NewsWhore
09-07-2011, 04:50 PM
Non-governmental environmental campaigning organization Vida Azul is once more coordinating the International Coastal Clean-up Day in the Dominican Republic. The event is co-sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, an international NGO, as a local action that makes an important contribution to global change. All year long, organizations and individuals across the globe take part in Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup to remove trash and debris from the world's beaches and waterways, identify the sources of that debris, and change the behaviors that allow it to reach the ocean in the first place.
The event has become the world's largest volunteer effort for ocean health, with an estimated nine million volunteers from 152 countries and locations have participated.
Over the past 25 years the volunteers have cleaned over 145 million pounds of pounds of trash from the shores of lakes, rivers, streams, sea and ocean the world over on just one day each year.
An inventory of each item is carried out and this information compiled to make recommendations for policies and programs to resolve the garbage issue. Every item is recorded, giving a clear picture of the manufactured items impacting the health of humans, wildlife, and economies.
To sign on to participate, go to http://vidaazul.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=71
www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/marine-debris/international-coastal-cleanup-11.html (http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/marine-debris/international-coastal-cleanup-11.html)
For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar (http://www.dr1.com/calendar)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#14)
The event has become the world's largest volunteer effort for ocean health, with an estimated nine million volunteers from 152 countries and locations have participated.
Over the past 25 years the volunteers have cleaned over 145 million pounds of pounds of trash from the shores of lakes, rivers, streams, sea and ocean the world over on just one day each year.
An inventory of each item is carried out and this information compiled to make recommendations for policies and programs to resolve the garbage issue. Every item is recorded, giving a clear picture of the manufactured items impacting the health of humans, wildlife, and economies.
To sign on to participate, go to http://vidaazul.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=71
www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/marine-debris/international-coastal-cleanup-11.html (http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/marine-debris/international-coastal-cleanup-11.html)
For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar (http://www.dr1.com/calendar)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#14)