Fitness on the Beach – Salthill
Blackrock Beach Salthill, Galway, Co. Galway, IrelandEnjoy your beach, Enjoy your beach clean. Our coastline has great benefit for our health and wellbeing and to celebrate this we are giving you the opportunity to join us for a training session and a #2minutebeachclean at Blackrock, Galway at 6pm with Geoff from The Training Ground. Please contact Beckey-Finn to attend or for more information. Clean Coasts [...]
Yoga on the Green – Clontarf
The Green (across the road from Vernon Avenue), Clontarf, Dublin, IrelandEnjoy your green, Enjoy your green clean. 80% of marine litter comes from land based activities and to help combat this we are giving you the opportunity to join us for a yoga session and a 2 minute clean on the Green, Clontarf (across the road from Vernon Avenue) at 6:30pm. Clean Coasts will also team up with local fitness [...]
Yoga on the Beach – Skerries
South Strand Beach Skerries, Co. Dublin, IrelandEnjoy your beach, Enjoy your beach clean. Our coastline has great benefit for our health and wellbeing and to celebrate this we are giving you the opportunity to join us for a yoga session and a #2minutebeachclean at South Strand Beach, Skerries at 7pm. Please contact us to attend or for more information. Clean Coasts will also team up [...]
National #2minutebeachclean Day
NationalClean Coasts are holding their annual National #2minutebeachclean day on May 14th. Our aim is to engage as many people as possible in this BIG IMPACT initiative. On May 14th we are asking everyone who goes to the beach whether it’s for surf, swim or walk to do their very own #2minutebeachclean. Take a snap [...]
Yoga on the Beach – Inchydoney
Inchydoney Beach Clonakilty, Co. Cork, IrelandEnjoy your beach, Enjoy your beach clean. Our coastline has great benefit for our health and wellbeing and to celebrate this we are giving you the opportunity to join us for a yoga session and a #2minutebeachclean at Inchydoney Beach, Clonakilty at 9:30am. Please contact Sandy to attend or for more information.
Carlingford – Border Region Clean Up
Carlingford Carlingford, Co. Louth, IrelandClean Coasts, An Taisce and Clean Coast, Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, will come together to clean border region in Louth. Litter does not only stop along borders and neither should we. Theme of this event is we are living on one island and we should all work together to ensure we have a clean coastline. [...]
Seal Release and Beach Clean
Morriscastle Strand Morriscastle, Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford, IrelandThis event will be run in partnership with Seal Rescue Ireland and will take place at Morriscastle Strand, Co. Wexford at 1pm. First we will ask attendee to take part in beach clean to ensure the beach is clean and safe for the seal release, then we watch and the seal is released back to [...]
Yoga and Games on the Beach – Rossnowlagh
Rossnowlagh Beach Rossnowlagh, Co. Donegal, IrelandEnjoy your beach, Enjoy your beach clean. Our coastline has great benefit for our health and wellbeing and to celebrate this we are giving you the opportunity to join us for a free yoga and beach games session and a #2minutebeachclean at Rossnowlagh Beach, Co. Donegal at 3:30pm. Meeting point is in front of the surf club. Please contact [...]
Corporate Volunteering Day – Airbnb
Bull IslandOur Clean Coasts officers for Dublin, Aidan and Brendan, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Airbnb at Bull Island, Co Dublin. The day will include a marine litter survey and beach clean as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. If you are interested in our Corporate Volunteering initiative please check out our page [...]
Clean Coasts Roadshow – Mayo
Mulranny Park Hotel Mulranny, Co. Mayo, IrelandThe Roadshow which is also running in a number of locations nationwide aims to bring together all those with an interest in protecting their local beaches, seas and marine life. It will be at the Mulranny Park Hotel, Mulranny on Thursday 19th of May, 7pm - 9:30pm Olivia Crossan, Coastal Programme Officer, An Taisce - Clean Coasts Programme & Marine [...]
Corporate Volunteering Day – Salesforce
Bull IslandOur Clean Coasts officer based in Dublin, Aidan, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Salesforce at Bull Island, Co Dublin. The day will include a marine litter survey and beach clean as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. If you are interested in our Corporate Volunteering initiative please check out our page or [...]
International Day of Biodiversity
On May 22, 1992, the text of the Convention on Biological Diversity was adopted by the of the United Nations at a conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Since 2001, the International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated each year on the anniversary of this date.
GMIT Clean Coasts Beach Clean
Carrowniskey Strand Carrowniskey, Louisburg, Co. Mayo, IrelandClean Coasts Officer for Mayo, Olivia, will be attending GMIT's clean-up which will take place at Carrowniskey Strand at 11:30am on Tuesday 24th May.
Blue Flag and Green Coast Awards Ceremony
The Blue Flag and Green Coast Awards ceremony will take place in Co. Dublin this year. After the event the beaches that received a Blue Flag or Green Coast Award for the 2016 bathing season will be made public on cleancoasts.org and blueflagireland.org.
Clean Coasts Roadshow – Clogherhead, Louth
Clogherhead Community Hall Clogherhead, Co. Louth, IrelandThe Roadshow which is also running in a number of locations nationwide aims to bring together all those with an interest in protecting their local beaches, seas and marine life. The Louth Stop will be at the Clogherhead Community Hall on Friday 27th May from 2:30pm. Flavour of speakers: Aidan Gray, Coastal Programme Officer Clogherhead Development [...]
Clean Coasts Roadshow – Wicklow
Murrough Recycling Centre Wicklow, Co. Wicklow, IrelandThe Roadshow which is also running in a number of locations nationwide aims to bring together all those with an interest in protecting their local beaches, seas and marine life. The Wicklow Stop will be at the Murrough Recycling Centre on Tuesday 31st of May, 7pm - 8:30pm Focus theme: ‘Tidy Towns Embracing Their Coastline’ Flavour of speakers: [...]
Corporate Volunteering Day – Salesforce
Bull IslandOur Clean Coasts officer based in Dublin, Aidan, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Salesforce at Bull Island, Dublin. The day will include a marine litter survey and beach clean 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 [...]
Corporate Volunteering Day – Salesforce
Glenbeigh/Rossbeigh Glenbeigh and Rossbeigh, Co. Kerry, IrelandOur Clean Coasts officer for Kerry, Susan, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Salesforce at Glenbeigh/Rossbeigh. The day will include a marine litter survey and beach clean as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. This day will also include a marram grass planting session. If you are interested in our Corporate [...]
World Environment Day 2016
World Environment Day is held each year on June 5. It is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations (UN) stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.
World Oceans Day 2016
World Oceans Day was first introduced in 1992 to raise awareness of the crucial role the sea plays as sources of food, oxygen and medicine. It was officially recognized by the United Nations (UN) in 2008 and is observed on June 8 each year.