The story behind the Sea Armies' work force

What goes on behind the Sea Armies’ world? You are about to embark on a journey with us under the sea where it all started.

Once, there was a king named Poseidon and his beautiful sea creatures living a peaceful life. Human were leaving in harmony with them at that time. Then, Poseidon noticed that there was a change of environment in his kingdom over the years. He was informed that the invention of technologies and non-proper disposal of the old and damaged technology products have caused a major problem to the sea creatures especially the sea turtles. Some of the baby sea turtles fell sick, physically hurt and in the midst of extinction. This pollution soon became the talk among the sea creatures in his kingdom. “The baby sea turtles are the future of the sea turtle species, we need to come together and solve this problem,” said the Leatherback turtle.

 

So being angry with the human’s behavior, Poseidon knew that he had to do something. What do you think he did? He recruited a team of Sea Armies to go on shore and educate the humans on saving sea turtles and stop polluting his kingdom.

The angry and determined Poseidon, King of the Sea dressed to carry out his duty to recruit his Sea Armies.

They are planning out their approach to the human. A discussion went on for a few days in the planning team, coming up with creative ideas and attractive activities for the humans to understand and be part of the kingdom like it used to. They decided to organize a campaign, Connect 2 Conserve and slogan that points of the importance of recycling and saving the turtles A Phone Recycled, A Future for Turtle.



A discussion among the Sea Armies in the planning team.

In the midst of the preparation to go on shore to meet human, Poseidon needed recycled phones (minimum of 800 phones) to form a brand new trident for himself so as to fight pollution and save the sea turtles.

Poseidon with his old trident, needing a new trident to fight the pollution.

The Sea Armies have been working hard day and night to help our endangered sea turtles. What can you expect from this campaign? See the fun and challenging things that goes behind this campaign. They 'fight' in their own ways and hope for the best for the sea turtles.



The Sea Armies are preparing hand-sewn sea turtles for the human.



Preparing the sea turtle's egg nest where the eggs will be resting on.

One of the sea turtle's egg resting in the nest which the mother turtle prepared.

Wondering whether the egg is going to hatch? Want to know more? Wait for more updates coming your way from the Sea Armies.

The Sea Armies from the planning team are also planning to place many sea turtle eggs everywhere to arouse curiosity. Human will notice this and it’s a stepping stone to creating awareness. The sea turtles also played a part by providing their eggs to be displayed but patrolling will be tight so that no one disturbs their eggs.

The cutting of boxes (top, left) to form the structure (bottom, right) of the Sea Turtle to be placed on the car.

Mobile Turtle in progress

 A team of Sea Armies in a Mobile Turtle will be approaching the humans. Guess what will they be doing? Want to find out the final design of the Mobile Turtle? The Sea Armies will keep you posted.

Currently, the Sea Armies have started collecting pledges. Why pledge? First and foremost, it is to agree to not consuming turtle parts or eggs and to support amending the Malaysian law to fully ban the sale and consumption of all turtle eggs. Secondly, it is to be aware of the human's action that has caused harm to the sea turtles and to recognize it.

Wait for the Sea Armies to march their way to the shore to save the turtles soon. They are targeting you to come to their event to support and recycle your unwanted phones to help Poseidon form a new trident. A Phone Recycled, A Future for Turtle.

Don't forget to visit the Sea Armies..

For more information and updates, please visit  the Sea Armies' official Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/connecttoconserve?skip_nax_wizard=true .

Posted by, 

Michelle Sarah Nathan

External Relations Department

Connect to Conserve

Advanced Diploma in Mass Communication(Public Relations) Year 1

School of Social Science and Humanities

Tunku Abdul Rahman University College