Corporate Volunteering Day – Accenture
Bray Bray, Co. Wicklow, IrelandOur Clean Coasts officer for Wicklow, Aidan, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Accenture at Bray, Co. Wicklow. The day will include a clean-up as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. If you are interested in our Corporate Volunteering initiative please check out our page or contact us for more details.
Warrenpoint Nature Festival
Take a Walk on the Wild Side with Love Your Lough Clean Coasts will have a stand at Love Your Lough's 'Take a Walk on the Wild Side' promotion. We will have about how to get involved in our volunteering to help protect Ireland's beaches, seas and marine life as well as different resources and [...]
Working for Wellbeing – Burrenbeo Trust
Corofin Community Hall Corofin Community Hall, Corofin, Co. Clare, IrelandAs part of Clean Coasts Group Burrenbeo Trust's event, Working for Wellbeing of People and Place, Clean Coasts Officer for Clare, Susan, will be giving a talk on Saturday 13th August between 9:30am and 11am under Volunteering and Community. Her talk is be entitled 'Coast to Coast - Communities Caring for our Shoreline' and will take place at [...]
Eireball – Beach Clean at Murvagh, Co. Donegal
Murvagh Beach Murvagh, Co. Donegal, IrelandEireball is an annual charity run and is a gruelling week long sponsored drive. Each year a challenging route is set and a convoy of classic Volkswagens winds its way around the island of Ireland. This year’s route will see the convoy take to the spectacular coastal roads of Ireland. The VW campervan enthusiasts will also [...]
Corporate Volunteering Day – Salesforce
Killiney Beach Killiney, Co. Dublin, IrelandOur Clean Coasts officer based in Dublin, Brendan, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Salesforce on Killiney Beach, Co. Dublin. The day will include a clean-up as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. If you are interested in our Corporate Volunteering initiative please check out our page or contact us for more details.
Grattan Pokémon Beach Safari
Grattan Beach Grattan Road, Galway, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts Group, Galway Atlantaquaria, will be hosting a free Pokémon Beach Safari on Grattan beach, Salthill, Galway (beside the Lifeguard station).The event is on the 20th of August at 12pm. Inspired by the phenomenon of Pokémon Go; Galway Atlantaquaria seeks to educate the public about the diversity of Sea life on the Seashore, where [...]
Corporate Volunteering Day – Amcor
Rosses Point Rosses Point, Sligo, Co. Sligo, IrelandOur Clean Coasts for Sligo, Olivia, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Amcor at Rosses Point, Co. Sligo. The day will include a clean-up as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. If you are interested in our Corporate Volunteering initiative please check out our page or contact us for more details.
Woman 2000 Killorglin – Clean Coasts Talk
CYMS Hall Killorglin, Co. Kerry, IrelandClean Coasts Officer for Kerry, Susan, will be giving a talk about Clean Coasts and Greening Communities at one of the Woman 2000 Killorglin's weekly meetings. Womean 2000 Killorglin is a social group for women in the area of Killorglin, Co Kerry. Meeting every Tuesday morning from 10:30am for 2 hours. Enquiries: woman2000@outlook.ie.
NUI Galway Volunteering Fair
Bailey Allen Hall Aras na Mac Leinn, NUI Galway, Galway City, Galway, IrelandClean Coasts officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn, will be at the NUI Galway Volunteering Fair from 11am to 3pm to show students the great opportunities there are to take an active role in protecting Ireland's beaches, seas and marine life. Come on over to our stand to find out about taking part in the Big Beach [...]
Big Beach Clean
NationalClean Coasts Big Beach Clean weekend will be taking place on the 16th, 17th and 18th of September 2016. We are delighted to be teaming up with the International Ocean Conservancy again for the International Coastal Cleanup event. In 2014, 560,000 volunteers in 91 countries removed7,257 tonnes of marine litter from the world’s oceans.
World Rivers Day
InternationalWorld Rivers Day is a celebration of the world's waterways. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness and encourages the improved stewardship of rivers around the world. “Rivers are the arteries of our planet; they are lifelines in the truest sense.” ~ Mark Angelo
Loughrea Tidy Towns Clean-up
Loughrea Loughrea, Co. Galway, IrelandLoughrea Tidy Towns are teaming up with St Raphael's Secondary School's TY studetns to carry out a clean-up of the lakeshore in Loughrea on Tuesday 27th September from 11:30am to 12:30pm. Clean Coasts Officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn, will be joining the clean-up event and will give a short talk on the work of Clean Coasts beforehand. Everyone [...]
World Maritime Day 2016
The United Nations (UN), via the International Maritime Organization (IMO), created World Maritime Day to celebrate the international maritime industry’s contribution towards the world’s economy, especially in shipping. The event’s date varies by year and country but it is always on the last week of September.
Launch of #2minutestreetclean
NationalWe in Clean Coasts absolutely love the #2minutebeachclean initiative from Martin Dorey and with many sources of marine litter coming from land we thought it would be a great idea to expand this into the #2minutestreetclean! An Taisce's Environmental Education Unit has adopted the initiative unit wide and you can check out all you need [...]
World Habitat Day 2016
The United Nations’ (UN) World Habitat Day is annually celebrated on the first Monday of October to reflect on the state of human settlements and people’s right to sufficient shelter. It also aims to remind people that they are responsible for the habitat of future next generations.
World Animal Day
InternationalMission of World Animal Day: To raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe. Building the celebration of World Animal Day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilising it into a global force to make the world a better place for all animals. It's celebrated in different ways in every country, [...]
Love Your Coast Awards Ceremony 2016
Smock Alley Theatre 6/7 Exchange Street Lower, Dublin, Dublin 8, IrelandClean Coasts’ Love Your Coast Photography Awards will be held on Thursday 6th October in Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 2. Micheal John O’Mahony, Director of the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce, will present the prizes to the winning photographers. More information will be posted on our Love You Coast page.
World Octopus Day
InternationalOctopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These ‘mini-brains’ are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system. That is why a severed octopus arm may crawl on its own and even pick up food. – Frans de Waal World Octopus Day is actually the kick-off [...]
National Sustainability Summit – Clean Coasts Talk
CityWest Hotel Saggart, Co. Dublin, IrelandClean Coasts's Coastal Communities Manager, Sinead, will be talking at the National Sustainability Summit taking place on 11th October at CityWest Hotel. Her talk will be entitled: Cleaning the Coast with Clean Coasts. The speaker line up is drawn from senior management from the largest and most influential Irish and international companies who have delivered quantifiable [...]
Clean Coasts Exhibiting at Zeminar
RDS DublinThere will be a Clean Coasts display at Zeminar on Tuesday 11th October to highlight the work we do to protect Ireland's beaches, seas and marine life and how everyone can get involved. You will also have the opportunity to talk with members of the Clean Coasts team for further information. Zeminar is a new [...]