fundamentally important to
- [Life Straws Recycling Event](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/05/08/life-straws-recycling-event/) - On April 20, some members of Team Marine, along with Mr Kay's Biology and Marine Biology students, held a recycling event. We collected recyclables including plastic bottles, glass bottles, and aluminum cans from around the school campus into trash bags. Students from Mr Kay's classes brought recyclables from their homes also. Once all the trash bags
- [Safe to surf?](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/05/01/safe-to-surf/) - While surfing last weekend, Mr. Kay noticed that he wasn't alone... Floating around him were various fragments of what were once single-use plastics. So he sat on his surfboard and collected as much trash that he could fit into his wetsuit. Kay collected all sorts of plastic ranging from plastic bags, wrappers, bottle
- [Sara Bayles' Photography Exhibit](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/12/04/sara-bayles-photography-exhibit/) - On Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Team Marine visited Sara Bayles' Photography exhibit. She collects trash from the same beach (tower 26) for 20 minutes at a time with a goal of 365 non-consecutive days of trash collection. So far, she has collected for 238 days and has gathered 903.9 pounds of trash. After each clean
- [Beach Clean Up](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/01/24/beach-clean-up/) - On January 12th,Team Marine, with help from Heal the Bay, organized and hosted a beach cleanup and invited all of SAMOHI's Marine Biology students as well as other members of the community. We collected trash all along the shore and especially around the mouth of the storm drain. With the trash we picked up we
- [The QuikSCience Recogition Event!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/04/06/fun-at-the-quikscience-recogition-event/) - We just got back from the QuikSCience Recognition Event at the Quiksilver headquarters in Huntington Beach. First, we filled out a survey explaining our experiences in the QuikSCience Challenge, and then we enjoyed some tasty burgers out on the patio. After we ate, we got to look at the other teams' portfolios and projects in a video
- [QuikSCience Recognition Event: Here we come!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/04/05/quikscience-recognition-event-here-we-come/) - In about two hours, we will be driving to Huntington Beach to the Headquarters of Quiksilver Inc. for the QuikSCience Challenge Recognition Event. Here, they will be announcing the 2012 challenge winners as well as the the 2012 Ocean Leadership Awards. Wish us luck!
- [First Flush Video posted on 5gyres website!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/04/04/first-flush-video-posted-on-5gyres-website/) - The 5gyres institute is dedicated to eliminate plastic pollution in all 5 subtropical gyres. We are proud to call them partners, and On March 26, 2012, they posted a blog featuring the first flush video we made. Thanks 5gyres! Link to the blog post: http://5gyres.org/posts/2012/03/26/be_the_sea_change_team_marine_and_las_first_flush
- [The Streets to Sea challenge!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/04/04/the-streets-to-sea-challenge/) - Bag team and Car team joined forces to compete in Generationearth's Streets to Sea challenge. The five of us competing are: Alexis Saez (bag team), Angelina Hwang (car team), Edie Cote (bag team), Ivan Morales (car team), and Matilda Mead (bag team). For this competition, Edie and Matilda conducted a watershed audit of our schools
- [First Flush video posted on ACE website!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/04/05/first-flush-video-posted-on-ace-website/) - The Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) is dedicated to educating high school students on the science behind climate change to inspire them to take action against global warming. We LOVE ACE! They helped us when we participated in The Biggest Loser Energy Competition, Captains Patricio and Alexis attended Raise Your Voice trainings with them, and
- [Moving Out: Update 3/29/12](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/03/30/moving-out/) - Today we moved the car from Santa Monica high school to Gadget's house! After hours of planning we were able to obtain a tow truck using AAA. Everything went well except for when the tow truck driver got lost and ended up in downtown LA due to a problem with his GPS. I was sad
- [Earth Month Hero!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/03/31/earth-month-hero/) - Today was the Earth Month kick off event hosted by the Wyland Foundation. I was nominated as an earth month hero by Team Marine's coach, Benjamin Kay. I spoke in front of an audience which was a terrifying experience but in the end everything turned out ok. Earth month Heroes will be recognized in the
- [Two Hundred Thousand Page views!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/03/30/two-hundred-thousand-page-views/) - We have reached 200,000 page views on the website. It is very inspiring to see that people tune in to see our projects and events. And even more so seeing that we reached so many people, not only in Los Angeles, but across the world!
