Greenpeace Giant Kite Festival Elevates Ocean Protection Message in Puerto Vallarta

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Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco – On Wednesday, June 4, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., environmental advocates, families and friends will gather at Holi Beach—next to La Isla Shopping Village—for the Greenpeace Giant Kite Festival. The event invites participants to take to the skies with oversized kites shaped like sea turtles, manta rays, whales and other marine creatures, sending a vivid message above Banderas Bay: it’s time to protect our oceans.

Greenpeace, the global environmental organization founded in 1971, organizes this festival as part of its ongoing campaign to raise . . .



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