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Bahari Moja, Jamii Moja

This year Aaniyah and Megan-Rose both participated in cleanups for International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day but in different parts of southern Africa.Aaniyah was traveling in Kenya and visiting Kiwayu island…

Aaniyah Martin and Megan-Rose FrancisNovember 22, 2022

Sea anemone holding a piece of bright blue plastic.

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The sandy anemones diet now contains plastic

We are all familiar with sea “amnemonemomnes” …or are we? After the popular family feature, many people would hear “anemone” and envision its large tentacles and resident clownfish. There are…

Christie MunroNovember 30, 2020

Cleanups Inspiration

Women on Waves

My husband is a surfer and when we first started dating more than 20 years ago, I would hang out on the beach while he surfed. That got boring after…

Aaniyah OmardienNovember 2, 2020

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International Coastal Cleanup Day 2020

On Saturday, 19 September 2020 communities around the world came together to collect waste along their coastlines. More than 40 registered cleanups took place In Cape Town and the Overberg…

Megan-Rose FrancisSeptember 30, 2020

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International Coastal Cleanup Day

It's almost International Coastal Cleanup Day! With just under five days to International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICC) on the 19 September; we thought we would give you all the details…

Megan-Rose FrancisSeptember 14, 2020

Cleanups Plastic Heroes

Reflecting back on our #PlasticFreeMzansi campaign

We partnered with Twyg for the third year on our #PlasticFreeMzansi campaign and found innovative ways to ensure a successful campaign in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and country…

Aaniyah OmardienAugust 4, 2020

Patterns on beach sand during a lockdown beach clean-up.

Cleanups Covid-19

Lockdown beach clean-ups with no-one around

‘I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy.’ - Nnedi Okorafor South Africans have not been allowed to access the beach…

Aaniyah OmardienMay 5, 2020

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Thousands of plastic items cleared during Plastic Free July

Our #PlasticFreeMzansi campaign, led by WWF South Africa and in partnership with Twyg, inspired more than 630 people to join our cleanups of stretches of Mouille Point, Kommetjie, Strandfontein and…

Aaniyah Omardien (The Beach Co-op) and Jackie May (Twyg)August 1, 2019

Cleanups Events

Plastic Free July 2019

Photographer: Romano Fortuin for LCA Spark TalksThe Plastic Free July campaign originated in Western Australia in 2011 and has grown from a very small number of participants to millions of…

Aaniyah OmardienJuly 1, 2019

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Spring Cleaning 2018

We began International Coastal Cleanup month with TWO cleanups on the 1st day of Spring - here’s to a month of spring cleaning! The ‘Clean Diver’ cleanup was a combined…

Aaniyah OmardienSeptember 3, 2018

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Bahari Moja, Jamii Moja

The sandy anemones diet now contains plastic

Women on Waves

International Coastal Cleanup Day 2020

International Coastal Cleanup Day

Reflecting back on our #PlasticFreeMzansi campaign

Lockdown beach clean-ups with no-one around

Thousands of plastic items cleared during Plastic Free July

Plastic Free July 2019

Spring Cleaning 2018

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