Griss Hurtado, the owner of Tripee, has been inviting volunteers to hop aboard kayaks to “fish” for trash that rainwater washes from the banks of the Escanela River down into the Jalpan Dam.
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San Diego Coastkeeper has a nice “solo cleanup” program tailored to encouraging folks to cleanup multiple locations in San Diego. If you live or are visiting the San Diego area, you should consider joining for a cleanup at a number of local beach sites. They do request that you download the well regarded Litterati App.
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Be a part of the solution, not the pollution. The Litter Challenge is a grassroots movement to inspire, motivate and empower people all over the world to clean up the environment where they live, work and play.
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Plogging is a combination of going for a jog and picking up trash, and it is an activity that President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson of Iceland enjoys. Learn how plogging has impacted global cleanup efforts and how Iceland is leading by example in environmental policy and actionable change.
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Earth Day is a day dedicated to learning, engaging, giving back, and most importantly, reviving your connection with the environment. Here’s how to get involved in the 51st annual Earth Day!
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If you're in the Colorado Springs area, don't miss the opportunity to get involved with the Trails & Open Spaces Coalition. And if not, read on to get inspired to find an org like this—or start one—in your community.
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Organizing large cleanup efforts has become increasingly challenging as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Adopt-a-Place offers an effective alternative to large group cleanups by giving you, a small group of volunteers, or a family a chance to participate in a worthwhile volunteer initiative.
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The current state of the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to affect many facets of our daily lives. For many, it has resulted in condensed social circles as we continue to try to slow the spread of the virus. For EARTHDAY.ORG and The Great Global Cleanup, it means we have needed to shift from our traditional ways of having cleanups to safer systems that allow us to continue to battle the constant flow of pollution plaguing our global environment.
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Planet Oat and Clean Trails, the organizers of National CleanUp Day, have provided a donation to The Red Cross to help combat the Western Wildfires and are continuing to find ways to provide relief and better lands across the U.S.
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September was National CleanUp month, including the annual National CleanUp Day event on Saturday, September 19. Members of AllSeasons PR organized a local event to empower and CleanUp their community. Here’s how they did it.
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What type of litter is going into the ocean, and how does the total litter change over time? Here’s how San Diego local, Pocket Kaleta, used the Rubbish App to make a change at two area beaches.
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Sometimes, cleanups go beyond keeping our wild spaces beautiful, and they help bring us together. Natural Restorations, a cleanup organization based out of Arizona, has found that restoring natural spaces is bringing military veterans together to build community one cleanup at a time.
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Imagine what would happen if everyone picked up at least one piece of litter during National CleanUp Month. I will be doing my part over the next few days to help keep our environment clean. Will you?
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Countries participating in World Cleanup Day focused on individual and socially distanced group cleanups, collecting cigarette butts, doing digital cleanups, and running sorting-recycling-composting workshops.
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Millions of volunteers have signed up for this Saturday's World Cleanup Day (WCD) initiative, whose organization center is in Estonia, despite coronavirus regulations.
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By KOLD News 13 Staff | September 16, 2020 at 2:17 PM MST - Updated September 16 at 2:17 PM
PHOENIX (KOLD News 13) – Adopt-a-Highway volunteers will be joining participants across the country for National CleanUp Day on Saturday, Sept. 19, with volunteers serving in 13 of Arizona’s counties. Volunteers from all 50 states will focus on cleaning green spaces, urban landscapes and waterways.
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“Here’s a new #challenge….” was the caption that started a viral social media movement, but how did the #trashtragchallenge really begin?
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Tourism is a double-edged sword, particularly for least developed and developing countries, and the Himalayas have not escaped its most ugly bedfellow: trash.
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