• Hawai`i is home to more unique species than any place of similar size on Earth.

• Hawai`i has the highest concentration of species that are threatened with extinction.  For many of the endangered species, loss of habitat through human activity is the primary cause of population decline.

• Ocean-related activities are the most popular recreation activity among visitors to Hawai`i.

• Hawai`i comprises roughly 80 percent of the total coral reef area in U.S. water.

• More than 25 percent of Hawaiian reef animals and reef fish are endemic (found only in Hawai`i).  This is the highest percentage of endemism for warm water fish anywhere on earth.

• Dumping one quart of motor oil down a storm drain contaminates 250,000 gallons of water.

• Fourteen billion pounds of garbage are dumped into the world's oceans every year.

• In 1997, volunteers picked up more than 69,000 cigarette butts during one four-hour period on Hawai`i beaches..

• Thousands of marine mammals die annually from entanglement or ingestion of  marine debris.  This includes endangered green sea turtles, who take 20 years or more to reach sexual maturity.

• 80% of the junk (debris) in the water comes from what we do on land.

• People are the sole reason for junk in the water.

• Turtles eat plastic bags, think they're full, and die from starvation as a result.

• Dolphins, Hawaiian seals, and sea birds become entangled in our debris and get seriously injured or die.

• Don't release helium balloons.

• Don't dispose of any junk or rubbish in storm drains.

• Get involved - one individual can make a difference!

Interested?? - contact us:
  kaimakana@gmail.com

For inquiries or to make a contribution, please contact us at:
Kai Makana
P.O. Box 22719
Honolulu HI  96823