Clean Coasts

Royal College of Surgeons Green Week
2017-10-20 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Clean Coasts Officer for Dublin, Richard, will be at the Royal College of Surgeons today with a stand to provide information on the work we do to protect our beaches, seas and marine life.

Closing Date For Ocean Hero Nominations
2017-10-20 | National
Today is the closing date for nominations for the Ocean Hero Awards is 20th October 2017. If you would like to recognise an individual, Clean Coasts group, school, business or beach clean that made a difference to our coast please fill in the SurveyMonkey form or follow this link: surveymonkey.com/r/Ocean-Heroes-2017.
Nominations are for the following categories:

Group of the Year
Individual of the Year
School of the Year
Business of the Year
Idea of the Year
Beach Clean of the Year

For more information see our Ocean Heroes webpage.

Corporate Volunteering Day - Oracle
2017-10-19 | Bull Island
Our Clean Coasts officer for Dublin, Richard, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Oracle at Bull Island, 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.

Beach Clean and Talk with Headway Ireland
2017-10-18
Clean Coasts Officer for Dublin, Richard, will be doing a beach clean and talk with Headway Ireland today at Sandymount.
Headway Ireland provides services and support for people affected by Acquired Brain Injury in Ireland. They aim to maximize potential and quality of life.

A Playful City International Conference 2017
2017-10-17 09:00 - 16:00 | Dublin
Clean Coasts Officer for Dublin, Richard will be attending ‘A Playful City’ International Conference in Dublin on 17th October to talk to attendees about the work of the Clean Coasts Programme.
Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.ie

Design Meets Play – International Conference
Design Meets Play brought to you by A Playful City – an international conference on the 17th of October in Dublin City with a host of inspirational speakers and diverse mix of attendees of all ages to discuss the serious business of play!
Together, we will explore key themes of interest identified via the public consultations and then with diverse stakeholders, and at the hackathon in the evening, we will take the learnings shared during the day and from the consultations to ‘hack’ play and develop prototypes for temporary interventions in proposed sites in Dublin. These interventions will then be implemented over the next months, into 2018.
**Design Meets Play is accredited by the RIAI for 8 Structured CPD Points**

This event will take place on the 17th October in the Point Square. Tickets include tea/coffee as well as a lunch unlike any seen before, playfully imagined and created by Jennie Moran of Luncheonette.
**It will not be possible to buy food from our caterer on the day – separate food tickets are available for those whose tickets do not come with food (ie Kids / young adults)
**If you are interested in a special group ticket rate, please email us at playfulcity@gmail.com

MINDSCAPE Summit
2017-10-14
Clean Coasts Officer for Clare, Caitríona, will be attending the MINDSCAPE Summit in Killaloe, Co. Clare on 14th October.
MINDSCAPE explores the fusion of mind and landscape, and how our emotions map to places. Our unique relationship to nature, our connectivity to forests, rivers, parks, trees and waterscapes will be discussed in terms of cutting-edge reserach and innovative practice. We address the opportunities that interacting with nature can have for health, well-being and increased environmental awareness, with lessons for policy-makers, practitioners and those engaged in the promotion of outdoor activity.
For more information: eventbrite.ie

Corporate Volunteering Day - Salesforce
2017-10-13 | Dun Laoghaire, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Our Clean Coasts officer for Dublin, Richard, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Salesforce at Dun Laoghaire, 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.

Corporate Volunteering Day - Bulgari
2017-10-13 | Poolbeg, Poolbeg, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Our Clean Coasts officer, Aidan, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Bulgari at Poolbeg, 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.

Corporate Volunteering Day - Symantec
2017-10-12 | Bray, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Clean Coasts Officer for Wicklow, Camilla, will be hosting a Corporate Volunteering Day in Bray with employees of Symantec.The day will include a clean-up as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. This will be done as part of our Corporate Volunteering initiative where we work with organisations who want to give back to the community.
If you are interested in this initiative please check out our page or contact us for more details.

Think Before You Flush at Zeminar
2017-10-10 | RDS, Dublin
Think Before You Flush will have a stand at the Zeminar conference in the RDS in Dublin. Zeminar is a social enterprise created to bring all those invested in the development and well-being of young people in Ireland to one place. We hope to engage and create awareness about the campaign amongst Generation Z. Find more about Zeminar at https://www.zeminar.ie/about/

BITC Biovidersity Workshop
2017-10-05 10:00 - 13:00
Clean Coasts Officer, Aidan, will be at the BITC biodiversity workshop – RTE buildings from 12-1pm at our Clean Coasts stand. He will be available to talk about all aspects of the Clean Coasts programme including Corporate Volunteering, #2minutebeachclean and much more.

