Draw the line on climate change!
Blue Planet Foundation invites you and your students to join us on Saturday, April 21st to draw the line on climate change from 9AM-Noon for the Blue Line Project—a locally powered movement to raise awareness about the impacts of climate change.
On April 21st, thousands of students and community members will join Blue Planet in drawing “blue lines” in chalk to mark the areas in their communities that will be impacted by a one-meter rise in sea level. We hope that a visual representation of this water line will inspire students and residents to take action and reduce our vulnerability to climate change impacts. In some areas, communities are facing permanent displacement of their homes, businesses, and treasured places like parks, schools, and community centers. Recent studies suggest that Hawaii could see a one-meter rise in sea level as early as 40 years from today if we continue our unsustainable reliance on fossil fuels for our electricity and transportation needs. To learn more about the Blue Line Project, please visit bluelineproject.org!
Date: Saturday, April 21 9:00am-11:00am
Where: The Maui locations are Kihei (library), Lahaina (Lahaina Civics Center), and Kahului (Keopuolani Park) (please view attachments for more information about each location).
Attire: Attire is causal. We encourage school spirit by wearing your school colors!
Schedule:
8:30 a.m. – Check in process begins. Please, pick up blue chalk, create signs of of your own and receive safety instructions during this time.
9:00 a.m. – The Blue Line Captain will address the crowd. A Blue Line group photo session will also take place during this time.
9:30 a.m. – Students, volunteers and community members begin marking their blue lines.
11:00 a.m. – Pau
Blue Line Creativity Contest:
For students, we are holding a creativity contest. Students are encouraged to take pictures of artwork, and other sea level rise related messages they create with chalk. Sharing images of the designs created during the event on social media will count as an entry into our contest to win a prize. To be entered in the Blue Line Creativity Contest, make sure to tag @blueplanetfound and #BlueLineContest in your photos. If you don’t have social media account, you can also email it to [email protected].
