Theodora Walkow-Foster, 7, and Jason Dean Feigerle, 7, spray water onto the Watershed Diorama at the Santa Monica Aquarium during their Earth Day theme weekend on Sunday, April 27, 2008.  The diorama, which was custom made for Heal the Bay by Andrew C. Aguilar, is designed for pollution education and to illustrate storm water runoff.

(top) Heal the Bay Aquarist Brianne Emhiser, 25, AKA "The Bag Monster" encourages shoppers to support the ordinance to ban plastic bags  during the Santa Monica's Downtown Farmers Market on Wednesday, February, 13, 2008. (above) Heal the Bay's  Aquarium Director Vicki Wawerchak, and the "Bag Monster" encourage residents to support the  plastic ban by showing up at City Hall and voicing their support. The Santa Monica City Council is scheduled to vote on drafting an ordinance to ban plastic bags in the city during February 19th hearing at City Hall.  The ban that is being considered (which is recommended by the city's staff), is a far-reaching and comprehensive approach to the problem of single-use plastic and paper bag consumption.

Children watch as the Swell Sharks get fed at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium during  Heal the Bay's “Whale of a Weekend” on Sunday, Febuary 3, 2008. The weekend was a celebration of the gray whales annual migration back to the arctic.

Volunteer Christiane Meyer, 33,  shows Dustin Greenwood, 2, the shrimp brine inside of the Spooky Science Lab during  Santa Monica Pier Aquarium's   ghoulish  themed weekend "Scary, Gooey, Dark and Spooky,"  on Saturday, October 27, 2007.

Andrea Boccaletti picks up trash after the rain storm at Santa Monica Beach on Saturday, September 22, 2007.