- [First flush plastic pollution by Team Marine 2011-2012 ](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/03/28/first-flush-plastic-pollution-by-team-marine-2011-2012/) - A video showing the "First Flush" of the Pico Kenter storm drain through the years...
- [Bag Team Quikscience Project!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/02/13/bag-team-quikscience-project/) - http://youtu.be/X9gSX3juWqs Team Marine's Bag Team competed in 2012's Quikscience Challenge hosted by Quiksilver and USC. Bag Team worked for over a year to collect data on how a single-use plastic bag ban has been effective in Santa Monica. The project proves that a nationwide bag ban is possible and can make immense positive change in
- [Video conversion preview](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/02/17/video-conversion-preview/) - A short clip showing the installation part of the conversion process. This is just a preview to keep you updated on our progress in writing and editing the conversion manual and video. Enjoy!
- [HALO Awards: Megan Kilroy](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/halo-awads-megan-kilroy/)
- [Solar Boat + The Cup Large 1](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/solar-boat-the-cup-large-1/)
- [Peter the Eco-Villain](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/peter-the-eco-villain/)
- [TEAM MARINE Rethink Sustainability](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/team-marine-rethink-sustainability/)
- [Current Earth: Plastic Is Murder by Crystal Fambrini](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/current-earth-plastic-is-murder-by-crystal-fambrini/)
- [Meet Climate Leader Yassaman Sarvian](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/meet-climate-leader-yassaman-sarvian/)
- [Samohi teens march against plastic](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/samohi-teens-march-against-plastic/)
- [The 10 R's by Team Marine - Part 1: Problems of Single-use Plastics](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/the-10-rs-by-team-marine-part-1-problems-of-single-use-plastics/)
- [Teach 'N Test](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/teach-n-test/)
- [SAMOHI Solar Cup Team Chanel 9 News](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/samohi-solar-cup-team-chanel-9-news/)
- [Teach N Test Trailer](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/teach-n-test-trailer/)
- [Recycle For LifeStraws At Your School](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/recycle-for-lifestraws-at-your-school/)
- [Plastic Bag Ban Affects Local HS Youth](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/plastic-bag-ban-affects-local-hs-youth/)
- [Team Marine Supports AB1998 for Plastic Bag Ban](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/team-marine-supports-ab1998-for-plastic-bag-ban/)
- [Young Voices on Climate Change :: Team Marine](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/young-voices-on-climate-change-team-marine/)
- [SAMOHI Solar Cup Team Chanel 2 News](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/samohi-solar-cup-team-chanel-2-news/)
- [Nick Cannon Puts a 'Halo' on Kid Heroes](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/nick-cannon-puts-a-halo-on-kid-heroes/)
- [The 10 R's by Team Marine - Part 2: Solutions to Single-use Plastics](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/the-10-rs-by-team-marine-part-2-solutions-to-single-use-plastics/)
- [Team Marine students help ban plastic bags in Santa Monica](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/team-marine-students-help-ban-plastic-bags-in-santa-monica-2/)
- [Hayden Panettiere no TeenNick Halo Award 2009](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/hayden-panettiere-no-teennick-halo-award-2009-2/)
- [Bag Team Quikscience Summary 2011-2012](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/hayden-panettiere-no-teennick-halo-award-2009/)
- [Platform controller](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/platform-controller/)
- [Bag Ban](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/bag-ban/)
- [Green Teens Keep The Ocean Clean](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/green-teens-keep-the-ocean-clean/)
- [Young Voices for the Planet | Team Marine](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/young-voices-for-the-planet-team-marine/)
- [First Flush -Team Marine 2012](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/first-flush-team-marine-2012/)
- [Urban Runoff](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/urban-runoff/)
- [Lifestraws & Safe Drinking Water](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/lifestraws-safe-drinking-water/)
