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Green Fins - Beach, Community and Reef Cleanup on White Beach, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines
The Reef-World Foundation, supported by many partners and friends, held a Clean Up Event last Wednesday on the 2nd February 2011 on White Beach in Puerto Galera, a popular diving destination in the Philippines.
The event was managed by Reef-World, sponsored by Marco Vincent Dive Resort and supported by Guli Divers – two new Green Fins Dive Centres. Clean Up events are incredibly effective at firstly removing damaging litter from the natural environment, but also to raise awareness of the negative impact litter can have on marine life. The Reef-World staff held a training session with the participating dive centre staff the night before the event to let people know how best to collect rubbish without damaging the environment and how plastic can harm marine life, such as plastic bags being ingested by marine turtles and cetaceans which will ultimately kill them.
The event was also hugely supported by the Local Government Unit with the Barangay (Village) Captain and the SIBROA, San Isidro Beach Resort Owners Association helping to promote the event and encourage the participation of the local community and make sure the rubbish was collected and removed responsibly. This included the various Associations including the Banka (Boat) crews, The Vendors Association and the local Beach Masseuse Association as well as representatives from The Puerto Galera Municipal Employees Cooperative known as PGMECO, came along and got their hands dirty.
Over 80 people gathered on the beach during the cool morning hours and worked hard to remove rubbish from along the beach and in the surrounding village. A big effort was made to explain how this will have a positive impact on the local environment, and the implications this will have on the livelihoods of the local people. A group of 9 divers from Marco Vincent Divers and Guli Divers then cleaned up a local reef which catches a lot of rubbish being washed out of a river close by.
The stakes were raised as 1,000 pesos was awarded to the participant who managed to guess what the total weight of rubbish collected from land over the course of the day was. The final weight was 340.25 kg (including the underwater cleanup) and the prize money was awarded to Ms. Venancia Viena from the PGMECO. At the end of the day all the rubbish was moved to the back of the beach and was then collected by the rubbish truck from SIBROA to be disposed of responsibly.
Reef-World would like to especially thank, Captain Genaro S. (Ohrie) Bunquin from Barangay Isidro, Marlon G. Albo from Marco Vincent Diver Resort, Lisa from Guli Divers, Joel from the SIBROA and Erwin from Leynlies Beach Resort and all the Associations and the general public for all their help and support.
Cleaning up the Dominguez Channel at Artesia Transit Center. Over 14,000 volunteers took part in Coastal Cleanup Day in Los Angeles County, cleaning up beaches, parks, alleys, creeks, highways and storm drains at 69 different sites. Over 300,000 pounds of debris and recyclables were removed by the various environmental organizations, community groups, families, local businesses, faith-based organizations and students that took part. Los Angeles, California, USA
Green Fins - Beach, Community and Reef Cleanup on White Beach, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines
The Reef-World Foundation, supported by many partners and friends, held a Clean Up Event last Wednesday on the 2nd February 2011 on White Beach in Puerto Galera, a popular diving destination in the Philippines.
The event was managed by Reef-World, sponsored by Marco Vincent Dive Resort and supported by Guli Divers – two new Green Fins Dive Centres. Clean Up events are incredibly effective at firstly removing damaging litter from the natural environment, but also to raise awareness of the negative impact litter can have on marine life. The Reef-World staff held a training session with the participating dive centre staff the night before the event to let people know how best to collect rubbish without damaging the environment and how plastic can harm marine life, such as plastic bags being ingested by marine turtles and cetaceans which will ultimately kill them.
The event was also hugely supported by the Local Government Unit with the Barangay (Village) Captain and the SIBROA, San Isidro Beach Resort Owners Association helping to promote the event and encourage the participation of the local community and make sure the rubbish was collected and removed responsibly. This included the various Associations including the Banka (Boat) crews, The Vendors Association and the local Beach Masseuse Association as well as representatives from The Puerto Galera Municipal Employees Cooperative known as PGMECO, came along and got their hands dirty.
Over 80 people gathered on the beach during the cool morning hours and worked hard to remove rubbish from along the beach and in the surrounding village. A big effort was made to explain how this will have a positive impact on the local environment, and the implications this will have on the livelihoods of the local people. A group of 9 divers from Marco Vincent Divers and Guli Divers then cleaned up a local reef which catches a lot of rubbish being washed out of a river close by.
The stakes were raised as 1,000 pesos was awarded to the participant who managed to guess what the total weight of rubbish collected from land over the course of the day was. The final weight was 340.25 kg (including the underwater cleanup) and the prize money was awarded to Ms. Venancia Viena from the PGMECO. At the end of the day all the rubbish was moved to the back of the beach and was then collected by the rubbish truck from SIBROA to be disposed of responsibly.
Reef-World would like to especially thank, Captain Genaro S. (Ohrie) Bunquin from Barangay Isidro, Marlon G. Albo from Marco Vincent Diver Resort, Lisa from Guli Divers, Joel from the SIBROA and Erwin from Leynlies Beach Resort and all the Associations and the general public for all their help and support.
Taking part in an active environmental community is paramount which is why we not only organise our own beach cleanup events but also help out whenever we are invited to join other organisations or groups who organise events which share our goals and dreams!
Taking part in an active environmental community is paramount which is why we not only organise our own beach cleanup events but also help out whenever we are invited to join other organisations or groups who organise events which share our goals and dreams!
Oregon’s rivers, streams and lakes help make our state the
envy of the nation. But our waterways and the communities
around them need your help to keep looking beautiful by
removing invasive plants and garbage, planting, building,
painting, and much more.
