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2016 Ocean Awareness Contest Theme:
Making Meaning out of Ocean Pollution

Students were invited to research, explore, interpret, and communicate through art, poetry, prose, or film the connections between human activities–including plastic consumption and drilling for oil–and the health of our oceans, with a focus on humans as problem-makers and solvers.

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2016
Clear All
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Death’s Parade Elizabeth Chung
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Between Sound and Silence Melba Nuzen
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Plastics in the Ocean: A Cautionary Tale Lauren Krikorian
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On Stranger Tides: Ocean Acidification’s Impact on the California Coast Crystal Chan, Michelle Fung
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Pollution and the Jubilee City: One Girl’s Search for Meaning India LaPalme
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Currents of Strength Abigail Batinga
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Song of the Sea Opefoluwa Sarah Adegbite
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The Tainted Tide Udayan Saha
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Mermaid’s Tears Tammy Feng
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Strangled Seas Maxwell Sagermann
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The Sad Never Before, The Happy Ever After Jennifer Tsogtsaikhan
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Blue Mouth Arianne Amparo-Partida
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Change Richa Gupta
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Death By Oil Mrinmoyee Mishra
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Plastic Pollution (Cut It) Adrian Serrano, Damoni Cato-Cain
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Black Shadow Antonella Masini
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