"Research insights and reports say that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish in weight. My generation will still be around in 2050, and I certainly wouldn’t want those contaminating substances everywhere," ✍️ wrote Kaitlyn Ha flayyr (14, California), creator of the above Pearl Award winning 🎨 piece "Beauty and the Deep" from our 2020 Ocean Awareness Contest 🌊 "As everyone should and can on their own, I plan to be more aware of what I use on a regular basis and make efforts to limit my usage of items like straws and plastic bags — and of course, continue to spread the message through creative expressions like art." 👏👏👏 Only 2 weeks left to submit to the 2021 Ocean Awareness Contest! ⏰ · · · #BowSeat #OceanAwarenessContest #2020OceanAwarenessContest #artivism #oceanart #digitalart #plasticpollution #plasticfreeforthesea #saynotoplastic #choosetorefuse #zerowaste #oceanconservation