THE TURTLE PROJECT 2021
Trying to Make a Difference
WHY SHOULD YOU CARE ABOUT TURTLES
Why Care About Turtles?
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Everyone loves to go to nice, clean beaches. Turtles can help. Turtles are a keystone species, which means they are an important part of the food chain. If turtles die, the food web will be disrupted. Algae levels will go up, and other animals will die because of too much algae. The water also won’t be as clean. Turtle nesting helps beaches stay healthy. The eggshells provide nutrients for the plants. Healthy oceans need turtles. Without turtles, many ocean species may die off.
Helping sea turtles is easy. YOU can help by stopping the use of single use plastic, and not using as much plastic. Turtles mistake plastic for food. YOU can help the turtles by disposing of trash properly and helping to pick up trash on beaches.
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THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP
Bringing Change to the Environment
CLEAN BEACHES
Cleaning beaches is a successful and simple way to help turtles. By doing this you are helping the environment and the food chain. At The Turtle Project, we help clean beaches too.
USE LESS PLASTIC
There are many ways you could use less plastic every day. Simple things you could do are using reusable water bottles and metal straws. And if you have plastic straws you need to get rid of, grab a milk jug, put the straws in there, and recycle !
"We know that when we protect our ocean we protect our future."
Bill Clinton
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