BP Oil Spill
I am going to advertise a hypothetical donation for the BP oils spill that has devastated the environment near the Gulf Coast. My topic relates specifically towards the birds suffering great health issues as a result of the oil spill. The campaign for my donation to the birds of the BP oil spill tragedy will targeted towards business men and women who collect frequent flying miles. In my campaign, they will be asked to donate their frequent flying miles to either A: use them to travel to an area near the Gulf coast to donate time to on-grounds cleanup etc, or B: donate their frequent flying miles to already trained animal rescue team individuals. Although my idea is highly unlikely, it is motivational that in a tragedy, anything is possible to bring hope and wellness back into position.
I am still researching and in the process of developing my idea. Here is one of the many articles that have truly touched my heart and have revealed the severity of the suffering these birds are facing.
Furthermore, while this is only a school project, it has influenced a deeper understanding of the effects of the BP oil spill of 2010 and ways in which I can personally help.
More research will be posted as my project evolves.
Possible Slogans for my campaign:
1) You fly, They fly
2) Take Flight
3) Reach New Heights
4) Count Your Miles
5) Miles Away to Help
Gulf Coast birds in danger
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April 30, 2010|By Frank Gill, Special to CNN
A Louisiana Heron flies above the fragile wetlands in the path of the oil spill that is creeping toward the coast of Louisiana.
Humans have always looked to birds for joy, inspiration and comfort, but if we look toward the birds of the Gulf Coast today, we feel no comfort, only a deep and growing unease.
What began on April 20 with the horrific loss of 11 human lives in the explosion of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon now threatens to become a devastating and far-reaching environmental disaster -- one that should shake the American people to our very core.
Hour by hour, a massive oil slick is spreading to the fragile coastal wetlands and barrier islands of the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana. Coastal areas of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are also at risk.
Birds are key indicators of the environment in which they -- and we -- live and eat and breathe. Their health or decline eventually mirrors our own, and the diagnosis this week isn't looking very good.
The spreading oil threatens "Important Bird Areas," sites identified by Audubon and other conservation experts as vital to the health or even the survival of entire species.
Coastal bird species -- graceful terns, gangly pelicans, peaceful plovers -- have everything to lose if the oil reaches them. It is breeding season for these year-round coastal denizens, and it is also peak migration season for millions of other birds headed north, right through the areas that may be hardest hit.
A host of well-known species are at risk, among them:
• Brown pelicans, the state bird of Louisiana, are incubating eggs on barrier islands. The species was removed from the endangered species list late last year -- a victory to be sure -- but nevertheless faces an uncertain future.
• Reddish egret, a tall, colorful bird that "dances" wildly in the surf as it hunts for prey, is a scarce denizen of warm, salty coasts.
• Royal terns, and several of their relatives, nest on beaches and dunes and catch small fish by executing spectacular plunge-dives into the waters of the Gulf. But a dive into oily water could prove deadly for these beautiful creatures.
• Mottled ducks, locally called "summer ducks" because they are the only ducks that breed along the Gulf Coast, living, feeding and nesting in coastal salt marshes where oil would have devastating consequences.
• Seaside sparrows, tiny and secretive marsh birds, will have nowhere to go if the salt marsh edges they frequent are destroyed by oil. They would simply fade away.
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