The Portland Harbor Master is organizing
Willamette Riverbank Cleanup
We need your help!
WHEN: Saturday, May 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m
WHAT: Trash pick up along the shores of the Willamette
River in the downtown Portland area. We will be bagging the
trash, putting it on boats and sending it to a barge carrying
dumpsters. Help is needed in all aspects, pickers, boaters
(both to transport trash and to access steep areas), and
throwers on the barge.
WHERE: From the Sellwood Bridge to Swan Island
HOW: To participate in this event please call (503)823-3780
or e-mail rpratt@fire.ci.portland.or.us and request an
assignment – We need your help to make our river and city
healthy and more beautiful !!
8/24/16 photo by Stephen Badger, Office of Communications
The Patapsco Heritage Greenway hosted a cleanup day at the Avalon Area to continue restoration efforts from the flood in late July.
Taking part in an active environmental community is paramount which is why we not only organise our own beach cleanup events but also help out whenever we are invited to join other organisations or groups who organise events which share our goals and dreams!
These photos taken by and appear courtesy of the photographer Dean Wilson.
Fall Bear Creek Stream Cleanup 9/30/17: We had perfect weather to work with over 65 dedicated volunteers at the Bear Creek Park and Stream Cleanup, removing 180 bags of trash, an office chair, 3 bicycles, a minibike, the roll cage from a go-cart, a guitar, and much more from upper Bear Creek. Thank you everyone so very much for all your incredible hard work under such tough conditions! Our volunteers are dedicated to a cleaner, greener, healthier community and environment. They are without equal! Thank to everyone who volunteered with us today.
We would also like to thank the Ocean Conservancy, American Rivers, Day to Serve, National Public Lands Day and Trash Free Maryland for all their assistance and support on this cleanup. We would like to thank Chick-fil- A Eastpoint, Squire's Italian Restaurant and Catering, Gold's Gym-Dundalk, Papa John's-Dundalk, and Weis Market-#85 for their generous donations of food and bottled water. Our thanks to Robert Jones for cooking and donating pulled pork and rolls. We also wish to thank Tradepoint Atlantic, Geresbeck Food Market, and Walmart-Dundalk for their generous donations, allowing us to purchase much needed supplies! Thank you CCBC, Towson University, the U. S Navy, Saint Timothy’s School, General John Stricker Middle School, Grange Elementary School and the community for all the incredible volunteers they supplied! Thank you also to Baltimore County Highways for providing a dumpster for our cleanup. Our partners help to make Clean Bread and Cheese Creek waterway and park cleanups possible. We also wish to thank photograph Dean Wilson and our volunteers for contributing many of the wonderful photos that appear in this album.
Jan Hersey gave us that great rainbow image this week of the Custom Plywood cleanup site. Compare it to how the site looked in 2011 and ... wow!
More than 700 volunteers cleared the James River and its banks of trash and recyclables on Sept. 10, 2016. The cleanup covered 17 sites in the cities of Richmond, Newport News, Petersburg and Lynchburg, and Chesterfield, Henrico, Goochland, Powhatan, Appomattox, Buckingham, Charles City and Isle of Wight counties. This is the 17th year for the cleanup, which is organized by the James River Advisory Council, jrac-va.org.
Volunteers Joan and Richard Becker picked up 8-10 short Christmas trees scattered on the southernmost area of GTM's beach on a very cold January day. Our volunteers are so dedicated!
More than 700 volunteers cleared the James River and its banks of trash and recyclables on Sept. 10, 2016. The cleanup covered 17 sites in the cities of Richmond, Newport News, Petersburg and Lynchburg, and Chesterfield, Henrico, Goochland, Powhatan, Appomattox, Buckingham, Charles City and Isle of Wight counties. This is the 17th year for the cleanup, which is organized by the James River Advisory Council, jrac-va.org.
I disassembled the intake and cleaned thoroughly.
The throttle body seal and the 6 for each cylinder will need to be replaced as they look pretty crushed but that will come later (cos they're quite expensive and I've better things to spend my money on)
Virginia State Parks has two teams that traveled to FL to help with the cleanup following Hurricane Irma
This photo taken by and appears courtesy of George Fischer, local photographer; Zero Effects Photography.
Despite a very rainy day on Saturday, September 12, 2015 over 90 volunteers braved the weather to remove over 191 bags of trash and 500 pounds of metal from the historic Bread and Cheese Creek! 4 bicycles, a leather sofa, leather chair, a sing, a chain link fence, a charcoal grill, two shopping cards, an entertainment stand, two pallets, three tires, a gas pump handle labeled “Leaded Fuel Only were also removed! The majority of the trash consisted of fast food trash, plastic bottle and cans.
Our cleanup was ran in association with ran in association with National Day to Serve and the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup as well as American Rivers.
We would like to thank all our incredible volunteer form the community, Towson University, the Cub Scouts and the U. S. Airforce who helped to make out cleanup so successful! We would also like to thank Gotugo for donating a portable restroom for the event! Thank you everyone for all your hard work and for helping us strive for a cleaner, greener, healthier community and environment!
Out next Cleanup is October 3rd as we cleanup the Peninsula Expressway. We hope to see you there!
South Street Seaport. Volunteers with cleaning tools making their way toward Ground Zero.
cc 2001 Eden Politte
Volunteers cleaned up the river gorge along West River Parkway as part of the citywide Minneapolis Earth Day cleanup
Mount Baker can be seen in the distance beyond the Lehigh cement storage dome at the Port of Everett.