# @fromthebowseat on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CY_7Z_GLB9Z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73154191-fromthebowseat-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-01-21T16:30:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs 🪸 (@fromthebowseat) — https://gondola.cc/fromthebowseat

## Caption

It’s #FeatureFriday! We’re stoked to share about Save My Sea, one of the awesome 2022 Fellowship grantees 🤗

16-year-old Siddharth Jha founded savemysea.lk in response to one of the worst environmental disasters faced by his home island.

In May of 2021, a fire on the X-Press Pearl cargo ship off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka released tons of tiny plastic pellets (also called nurdles) into the ocean 😢 These nurdles are hyper-absorbent of toxic chemicals and pose a risk to any organism that comes into contact with them ☠️

Through public awareness campaigns and beach clean-ups, Save My Sea aims to educate and engage local students who want to help protect their marine environment 🌊

The Fellowship Program is a future.blue.youth.council grant initiative that gives funding and mentorship to students ages 13-19 who are addressing water-related issues in their communities through new or emerging projects 💧

We can’t wait to see all that Save My Sea accomplishes with the help of the 2022 Council and the grant we’ve awarded them! 😃

Visit the 🔗 in our bio to learn more about the 2022 grantees.
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#FBYCFellowship #youthprojects #environmentalprojects #plasticpollution #marineprotection #marinedebris #xpresspearl #youngleaders #oceanconservation #beachcleanup #marineed

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featurefriday, marineprotection, youngleaders, xpresspearl, marinedebris, youthprojects, plasticpollution, fbycfellowship, environmentalprojects, oceanconservation, marineed, beachcleanup

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