Blue Whale Sculpture at Crissy Field

Why is there a life-size sculpture of a blue whale at Crissy Field? 

Why not? Given the choice between having something this cool and not having it, I think most people would go for it.

But there's a little more to it than that. This lovely sculpture is made entirely from plastic trash collected in California. 

Why make a blue whale out of plastic trash? Because, Every nine minutes, 300,000 pounds (the approximate weight of a full-grown blue whale) of plastic and trash end up in the ocean.* 

*According to National Geographic.
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Come on, people, we can do better than this! 

​By the way, Crissy Field was formerly a military airstrip. It's part of The Presidio. The whale sculpture is a joint project with the Monterey Bay Aquarium and some other great organizations. You can read all about it here.