- [Students Help Ban Plastic Bags in Santa Monica](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/03/24/students-help-ban-plastic-bags-in-santa-monica/)
- [Junk Sets Sail For Hawaii on 15,000 Plastic Bottles](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/24/junk-sets-sail-for-hawaii-on-15000-plastic-bottles/)
- [Car Conversion Update 3/13/12](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/03/14/car-conversion-update-31212/) - We have successfully installed most of the parts onto the car and connected the wired harness to the respected parts. The Pot Box (a variable resister the converts the motion of the throttle peddle to an electric signal) was tricky to install at first. The throttle cable was smaller then the grips needed to connect
- [Car Conversion Update 2/29/12](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/03/01/car-conversion-update-22912/) - The conversion process is gaining speed as the community becomes increasingly aware of the VW beetle. Since the article on the bug was released two weeks ago in the Santa Monica Daily Press we have been getting a lot of support and feedback from the community, mainly about donations to help buy the batteries. In
- [District Wide Committee Action Plan for Sutainability ](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/02/29/district-wide-committee-action-plan-for-sutainability/) - February 16, Cassandra Kliewer spoke to SMMUSD District Office for an action plan to be implemented in all the schools of Santa Monica and Malibu school district. The action plan would consist of a committee in SMMUSD that focusses on sustainability. The committee would inform teachers about sustainability once a month and the teachers would
- [Wake Up Los Angeles! ](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/02/13/wake-up-los-angeles/) - http://youtu.be/QSR4BR3AgeI We made a video to show what happens every year on the first rain of the season (usually in October or November). We call this storm the "First Flush". The First Flush pushes the massive amounts of pollutants that accumulates over the year in storm drains, into the Santa Monica Bay. Trash from all
- [Ban The Bag. Support AB 1998](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/06/06/ban-the-bag-support-ab-1998/)
- [TM in DC](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/02/17/tm-in-dc/) - Smiling faces going to far away places Team Marine members Kou, Sandra Jay, Aidan, and Jesse are in Washington, D.C. repping Team Marine! They were able to relax their first night in the capital, settling in their hotel rooms and eating pizza. On their first morning they visited famous monuments of D.C. such as the
- [TM and Jean-Michel](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/02/18/tm-and-jean-michel/) - The LA group with Jean-Michel Cousteau While in DC, Team Marine members were able to meet with Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who spent much of his life exploring the oceans with his father. TM and the Captain's son congregated at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History on February 15th, 2011 where
- [Lot of Lighters & Marcus Eriksen](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/02/19/lot-of-lighters-marcus-eriksen/) - Left to Right: Marcus Erikson, Patricio, Nhi, Talia, Aidan. Yesterday, February 18th, 2011, Dr. Marcus Eriksen of 5 Gyres came to Team Marine to assist him with one of his newest projects. He walked in the classroom with a huge box full of over 1000 lighters. We have previously helped Dr. Eriksen in building a
- [Meeting with SMMUSD Board](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/02/26/meeting-with-smmusd-board/) - Team Marine, Heal the Bay Surfrider Club, Malibu's Eco Team, and Samohi's Solar Alliance proposed a student-created sustainable policy for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District to two board members, Ben Allen and Ralph Mechur. All of these great groups realize that SMMUSD is a bit behind the City of Santa Monica in sustainability, and
- [Plastics R 4 Ever!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/04/04/plastics-r-4-ever/) - Team Marine, with the assistance from Dr. Marcus Erikson of 5 Gyres, helped build three boats made out of thrown away plastic materials that were presented at Algalita's Plastics are Forever Youth Training and Summit : The Cola Canoe: Made out of old two liter soda bottles recovered from donations and SAMOHI's own dumpsters. "Rethink"
