(Existing) A Proposal for a Repurposed Ocean Waste Statue to be Placed at Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey Bay, CA.

   

(Proposed Object, Proposed Location, Why here, Why this Place?) 

             To show more awareness of the rising rates of garbage and litter in the oceans, I propose that there is another statue placed in the Monterey Bay Aquarium. This statue is showing a good cause already, one of the biggest problems with this statue is that people don't really understand what it symbolizes. The current statue is a whale made out of 300,000 lbs of plastic. The statue is massive and catches people's attention, but it doesn't get the message across. 

            The statue that I am proposing to place on the spot of the current statue, is a sea turtle with a straw in its nostril surrounded by garbage. The reason I am choosing this as the new statue is that it will help get the message across. Sea turtles are known, adored, and seen by everyone. There is something that will tug on the heartstrings of viewers that see the statue. Sea turtles are something that symbolize peace aswell, they don't really bother anything and get treated unfairly by having trash inside their home. 


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