Earth Day Journal is dedicated to ecological education through organizing Earth Day Celebrations and Clean up events. We have coordinated 16 Earth Day Celebrations and founded the underwater clean up operation in Sebastian Inlet State Park, located in Sebastian Florida. Although all the projects on this site are founded and developed by Michael Hughes; the efforts of hundreds of volunteers have made them possible.

Thank you to everyone who helped in building a model cleanup program of the Indian River Lagoon based on a swarm concept in each county. This included: Participation, Cooperation, Communication and Collaboration. Everyone is invited to participate in preserving the natural beauty of our surroundings and protecting wildlife from human debris.

• Fishing line kills birds, sea turtles, crustaceans, and marine mammals.
• Six-pack rings, fishing line and strapping bands entangle and kill thousands of marine life yearly.
• Debris fouls propellers and/or causes engines to overheat.
• Plastics can last hundreds of years! A careless moment by us can impact marine life on Earth through our lifetime and our children's children's children.

Operation: Blue Streak is about calling attention for the need to schedule underwater maintenance of popular marine environments. The program is a benefit to fishermen too. Stories abound from fishermen who have lost catches on submerged monofilament fishing line and nets.

The Blue Streak project is named after the Cleaner Wrasse, which is nicknamed "Blue Streak". Click here for a description. The scuba team is to removing monofilament from the marine environment as to what the Cleaner Wrasse is to cleaning parasites from predator fish. This is known as symbiosis.

Click here for Monofilament Recovery Recycling Program (MRRP) & Educational Information

Click here for NOAA Marine Debris Program