- [Team Marine in the Newspaper!](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/02/12/team-marine-in-newspaper/) - Team Marine's Car Team has been featured in the February 11-12 issue of the Santa Monica Daily Press. This is a great feat as it means that our work is being informed to the community. The Daily Press highlights the motivation that encouraged Team Marine in taking up the electric car conversion; the health effects
- [Team Marine's Gas to Electric Beetle Conversion](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/12/17/team-marines-gas-to-electric-beetle-conversion/) - Team Marine's mechanics have been working on converting a gas-guzzling 1971 Candy Red Volkswagen Beetle into a zero-emission electric vehicle. The Whole Gang with SAMOHI's Lesson on Wheels Our Team's car committee has been created, and currently meets every Tuesday and Thursday in Santa Monica High School's Auto Shop. A million thanks to our Auto
- [Electric Car Update](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/04/07/electric-car-update/) - The struggle to convert an old Volkswagen Bug into a fully electric car has been a long and hard one. On tuesday, Team Marine members searched for certain types of 96-volt lithium ion batteries for our electric car conversion. Yesterday, our Eco-Engineer, Patricio Guerrero, was emailed by the manager of a battery manufacturing company telling
- [Car Committee Lesson Plan](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/01/26/car-committee-lesson-plan/) - As of late, the car committee's top priority has been to complete its lesson plan. Developments in the interactive portion of this project have increased drastically in the past few days. We have undertaken the construction of three educational display boards that each break down the implications, cycles, and benefits of contemporary fuel and electric
- [ACE Leadership Training](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/04/05/ace-leadership-training/) - Team Marine was invited to go to a leadership training brought to us by one of our amazing eco-partners, Alliance for Climate Education (ACE). Team Marine members Raquel, Flavia and team advisor Benjamin Kay were present at this event on Saturday April 2nd 2011. This leadership training was at the TreePeople headquarters. Flavia and Raquel
- [Sustainability Bill of Rights Resolution](https://www.teammarine.org/2012/02/11/sustainable-bill-of-rights-2/) - Santa Monica has continuously been a leader in environmental sustainability. The Santa Monica City Sustainability Plan was first adopted in 1994. Now, in 2012, the council is taking under consideration the Sustainability Bill of Rights Resolution. The passing of the SBR ordinance means the rights of people will be protected and people will have access
- [E-Waste Drive](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/04/06/e-waste-drive/) - >Team Marine recently assisted Science teacher Martha Chacon and her students in their electronic recycling drive (E-Waste Drive) from March1st- 15th. Together as a school we collected a variety of over 233 electronic devices. Some of the devices collected were from remotes, lamps, and ink cartridges to digital cameras, batteries, power drills and blow dryers.
- [SAMOHI Water Fountain Audit](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/04/06/samohi-water-fountain-audit/) - Hello fellow eco-beasts, Team Marine has been busy for the last couple of weeks doing a Santa Monica High School water fountain audit. We have been asked to go around the Santa Monica High School campus to check all of the water fountains and describe the condition of each fountain. We were asked by the
- [Big Money Coming](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/04/28/big-money-coming/) - WOOOOO! A month ago Benjamin Kay was entered into the Wyland Foundation's Earth Month Teacher Hero Award by the I House Principle Ms. Semik. Kay, along with 30 other teachers, were recognized for being outstanding environmental teachers and activists. On April 14th, Mr Kay was selected from those 30 teachers to win the grand prize
- [Ship2Shore Has Landed!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/04/29/ship2shore-has-landed/) - The Algalita Marine Reasearch Foundation and 5 Gyres' Ship2Shore trip returned from traveling 2,300 miles to the center of the South Pacific Gyre on April 11th! The research team collected trawl samples and conducted experiments in the ocean and on the shores of Easter Island delivering shocking results. Congratulations to all the members on the
- [Team Marine Outreach to Younger Students](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/05/04/team-marine-outreach-to-younger-students/) - On April 23th, Team Marine members participated in Caylc's (The California Youth Leadership Council) Earthday Awareness event hosted by Calyc members at the Skirball Museum In Los Angeles. Calyc is a group of dedicated So Cal high school students that plan and implement events to raise awareness about endangered animal species and environmental issues. Team
