# @fromthebowseat on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B9HuTVZHeRu
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73155673-fromthebowseat-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5c0942eb78.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-02-28T18:30:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs 🪸 (@fromthebowseat) — https://gondola.cc/fromthebowseat

## Caption

Sophia L. (Age 16, Alabama) won a Silver Award in Senior Prose for "Estuaries: Where the Tide Meets the Stream." Sophia's beautiful personal narrative highlights the effects of climate change on her home waters in Mobile Bay. 🦪 "Climate change can’t be dealt with by being thrown into a garbage can, like the trash left on the beach. Now, more than ever, we must act. We can’t wait until our world is irreversibly damaged. We cannot settle for any less than our beautiful oceans deserve. It must be with the mindset to be proactive, not reactive, that we solve the issue of climate change. We must put our oceans first." 💙
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You can read Sophia's full essay through the "featured prose" link in our bio. .
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#presenceoffuture #oysters #oyster #estuary #oceanacidifciation #mobilebay #alabama #gulfofmexico #gulfcoast  #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming #youngwriter #youngwriters

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## Tags

climatecrisis, oysters, mobilebay, climatechange, gulfofmexico, youngwriter, oyster, presenceoffuture, oceanacidifciation, alabama, youngwriters, gulfcoast, globalwarming, estuary

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