International Coastal Cleanup/Bud Lite Wins!!

Question

Sábado, 25 de septiembre es "International Coastal Cleanup Day" un día de limpieza de nuestras playas y costas de todo el mundo. Mi

mujer y yo lo hemos estado haciendo desde hace trece años bajo el

agua, por favor, ayudad todos a limpiar las playas! la información en españolHere in the USA, the United Divers of New Hampshire have been doing an underwater cleanup every year since 1997. The top photo is from 2009 at the same place as the photo below from 2005.

Will people ever learn? Does anyone else on the forum participate in this event?

Thank you Heidita for helping me with this post. - Yeser007, Sep 21, 2010

Estupendo - and that I S the permanent Dunce Cap, is it? - margaretbl, Sep 21, 2010

Hahaaa!!!Let's fix that right now. - Yeser007, Sep 21, 2010

That is a wonderful post Yesero ,what we have done to the Ocean is criminal. - ray76, Sep 26, 2010

what a great event I hope we can have one like it in my country someday :)))) - 00b6f46c, Sep 26, 2010

Lovely, I looked at the map and am surprised there is nothing currently done in your country. - Yeser007, Sep 26, 2010

Answer 1

Typically the coastal cleanup is done along the shoreline but our dive club has been cleaning up what others cannot see for many years. Here you can see the variety of things discarded in our freshwater lakes and waterways. This is the water we drink!

By the way, the bear is still in our back yard.

And yes, that is a very old photo of me:) - Yeser007, Sep 21, 2010

Answer 2

I live in the Bahamas, and this Friday we are having a coastal clean-up. We don't do ours underwater - but we walk along the coastline and pick up as much garbage as we can. There is a prize for who ever collects the most.

Ohh, lucky you, we love the Bahamas - Yeser007, Sep 21, 2010

where abouts in the Bahamas did you go? - lauraalbury2010, Sep 21, 2010

Nassau, Grand Bahama,Exumas by liveaboard diveboat - Yeser007, Sep 21, 2010

Lucky you....for living in the Bahamas! :) - Nicole-B, Sep 25, 2010

Answer 3

The numbers are in Bud Lite is the choice of Portsmouth, NH fishermen!

September 25, 2010

You'd think fishermen knew better. - fontanero, Sep 25, 2010

Sickening isn't it. - Yeser007, Sep 25, 2010

Answer 4

Please help

Answer 5

More rubbish from the ocean.Yes, the boat is trash from the bottom.

Answer 6

Thanks for sharing this information Yesero. I had not heard about this before. I do live about an hour (mas o menos) from the Jersey/NY shores. Perhaps it is advertised a bit more near the coast. Then again, maybe I never paid attention before.

If I'm not hanging out in the big city, my favorite place to be is the beach. It always saddens me when I see trash and debris along the shore line.

Hopefully, next year I can do something to become more involved!!

True, it isn't advertised enough, one of the reasons I used this forum. Great grafics Nichole, thanks! - Yeser007, Sep 26, 2010

Answer 7

I think any waterway is susceptible to this. People lose their object permanence when something sinks below the surface..

Did you hear about the pile of trash behind the Seven Gorges Dam in China with the recent flooding?

I hadn't heard of it but will surely look it up, thanks. - Yeser007, Sep 26, 2010

Answer 8

We must all try to recycle as much as we are able and also limit the use of plastic throw away bags , they pollute the Ocean as well as the land fill.

plastic is the worst, many of the marine animals think it is food. - Yeser007, Sep 27, 2010

Answer 9

What a great work Gary!! Way to go! By the way this creature says, "Thank you"

I think I saw him yesterday during the dive :) - Yeser007, Sep 26, 2010