- [Nhi is in the Bio Olympics!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/05/04/nhi-is-in-the-bio-olympics/) - > Nhi Ho and David Shabsovich, juniors at Santa Monica High School, will be representing Santa Monica at the USA Biology National Finals round. Every year, over 10,000 students take the US Biology Olympiad (USABO) local test hoping to represent the United States in the International Biology Olympiad (IBO). 500 of these students then move
- [The Shirts have Arrived!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/05/19/the-shirts-have-arrived/) - Hey all- great news! Team Marine has shirts! Team Marine member Ecco Theohar designed the T-shirts herself and they turned out awesome. The shirts arrived in time for a group picture on May 19th when the team met with Kristina Vonhoffman from the Alliance for Climate Education with our VW Bug! This year, Team Marine
- [>TEAM MARINE 10 R's DOCUMENTARY](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/04/12/team-marine-10-rs-documentary/) - >
- [>First Flush](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/08/first-flush/) - >Team Marine was struck with great distress as news of the first flush came to our attention. For the first time since last winter, significant rains hit the Santa Monica area. The water (and trash) collected by the city's storm drains broke the sand barrier at the Pico-Kenter storm drain and flowed into the ocean
- [>KLOS Radio](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/17/klos-radio/) - >On Wednesday October 13th 2010, Team Marine went to the KLOS studios to be interviewed by Cynthia Fox. The interview was pre-recorded and will be aired on Sunday October 17th on 95.5 KLOS between 6:30-7 AM. In addition to their radio spot, Kou, Jessica, and Michelle got a tour of the studio and met the
- [>No on Proposition 23](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/17/no-on-proposition-23/) - >Team Marine members have done their research, and concluded that the team is opposed to Proposition 23. Prop. 23 aims to "temporarily" suspend Assembly Bill 32 until unemployment falls below 5.5% for four consecutive quarters. The unemployment rate is currently over 12%. AB 32, known as the CA Global Warming Solutions Act, requires the state
- [>Join Team Marine's 6th Annual Ban the Bag March!](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/21/join-team-marines-6th-annual-ban-the-bag-march/) - >On Tuesday October 26, 2010, Team Marine and the Heal The Bay Surfrider Club students will stage their 6th friendly community march to raise awareness about the dangers of plastic bag pollution and the reusable bag solution. The Santa Monica City Council has been trying to bag the plastic bag for two years now! Unfortunately,
- [>Successful Ban the Plastic Bag March!](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/30/successful-ban-the-plastic-bag-march/) - > Santa Monica Daily PressTeam Marine and Heal the Bay Surfrider Club collaborated this past Tuesday (Oct. 26th) in a peaceful march. We demonstrated throughout downtown Santa Monica, with over 60 participating marchers, ending at Santa Monica City Hall. At city hall, all of the march's participants sat down in a townhall-style room, where we
- [>Support LA County's Ordinance to Ban Plastic Bags](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/10/30/support-la-countys-ordinance-to-ban-plastic-bags/) - >History will be made November 16th. Please join Heal the Bay to support our Board of Supervisors as they vote to ban plastic bags in unincorporated Los Angeles County. With a population of over a million people this will be the largest municipality in the country to ban the use of plastic bags. When:
- [>Team Marine as Mentors!](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/11/14/team-marine-as-mentors/) - > Kou Collins talking to a group of environmentally-minded students at USC Team Marine was given the opportunity to assist student teams participating this year's QuikScience Challenge, a collaboration between QuikSilver and the USC Wrigley Institute, on Thursday November 11th,
- [>Victory for our Beaches and Oceans in LA County!](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/11/17/victory-for-our-beaches-and-oceans-in-la-county/) - > Laurie Gould of Pasadena dresses up at as Plastic Bag Monster, Photo by Gary FriedmanToday, on November 16th, 2010, history was made as the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1
