BEACH CLEAN UPS

Meet Nikolaos the plastic local fisherman Nikolaos is a local fisherman who has been trying to catch his evening meal here for years. In recent years he has not caught much fish, but more and more plastic coffee cups, straws, bags and jerry cans. We told Nikolaos that...

Beach Clean Up ... until the next wave This beautiful beach was covered with washed up plastic. We have created a 'No Plastic' message from it. As you can see, it won't be long before the sea dumps the next load of plastic on the beach. The sea was so polluted that we...

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Due to the measures surrounding Corona, we ended up stranded in Moulay Boesselham. A tourist village with a long beach on the Atlantic Ocean and a lagoon with lots of birds. We have been received so much kindness by the people here. The Moroccan...

TRASH ART In Tropea there were so many pieces of ceramic tiles that the idea arose to turn garbage into 'a piece of art', a mosaic with the word ART. We want to make a positive imprint. Making people aware that they can do a lot to make nature cleaner and more...

TARTALOVE We parked the Van in the port of Manfredonia and got in touch with Giovanni who works for a turtle rescue project: Tartalove. He is involved in cleaning the seabed and maintaining contact with the fishermen. He has developed a fishing net where the turtles...

SHREDDER Punta Penna Grossa, a beautiful nature reserve, lots of birds including sea turtles, where we found a clean beach for the first time in ages. On closer look, the catastrophe was much worse! The plastic seemed to been shredded and was all over the beach in...

HELP Another Beach Clean Up was in Rodi Garganico where we made the word HELP with the collected trash. During the making we got a lot of thumbs up from passing cars. One man even stopped and brought us coffee, he asked how he could help. Funny enough, the coffee was...