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Yellow fish by a storm drain is a warning that toxins in the drain may harm fish in nearby streams. Hello. My name is Adam. I go to elementary school in Coquitlam. Before the Stream of Dreams came to my school, I had seen the yellow fish on the roads but did not know what they were for. Now I know why there are yellow fish near all the storm drains where I live. It is to remind people that the drains go to the rivers and if they put poison and cleaning things down the drains it kills the fish. Since the Stream of Dreams came to my school I have taken bottles and plastic out of Coquitlam River and put it in the garbage. I have also taken bits of plastic out of the water at Harrison Hot Springs and put it in the garbage. It is important for me to take any garbage out of the water because no matter where the water is, it all connects together and will kill fish everywhere.
Fence murals are a reminder to community members to think about how their behaviour impacts fish and water. I now look for yellow fish wherever I go. I also look for schools with the Stream of Dreams on their fences and tell everyone why the school has them because it is important to get everyone to stop putting things down the drains. One of our neighbours washes his car with soap and I am trying to get him to stop. Also we all need to help when there is an accident like the Burnaby oil spill because all of that oil ended up in the sea and was killing the fishes. Last year when we lived in England, Daddy used to wash our car with soap and we used to live near the sea. Now I know that the sea here is connected to the sea where we used to live, so in England we were killing the fish, which is bad. Since the Stream of Dreams came to my school I have taught my Mummy, Daddy and sister all about the Stream of Dreams and now my daddy doesn’t wash the car with soap anymore. The most important thing for us all to do is look after the environment and tell everyone else to also look after it too because fish are important. Posted by Megan Moser on 3/27/09
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Adam is my Grandson, and was teaching me too about ‘The Stream of Dreams’ when I was visiting last year. So it’s working. Well done Adam.
Flag as inappropriate?Well done Adam. The work you are doing is very important, keep it up. We’re extremely proud of you.
Flag as inappropriate?This is such an important message that you are sending out Adam. The world needs more people like you. Well done for such doing such a good job and thank you for teaching us in Australia about the Stream of Dreams.
Flag as inappropriate?Nice job Adam. We have yellow fish in Nelson as well even though we’re far from the ocean. We use them to protect the freshwater salmon that live in Kootenay Lake and the West Arm river that runs by Nelson. Keep up the good work.
Flag as inappropriate?I am very impressed Adam. You have come a long way. I have not seen any yellow fish in my neighbourhood but hopefully with your story we will see them by our drains soon, so we can all save the fish
Flag as inappropriate?When we visited our grandson last year, he really impressed us with the serious way he treated this topic. He has certainly made us more aware of the problems.
Well done Adam, you are really making a difference to the way we think when we throw things down the drain. Your enthusiasm is creating change here. Congratulations.
Flag as inappropriate?Good work Adam. I just read your artical and it has really influenced me. Now I will be careful about where I leave my rubbish and make sure I put it in the bin. I will also tell my friends to be careful with their rubbish. Good work!=]
Flag as inappropriate?Wow! What a cool story! I am pretty sure that if I had learnt that those BIG ideas at such a small age, I’d be a better person for it! GO ADAM!
Flag as inappropriate?Valuable information and excellent design you got here! I would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts and time into the stuff you post!! Thumbs up miracle ii soap
Flag as inappropriate?Oh, so the yellow mark is to remind people that the drains go to the rivers, I don’t know that
Flag as inappropriate?nice story.. this article are meaningfull word..
Flag as inappropriate?Hi Adam,
I hope we too can change the environment for the better
Flag as inappropriate?Good for you Adam
Flag as inappropriate?It’s really sad that ifsh everywhere are polluted with toxins, I’m afraid its almost too late to fix this problem.
Flag as inappropriate?Wow.. I didn’t know that. I bet now I’ll starting looking for the yellow fish. I’ll start washing my car a lot lesser.
Flag as inappropriate?That seems to be great !
Flag as inappropriate?Didn’t know what the yellow fish meant, but I live in the country so we don’t have any street drains.
Flag as inappropriate?Excellent site, congratulations Addams for his work,it would take a lot of people like him to change the environment.
Flag as inappropriate?What a great idea, Ill have to talk around and see if my city will do that also.
Flag as inappropriate?well done Adam, you’re a kind boy. Good luck in your life
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