- [>Help fund Sarah and Garen's 5 Gyres Trip!](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/12/17/help-fund-sarah-and-garens-5-gyres-trip/) - >Fellow eco-beasts Sarah Bayles and Dr. Garen Baghdasarian will be joining 5 Gyres Institute on a trip to the South Pacific Gyre. The team will sail from the Chilean coast to Easter Island, and will research how plastic pollution in our oceans affect zooplankton populations. Sarah will blog about their entire trip to keep us
- [>ZERO Emissions Race](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/12/17/zero-emissions-race/) - >Ian and Morgan with Future VehiclesTeam Marine members were able to see zero emissions vehicles of the future on November 19th, 2010. The ZERO Emissions Race teams met in Santa Monica to show off their state-of-the-art electric creations. These plug-in electric vehicles will help us cure our addiction to oil! Paul Pearson of Gas 2
- [>The Last Straw](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/12/26/the-last-straw/) - >Team Marine members recently collected and sorted about 20,000 straws to donate to The Last Straw Program by the 5 Gyres Institute and the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. The goal of this program is to build a fully functional boat out of single-use straws, in order to spread awareness about our oceans' transformation into a
- [>DC Group Update](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/12/28/dc-group-update/) - > Team Marine with Professor SomervilleTeam Marine was invited to go to the Aquarium of the Pacific to hear a lecture from one of the leading climate change scientists, Richard Somerville, on November 17th, 2010. Team Marine had dinner with Somerville, then listened in to his lecture on climate change. It was a humbling experience
- [>California Youth Leadership Summit](https://www.teammarine.org/2010/12/30/california-youth-leadership-summit/) - > The CAYLS (California Youth Leadership Summit) took place at The Ocean Institute in Dana Point, CA. Patricio, Alexis, Natalie, Echo, and SJ attended the summit. Day One (Nov. 19th): Each group (except Team Marine) gave a 2-3 minute presentation on their group's history, future plans, and basic info. We then decorated past Roots & Shoots t-shirts. Before bed
- [>Recycling at the Rose Bowl!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/03/recycling-at-the-rose-bowl/) - >Team Marine and Marine Biology students from Santa Monica High SchoolAfter a morning of recycling on New Years Day, "our total was 2147 plastics, 1300 cans, and 453 glass", according to Jane Davidson of the Polytechnic School in Pasadena, CA. Team Marine worked alongside San Gabrielino High School, UCLA, and SaMo's Marine Biology students to
- [>Planting Trees with TreePeople](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/04/planting-trees-with-treepeople/) - >Flavia Watering Trees & Sawdust in Cement BaysOn Monday, December 27, Flavia Cahn - our Gardening Committee leader - traveled to Oxnard to volunteer at a TreePeople event. TreePeople focuses on planting trees, particularly fruit trees, in low-income Los Angeles communities. They have planted fruit streets all over the city: in public gardens, individual's backyards
- [>More Recycling. More LifeStraws.](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/04/more-recycling-more-lifestraws/) - >On December 17th, 2010 Team Marine and Heal the Bay/Surfrider Club worked through heavy rain to count and sort recyclable containers. These recyclables will be saved to trade in for LifeStraws to send to people around the world without clean water sources. The LifeStraw is a portable water filtration system that prevents common diarrhoeal diseases
- [>HTBSC Water Quality Report](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/07/htbsc-water-quality-report/) - >Zach Gold with sample tray and Safe to Surf? boardOn December 23, 2010, Heal the Bay Surfrider Club's Teach and Test Program conducted water quality tests in Santa Monica, after a long episode of rain. Their results were horrifying. Extremely high levels of fecal bacteria were visible in all samples. Zach Gold, Co-president of the
- [>Team Marine at the Electric Lodge](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/07/team-marine-at-the-electric-lodge/) - >Come watch Team Marine's 10 R's video, as well as other environmentally friendly videos, at the Electric Lodge on January 22nd, 2011! Bill Macdonald's Sea Pulse Films will be hosting the event from 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Other videos to be shown include The World Ocean "Trashed", The Majestic Plastic Bag, Whales Die, Zombies Dance (in
