I really enjoyed reading your thoughtful reflection on the Santa Monica Pier. Your description of the pier’s vibrant lights contrasting with the delicate marine ecosystem was especially powerful. Since you mentioned tourist education as a key solution, I wonder what strategies might be most effective in reaching visitors. For instance, do you think interactive exhibits at the pier itself could raise awareness about marine life and pollution? Or perhaps digital campaigns through social media could engage younger tourists directly? I’d love to hear your thoughts on how these ideas might complement the solutions you mentioned, like improved storm drains and shielded lighting.
This is an amazingly written newsletter. I love how you started off your piece with a lot of sensory details and vivid imagery. It is so sad to hear about how the runoff into the ocean ecosystems during rainstorms, harms marine organisms. I never thought about how the Santa Monica Pier is affecting climate change. I was wondering what other effects does light pollution have on animals? Thank you for sharing your writing!
I can really picture the destructive, but beautiful force we have imposed onto the naturally beautiful landscape of Santa Monica. Your writing enables the reader to vividly imagine the real experience and I really appreciate that, considering I am not from LA! And, now that you have commented and reflected on the magnitude of harm we have done to this beach and the habitants of it, I also look back on the times where I have either passed by or been there myself and seen the structural man-made elements, which I never thought of as negative. Knowing now about the things we have inflicted onto nature, I wonder if there is a way to reverse the wrongdoings or if there is any way to stop/improve daily activities in order to help with the crumbling environment and ecosystem. I’m also curious how it would work on a policy level because Santa Monica IS one of the big tourist places in Southern California and I wonder if the local government is willing to sacrifice a lot of its revenue for the environment. Now, after seeing beautiful sites, I will think twice about the consequences of such beauty!
I really enjoyed reading your thoughtful reflection on the Santa Monica Pier. Your description of the pier’s vibrant lights contrasting with the delicate marine ecosystem was especially powerful. Since you mentioned tourist education as a key solution, I wonder what strategies might be most effective in reaching visitors. For instance, do you think interactive exhibits at the pier itself could raise awareness about marine life and pollution? Or perhaps digital campaigns through social media could engage younger tourists directly? I’d love to hear your thoughts on how these ideas might complement the solutions you mentioned, like improved storm drains and shielded lighting.
This is an amazingly written newsletter. I love how you started off your piece with a lot of sensory details and vivid imagery. It is so sad to hear about how the runoff into the ocean ecosystems during rainstorms, harms marine organisms. I never thought about how the Santa Monica Pier is affecting climate change. I was wondering what other effects does light pollution have on animals? Thank you for sharing your writing!
I can really picture the destructive, but beautiful force we have imposed onto the naturally beautiful landscape of Santa Monica. Your writing enables the reader to vividly imagine the real experience and I really appreciate that, considering I am not from LA! And, now that you have commented and reflected on the magnitude of harm we have done to this beach and the habitants of it, I also look back on the times where I have either passed by or been there myself and seen the structural man-made elements, which I never thought of as negative. Knowing now about the things we have inflicted onto nature, I wonder if there is a way to reverse the wrongdoings or if there is any way to stop/improve daily activities in order to help with the crumbling environment and ecosystem. I’m also curious how it would work on a policy level because Santa Monica IS one of the big tourist places in Southern California and I wonder if the local government is willing to sacrifice a lot of its revenue for the environment. Now, after seeing beautiful sites, I will think twice about the consequences of such beauty!