Coastal Cleanup Philippines

Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup, the world's largest volunteer effort for ocean's health will be held on September 15, 2012. Volunteers all around the globe will remove debris from beaches, coasts, creeks, rivers, lakes and shorelines protecting wildlife from harm while taking care of the environment. ICC Philippines and Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary, our Philippine ICC Coordinators set the nationwide Coastal Cleanup day to   October 6, 2012 with approval of Ocean Conservancy. This is to assure health and safety of the volunteers from water and vector transmissible diseases and dangerous debris brought by floods after a heavy monsoon rain or storm. Likewise, for road & bridges repair in storm affected cleanup areas. Everyone is invited to join the cleanup. Just visit the ICC Philippines website for details on how to participate or coordinate a cleanup and for other information and downloadable materials >> https://sites.google.com/si

Ocean Conservancy’s annual International Coastal Cleanup last September marked 26 years of volunteers' commitment to make ocean and waterways cleaner, safer and more prosperous. Aside from removing trash and marine debris, volunteers collected data that will provide the only global snapshot of the debris problem. Marine debris found on shorelines and waterways vary from cigarette butts and plastic bags, to waste from industry and abandoned fishing gear. The ill-effects of these debris to people and environment drive all of us to work together to find solutions. We invite you to join the International Coastal Cleanup and become part of a "Trash Free Seas Alliance". This will be a worldwide event on Saturday, September 15, 2012. However, in order to address health and safety concerns of the volunteers from the aftermath of typhoons and floods in some areas in the Philippines, the cleanup is set on October 6, 2012 as advised by the ICC Philippine Coordinators and Oce