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Having clean air and water is something we would all like to take for granted. It is essential to life and important to ensuring healthy communities and ecosystems. That is why Seattle Aquarium was disappointed to learn about proposed actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will revoke protective water quality standards here in Washington state.

Research shows that encouraging and developing empathy for animals in children is an important motivator toward action on the animals’ behalf. Through grant-funded initiatives, we’ve laid the groundwork for best practices, enhanced visitor programming and promoted industry interest in principles for empathy for animals.

Recently, Aquarium staff and volunteers joined over 15,000 people from zoos and aquariums from around the world to participate in the month-long Plastic-Free July EcoChallenge. Throughout the month, team members took concrete steps to avoid single-use plastics and their efforts produced some amazing results!