This World Ocean Day, act locally to make a global difference
Starting today, Clean Coasts and National Spring Clean are offering communities around Ireland a free clean-up kit to host a clean-up on World Ocean Day
With less than a month to go, Irish environmental charity Clean Coasts has joined forces with National Spring Clean, and they are inviting communities around Ireland to come together and start planning their World Ocean Day beach clean.
World Ocean Day is celebrated annually on June 8th to highlight the important role the ocean has for our life and the planet. In 2022, the focus will once more be on the 30×30 campaign: to create a healthy ocean with abundant wildlife and to stabilize the climate, it’s critical that 30% of our planet’s lands, waters, and ocean are protected by 2030.
One of the issues affecting our ocean is marine litter that has become a global problem for both humans and marine life. However, communities around Ireland have demonstrated their desire to be part of the solution by taking part in several beach cleaning and clean-up calls to action.
After the launch of their Enjoy and Protect campaign last week, which encouraged people to go out and make the most of what the Irish coast has to offer, while doing their bit to protect it, by making more sustainable choices and tackling marine litter, Clean Coasts are now asking individuals, households and groups around the country to join them and take action to protect the ocean.
To support their efforts, today registrations opened for communities and individuals in Ireland who want to receive free beach cleaning kits containing bags, gloves and hi-viz vests.
Statistics show that the number one cause of marine litter is litter dropped in towns and cities. Building on the success of the Spring Clean 22 campaign, which took place in the month of April and saw 500,000 volunteers organising over 5,600 clean-ups, the National Spring Clean programme is joining Clean Coasts this year in supporting these communities around Ireland.
In 2021, the initiative changed its name from “World Oceans Day” to “World Ocean Day”. By dropping the “s”, its organisers wanted to highlight the fact that we are all connected by a large ocean. This shared ocean supports all life on the planet, by producing most of the oxygen we breathe and regulating climate. No matter where we live, we all depend on the ocean to survive.
This means that each piece of marine litter removed from a beach, river, lake, park or street in Ireland, will have a positive impact on a global scale.
To register, visit: cleancoasts.org/our-