- [>Sarah and Garen's Gyres Trip](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/19/sarah-and-garens-gyres-trip/) - >Our fellow Eco-Beasts made the Santa Monica Daily Press! Check out their article.Don't forget that you can help too. Just take five minutes to donate $5 or more. Every dollar counts! Find Sarah and Garen at The Daily Ocean.Donate directly by clicking here: Donate $5
- [>Sea Pulse Films](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/19/sea-pulse-films/) - >Team Marine This Weekend at the Lodgewith Sea Pulse! Sea PulseSaturday January 22nd, 1:30-4:30Discover the beauty and the threats to the world ocean!Presented by filmmaker Bill MacDonald.Join us for an afternoon of film, discussion, and a live performance by Dance4Oceans, concerning the health of our local wetlands and oceans everywhere.click for a Film Preview $5-$10
- [>Team Marine in the Santa Monica Argonaut!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/22/team-marine-in-the-santa-monica-argonaut/) - >Check us out at The Argonaut's website, concerning Saturday's Sea Pulse Film Festival."...the 10 R's film, a solutions program, produced, directed and starring Santa Monica High School students from the multi-award-winning sustainability club, Team Marine."Click here to read the article: The Argonaut
- [>Team Marine in the Huffington Post](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/22/team-marine-in-the-huffington-post/) - >A huge thanks to the Huffington Post and Lisa Kaas Boyle to writing about Team Marine in their article entitled "Youth Movement to Reduce Plastic Pollution". It was great to read about other fellow students in the area fighting against plastic pollution with us!Read the article here: Huffington Post
- [>Sea Pulse at the Lodge Recap](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/23/sea-pulse-at-the-lodge-recap/) - >Team Marine had an awesome day hanging out and learning from other Eco-Beasts in the area. We were able to screen and spread the important information contained in our 10 R's video (Part 1 and Part 2). Thank you to Bill MacDonald, Dance 4 Oceans, Captain Charles Moore, and everyone else who attended Sea Pulse
- [>Team Marine x UCLA](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/25/team-marine-x-ucla/) - >Team Marine members, as well as Marine Biology students, and senior UCLA students met on Friday January 21st to collaborate on two different research projects. The UCLA students are led by Dr. Rebecca Shipe of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. The first group, named Group Microbes, will be studying the relationship between
- [>Santa Monica looks to Ban the Bag](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/25/santa-monica-looks-to-ban-the-bag/) - >Plastic Pollution in Santa Monica will take a major hit on January 25nd, 2011 if a city-wide ordinance banning single-use plastic bags passes. Team Marine has been waiting for a ban on the single-use plastic bag for many years, but one has always been put down or postponed by the Council members of the City
- [>Goodbye Plastic Bag](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/25/goodbye-plastic-bag/) - >Message from a plastic bag:"I'd like to thank Santa Monica for having me in the past decades. Although we had our differences, we seemed to work well together. I'm sad to say that it looks like we will be separated by law today, due to the fact that SM will get a restraining order against
- [>Santa Monica Finally Bans the Bag](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/01/26/santa-monica-finally-bans-the-bag/) - >Dear fellow Eco-Beasts,After 3 years of hard work fighting against plastic supporters like the American Chemistry Council and Save the Plastic Bag, the Santa Monica City Council voted in favor for the Single-Use Carryout Bag Ordinance. Team Marine was able to attend the Council meeting, and loved hearing all our fellow Eco-Beasts speak, such as
- [Heal the Bay Video](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/07/08/heal-the-bay-video/) - Recently, the Heal the Bay foundation created a program known as "trash your friends". When you "trash" a friend, their screen will fill up with single-use plastic bags among other types of trash and spreads awareness of the plastic-filled gyres all over the world. Adam Bagger and Kevin McDevitt from CourierContent created a short film
- [Published in Good Magazine](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/08/19/published-in-good-magazine/) - Earlier this summer Team Marine was talked about in an article in Good Magazine. The article elaborated on the group and the plastic boats we made from single use items that successfully floated earlier this year. Lots of thanks to all the people at Good Magazine!
