After participating in the Sail Britain program, from Oban to Ardrossan, marine biologist Britt Alexander and myself had better ideas of how we could work together to communicate ocean issues. As part of ‘The Fragile Ocean’ exhibition we held a day of workshops exploring phytoplankton, or Tiny Ocean Plants.
Participants added to a communal drawing of phytoplankton. By leading engaging, mindful activities we drew attention to phytoplankton’s crucial role in mitigating climate change because it stores a huge amount of carbon.
We taught participants how to make natural house hold cleaners, this ensures that damaging chemicals found in some cleaning and cosmetic products don’t make it into the water ways end eventually the ocean.
The workshop concluded with participants having the opportunity to have their photo taken with giant tiny ocean plants!
Read more about T.O.P and The Fragile Ocean by Sail Britain, HERE.