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Hi, my name is Karin, the project coordinator and web designer of the Miyako Island Kids Net. I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and later moved to Miyako Island, Okinawa, Japan because that was where my mom was born. When I first moved there, Miyako Island seemed like a good place to live since it had a nice hot temperature like Hawaii and had very beautiful beaches.

However, after discovering some small beaches that were covered with debris, I was upset about the conditions of the beaches. I was most surprised by the fact that those bottles had foreign languages on them. Another thing that surprised me was that concrete walls were built against the shorelines of some of the beaches and disrupt the natural environment.

I wanted to get more children involved with various environmental issues occuring worldwide. Seeing the garbage filled beaches really impacted me and after seeing that the beaches were ignored, I realized that we cannot just rely on the adults to fix all the problems. As youths, we can learn more and understand what is going on in our environment because we can make a great difference. Let's all get involved and cooperate for a better environment.