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My First Beach Cleanup: Furaha’s Story
It’s not just Green Fins members who can benefit from the initiative’s knowledge, tools and resources. The Green Fins materials are available (for free) for members and non-members alike to use to reduce their environmental impact. Wife and mother Furaha learned this first-hand when she contacted the team here at Reef-World (we coordinate Green Fins internationally) to ask for some help with her first ever beach cleanup event. Here is her story…
Top Tips for a Successful Beach Cleanup
Inspired to run your own beach clean-up event? Here are a few tips on how to make sure it’s a success:
July 2016 – Green Fins Members collect 1000kg of marine debris – Panglao, Philippines
On July 20th 2016, Green Fins Assessors coordinated a multi stakeholder beach clean-up event that was attended by over 80 volunteers.
July 2017 – Green Fins Philippines – Doljo Beach Clean Up
On July 29th 2017, Green Fins stakeholders organised a beach clean-up involving the dive shops, local community and local government. In just two hours, over 60 volunteers collected roughly 400 kg of trash from Doljo Beach.
