My name is Helena and I’m a high school student in the Bay Area. Throughout the past few years, I have been involved in the Eco Council at my middle school, entered and won the International Ocean Film Festival, and helped to start a Straw-Free SF campaign.
I am passionate about the environment, especially the ocean. The main reason I love the ocean is because I love to surf. When I’m surfing, I see so much plastic both in the ocean and on the beach, which has motivated me to learn more about the issue and try to help. I want to stay involved, and try to make a difference by writing articles and posting them here. I am also very interested in photography and I want to continue to pursue it by including photos of the ocean and nature.
I wanted this blog to have a focus on the ocean, and I wanted to convey that focus with the name. I decided to name the blog “seventy point eight” because 70.8% of the earth’s surface is covered in water. I also wanted to highlight this percentage because it should be a goal to keep it as low as possible and prevent sea levels from rising due to climate change.