MARINE LITTER IS AN EVER GR0WING ISSUE AND AWARENESS RAISING CAMPAIGNS ARE ESSENTIAL TO TACKLE THIS AND CREATE CHANGE .   

Awareness raising through education for school children (aged 6-18 years old) has the potential to have a long-term greater impact as children are more prone to behavioral change.

Exploration of the natural world is an important phase in educational development at this stage.  Due to children’s expanding knowledge of their environment, it becomes increasingly important to immerse them in the possibilities of their natural surroundings.

ACT

Through our education initiative ‘Kids for the Ocean’, individuals will understand the connection between their lifestyle choices and the collective community impacts of plastic and trash in our oceans. Moreover, this program aims to reduce litter in general and promote long-term behavior change among youth. 

In doing so it addresses pollution in our oceans through: 

- Marine Education: The key to an informed community making healthy decisions for our oceans.

- Advocacy: Influencing family members and local leaders to address the plastic pollution problem in our oceans.

- Beach and River Clean-ups: A hands-on way to stop pollution before it reaches the ocean or lakes.

- Prevention: Providing alternatives to single use plastics such as bring your own grocery bag, opt for a re-usable water bottle etc. 

LEARN

We offer

• class room education,
• beach clean ups for schools incl. trash analysis and
• alternatives to plastic in our daily lives. 

We ask

As beachcleaner is non-profit we charge a fee for 1,5 -2 hour/presentation to cover our expenses. Please support beachcleaner in saving the oceans.

School reports from Germany:

www.realschule-roethenbach.de/joomla/index.php/schulleben/berichte/say-no-to-plastic

www.infranken.de/regional/erlangenhoechstadt/plastikmuell-nur-der-verzicht-kann-helfen;art215,2970332