This year marks the kick-off of the United Nations’ (UN) Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (UN Ocean Decade). For those who may be hearing of this for the…
Thando MazombaAugust 10, 2021
Our vision is to:
We create,
collaborate
and care
- Connect ocean communities, government and business.
- Create, collaborate and care.
- Protect, restore and regenerate our coastal heritage.
OUR MISSION
Connecting people, protecting ocean health
Our mission is to effectively connect people, institutions and organisations, through evidence-based education and experiential learning, to keep South Africa’s beaches clean and healthy and to protect and enhance ocean health.
Our choices matter.
Our actions are far reaching.
On-the-go food packaging is the most common source of plastic pollution found on the South African coastline.
This comes from us.
OUR IMPACT
WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR
7
TONS OF PLASTIC REMOVED FROM BEACHES
177
DIRTY DOZEN BEACH CLEANUPS
138
KM OF BEACHES CLEANED
7440
PEOPLE INVOLVED
Our Journey - The Beach Co-op Blog
Student uprisings 16 June 1976 (GoodThingsGuy, 2019)What we ought to be commemorating on any given South African Public Holiday is, unsurprisingly, a contentious subject. Many of the events in our…
Semane LiyaJune 15, 2021
For a long time, I have felt that the ocean is a place of worship. A dive or a surf can bring you to your knees, make you feel small,…
Nasreen PeerJune 8, 2021
“Our oceans are places of recreation and beauty and are home to a staggering diversity of life that deserves the right to continued existence.”
Aaniyah Omardien
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
