Suzanne Frazer, co-founder of the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai'i, will give a free lecture on "Marine Debris" as part of the monthlong Marine Debris Awareness Month lecture/film series. Also coming up: talks on the effect of plastic on marine life and what this means for sea turtles. Frazer's lecture is 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Hanauma Bay theater; 393-2168 or www.b-e-a-c-h.org.

— Advertiser staff

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MILILANI STUDENTS SOLVE PLASTIC-BAG PROBLEM

Mililani High School graphic communications students Erica Kunihisa, Monica Yamashiro, Jenna Wakatake, Elizabeth Spalla, Eleanor Ko and Niki Fortune-Wong created their own solution to the plastic-bag problem. Responding to a class assignment, they spearheaded the design, production and now the sale of reusable bags made of woven polypropylene, a recycled plastic, with a sophisticated recycling-themed design in blue and green. The bags, produced in partnership with Castle & Cooke to promote green living in the Mililani community, will be sold for $4 on Saturday and Oct. 19 in front of Wal-Mart Mililani. All proceeds will help support MHS career and technical education programs.

— Paula Rath

FINAL WORD

"One person can't change the world, but thousands and thousands of kids can. They can change their generation."

Jack Johnson , in the Sundance Channel's "Kashi's Grains of Change" PSA