Sea Turtle Conservancy Giveaway to Classrooms at the St. Pete Science Fest 2025

Sea Us Rise wants less plastic in the world!

Sea Us Rise has a special deal for classrooms attending the USFSP SciFest.

In return for a year’s membership to the Sea Turtle Conservancy, donated by Sea Us Rise, your class pledges to STOP using single-use plastics in your classroom until the end of the school year.  

This means:

• Replacing plastic forks, spoons, knives with other utensils (suggestion: have a classroom drawer of utensils);
• Banning plastic water/soda/drink bottles (suggestion: reusable water bottles or paper cups);
• Replacing plastic plates, bowls, and other dishes (suggestion: paper versions).

The Sea Turtle Conservancy aims to protect sea turtles whose lives are in danger through research, education and campaigns – such as beach clean-ups, outdoor lighting and other activities that benefit the natural habitats on which sea turtles depend.

FUN FACT: It’s the world’s oldest sea turtle research and conservation group, founded in 1959 – and it’s based in Florida!

What’s the big deal about single-use plastics?

• • The big deal is that it’s A BIG DEAL as plastics in the ocean harm sea turtles:
    Adult sea turtles get plastics stuck in their stomach, which stops them from properly swallowing food 
  • Large plastics break down into smaller, more toxic microplastics
  • Sea turtle hatchlings unknowingly eat microplastics or become tangled up in debris
  • 80% of plastic debris in the ocean comes from land – it washes out to sea from beaches and flows through storm drains into streams and rivers…out to sea, too

• If we STOP using single-use plastics, less plastic gets into the ocean. Right?

What’s our deal?

1. You sign the honor pledge;
2. We will send you a free Sea Turtle Conservancy
   membership shortly after the Fair;
   
3. You pledge to keep single use plastics out of your classroom for the rest of the school year and let Sea Us Rise know how you get on by emailing  [email protected]
4. That’s it!

Your free class membership includes:

• Certified adoption of a sea turtle that is being tracked – for you to follow every day for a whole year
• One-year subscription to the Sea Turtle Conservancy publication
• Fun stickers, window cling, turtle guide, & more!

(We promise to use your details only to send you the membership and to hear about how you got on.)