The Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i (B.E.A.C.H.)is partnering with the UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program to present a weekly education film/lecture series on Thursday evenings in October as part of Marine Debris Awareness Month. This series of events is free and open to the public. Parking is free after 5:30 pm.
'Hawai`i - Message in the Waves' is a BBC Natural History Unit documentary that explores the dangers of plastic debris in the marine environment and the threat to marine animals and birds in Hawai`i. For more information visit: http://www.messageinthewaves.com
'The Synthetic Sea Story' is a documentary produced by the Algalita Marine Research Foundation(AMRF) about the threat of plastic debris in the ocean and its impact on marine life. The film follows an AMRF team to the North Pacific Sub-tropical Gyre, Hawai`i and California as they sample and study plastic debris in the ocean and on beachers. For more information visit: http://www.algalita.org
Marine Debris Awareness Month is sponsored by Hawaii International Year of the Reef, B.E.A.C.H., Malama Hawai`i, and the UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program. For more information about Marine Debris Awareness Month, please visit: http://www.b-e-a-c-h.org
Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Theatre