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Beach cleaning or clean-up is the process of removing solid litter, dense chemicals, and organic debris deposited on a beach or coastline by the tide, local visitors, or tourists. Humans pollute beaches with materials such as plastic bottles and bags , plastic straws , fishing gear , cigarette filters , six-pack rings , surgical masks and many ...
Afroz Shah is an Indian environmental activist and lawyer from Mumbai. [1] He is best known for organizing the world's largest beach clean-up. [2] In 2016, Shah was awarded the United Nations Champion of the Earth title for singlehandedly initiating & leading the clean-up of Mumbai's Versova Beach.
In 1994, employees and volunteers at the Vancouver Aquarium decided to clean up a beach in Stanley Park in Vancouver, to protect the city’s shorelines. From that first cleanup, the program expanded across British Columbia and by 1997, 400 volunteers were participating in the Great B.C. Beach Cleanup at 20 sites.
This Earth Day, if you see a gum wrapper or water bottle on the ground, the first thing you should do is pick it up and find a home for it in a trash can or a recycling bin. After that, think for a...
They also must be certified in CPR and first aid and complete at least 40 hours of open water life-saving, under U.S. Lifeguard Association standards. North Myrtle Beach is USLA certified
DeBris is also a social activist. In 2011 she participated in a panel on how artists can contribute to environmental public policy, [17] promote clean energy [18] and curate Ecological art exhibitions. [19] [20] DeBris has worked with non profits to raise funds for art education. [21] DeBris is listed with the Women Environmental Artists ...
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Kevin Systrom (co-founder of Instagram), the BBC, Time, and Life magazine claim the photograph to be the first shared on Instagram, [83] [84] however The Economic Times and The Guardian claim the first photograph posted to the social media to be a picture of San Francisco's South Beach harbor by Mike Krieger, also co-founder.