- [Chris Paine comes to Samohi!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/08/19/chris-paine-comes-to-samohi/) - At the end of this past school year, former Team Marine member Aidan Richker helped to bring the famous documentary film maker Chris Paine to SAMOHI to do a special guest lecture for the marine bio students. Chris Paine is responsible for the shocking and informative documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? While at samo,
- [Plastic Bags Ban goes into Effect](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/09/05/plastic-bags-ban-goes-into-effect/) - Whats non-recylcable, made from oil, and banned from Santa Monica? Plastic grocery bags! Thanks to the the voiced complaints of Santa Monica citizens, The Santa Monica City council drafted a ban on single-use bags which went into affect four days ago! Lots of thanks to the Team Marine, SSA, and Heal the Bay club members
- [Good Food Festival!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/09/14/good-food-festival/) - Like food? Like good food? Well on Sept. 17 & 18, the local Santa Monica Farmer's Market along with other well-known, and delicious, food vendors will celebrate the farmers market's 30th anniversary by launching a Good Foods festival partnered with Family Farmedhere at Samohi! The event will start at 10:00 am and end at 7:00
- [Plastic Ban Reaches Santa Cruz!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/09/14/plastic-ban-reaches-santa-cruz/) - This past Tuesday, the County of Santa Cruz passed what is being called the "stiffest" grocery store bag laws in California. Yay! It seems that other counties are seeing the great work that has been done in Santa Monica, Oakland, San Jose, and other cities in California and have begun to draft their own bag
- [Reusable David Defeats Plastic Goliath!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/09/15/reusable-david-defeats-plastic-goliath/) - ChicoBag, a company very close to Team Marine, was pressed with a grim lawsuit this summer. Andy Keller, the founder of ChicoBag, was being sued by massive plastic bag companies, including Hilex Poly Company, LLC, Superbag Operating, LTD., and Advance Polybag, Inc. The companies said the facts posted on Keller's site about the harmful effects
- [The Good Food Festival](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/09/18/the-good-food-festival/) - Today, Team Marine attended the spectacular Good Foods Festival, which was held on our very own SAMOHI campus. This was a festival dedicated to showing the community that great food is readily available and giving everyone a taste of some of the best of it! The event also made sure to show people who attended
- [Quickscience Challenge!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/11/29/quickscience-challenge/) - Team Marine has entered into the 2011-2012 Quick Science Challenge! The science competition is hosted by USC and Quicksilver. Team Marine has entered two separate teams of eight students each for this year's challenge. The first team entered into the competition is what we like to call the "Bag Team". This team is focusing on
- [First Flush gets news recognition](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/11/29/first-flush-gets-news-recognition/) - After our recent emergency beach clean up on the first flush of the year, we were recognized in at least 3 different online news articles. This shows the public's interest for youth who try making differences. The more media coverage we get, the better. Our goal is to try to get the world to hear
- [A Cry for 'Help'](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/11/29/a-cry-for-help/) - Team Marine leader and SAMOHI Marine Biology teacher Benjamin Kay's picture became a viral hit, which shows him beside his surfboard, with the word 'help' spelled out using trash. This culminated with his appearance on NBC, where he spoke about reusing their products and for people to rethink their lifestyles. The image came about during
- [Sustainable Bill of Rights](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/11/30/sustainable-bill-of-rights/) - Last Wednesday on November 16, all of Team Marine and SSA (Samohi Solar Alliance) went to the Fairview Santa Monica Main library to learn about human rights against big cooperations. Many big companies come and propose harmful extraction projects like fracking which is digging holes deep underground and pumping tons of water and chemicals to
- [A Conversation with Dr. Jane Goodall](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/12/03/a-conversation-with-dr-jane-goodall/) - On September 24, 2011, a few Team Marine members went to the El Capitan Theater for an exclusive event called "A Conversation with Dr. Jane Goodall" which featured the presentation of the Jane Goodall Leadership Awards. These awards honor individuals/organizations who have the same values and commitment as Dr. Goodall and strive towards making positive
- [Beach Clean Up Party!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/12/04/beach-clean-up-party/) - Team Marine was among one of the volunteer groups invited to the Surfrider Foundations' 1st Annual, Year-End Volunteer Appreciation Party. The event was held on Saturday, December 3rd from 1pm to 5pm, in conjunction with the final beach clean up of the year. The party was at Dockweiler Beach, at Tower 52. There was delicious
- [Want to know about the future of Climate Change?](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/12/12/want-to-know-about-the-future-of-climate-change/) - As the effects of the Kyoto Protocol expired this year, new UN climate debates, The Durban Talks, are being held to determine the new course of action. This debate has been going on for years and plays a large role in the fate of the environment as many know it. Many nation's representatives are pushing
- [Support the LA City Bag Ban!!](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/12/13/support-the-la-city-bag-ban/) - This Wednesday, at Los Angeles City Hall from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., city representatives are having a hearing to determine if the single-use carry out plastic bag should be banned throughout all of the City of Los Angeles. This a monumental occasion for the city and we need bodies there to rally support for
- [In Defense of Humanity](https://www.teammarine.org/2011/12/29/in-defense-of-humanity/) - In the past week, there has been a heated call and response between Marc Gunther and Stiv Wilson over a topic very close to Team Marine, plastic and plastic pollution in the environment. The plastic industry has always fought against environmentalists and their goal to ban plastic bags. Gunther continued the fight by representing the

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