Our Ocean Conference 2017
2017-10-05 - 2017-10-06 | Malta, Malta
Our Coastal Communities Manager, Sinead, will be representing Clean Coasts at the Our Ocean Conference in Malta which runs from the 5th to 6th October. See ourocean2017.org for all the details as well as videos from the conference.
Over 3 billion people depend directly on our seas for their livelihoods. But in reality, all of us depend on the ocean: for our water, our food, our climate and our air.
Seas and oceans enrich our identity, ensure our wellbeing and sustain a large part of the economy.
Human action has left our ocean heavily affected by pollution, overexploitation, coastal degradation and global warming. This has severe consequences for all.
A new vision is needed, along with strong and action-oriented commitments.
Since 2014, Our Ocean conferences, have invited world leaders to look forward and respond, delivering high-level commitments and transforming the challenges ahead into an opportunity for cooperation, innovation and entrepreneurship. As in previous years, the 2017 edition “An Ocean for Life”, will be upon invitation only. It will be hosted by the European Union in Malta, at the heart of the Mediterranean.

Think Before You Flush Accommodation Day
2017-10-01 | Tramore, Tramore, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Clean Coasts Officer for Waterford, Camilla, will be in Tramore on 1st October notifying and providing information packs to hotels, B&B’s, businesses and caravan parks etc. in Tramore of the Think Before You Flush campaign

Think Before You Flush at Tramore Maritime Festival
2017-09-30 | Tramore, Tramore, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Clean Coasts Officer for Waterford, Camilla, will be running a Think Before You Flush information stand in conjunction with Tramore Maritime Festival. Clean Coasts will also be taking part in a community beach clean on the main strand with Tramore Eco Group, Litter Free Waterford, Tramore Tidy Towns and T-Bay Café & Eco Centre.

Surf Force Conference 2017
2017-09-22 | Great Northern Hotel, Bundoran, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Clean Coasts Officer for Donegal, Beckey-Finn, will be speaking at Salesforce’s Surf Force conference in Bundoran, Co. Donegal on Friday 22nd September. She will also take part in a panel discussion on giving back. The attendees to Surf Force will also take part in a beach clean on Saturday to give back to the coast they are enjoying during the conference.
More details: surfforce.co

Navan National Learning Network Beach Clean - Bettystown
2017-09-19 | Bettystown, Bettystown, Co. Meath, Ireland
Clean Coasts Officer for Meath, Aidan, will be doing a beach clean and other biodiversity-related activities with Navan’s National Learning Network at Bettystown Beach, Co. Meath on Tuesday, 19th September.

Corporate Volunteering Day - Coca-Cola
2017-09-15 | Bull Island
Clean Coasts Officer, Aidan, will be hosting a Corporate Volunteering Day at Bull Island, Co. Dublin with employees of Coca-Cola.The day will include a clean-up as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. This will be done as part of our Corporate Volunteering initiative where we work with organisations who want to give back to the community.
If you are interested in this initiative please check out our page or contact us for more details.

End of the Bathing Season
2017-09-15 | National
15th September marks the end of the bathing season in Ireland. It is also the end of the Green Coast and Blue Flag Awards season. A great way to give back to these beaches is with a #2minutebeachclean or taking part in the Big Beach Clean!

Big Beach Clean
2017-09-15 - 2017-09-17 | National
Clean Coasts Big Beach Clean weekend will take place on the 15th, 16th and 17th of September 2017. We are delighted to team up with the International Ocean Conservancy again for the International Coastal Cleanup event. In 2016, nearly 800,000 volunteers in over 90 countries removed 8,193 tonnes of marine litter from the world’s oceans.
We hope everyone will join the movement for litter free seas and be part of the world’s largest coastal cleanup event and marine litter survey. The event takes place every year on the 3rd weekend in September.
Register and find a cleanup near you here: http://cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/big-beach-clean/

Corporate Volunteering Day - ROD
2017-09-14 | Bray, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Clean Coasts Officer, Aidan, will be hosting a Corporate Volunteering Day in Bray with employees of ROD.The day will include a clean-up as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. This will be done as part of our Corporate Volunteering initiative where we work with organisations who want to give back to the community.
If you are interested in this initiative please check out our page or contact us for more details.

Navan National Learning Network Beach Clean - Gormanstown
2017-09-13 | Gormanstown, Gormanstown, Co. Meath, Ireland
Clean Coasts Officer for Meath, Aidan, will be doing a beach clean and other biodiversity-related activities with Navan’s National Learning Network at Gormanstown Beach, Co. Meath on Wednesday, 13th September.

Corporate Volunteering Day - Deloitte
2017-09-08 | Bull Island
Clean Coasts Officer, Aidan, will be hosting a Corporate Volunteering Day at Bull Island, Co. Dublin with employees of Deloitte.The day will include a clean-up as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. This will be done as part of our Corporate Volunteering initiative where we work with organisations who want to give back to the community.
If you are interested in this initiative please check out our page or contact us for more details.

Navan National Learning Network Beach Clean - Laytown
2017-09-06 | Laytown, Laytown, Co. Meath, Ireland
Clean Coasts Officer for Meath, Aidan, will be doing a beach clean and other biodiversity-related activities with Navan’s National Learning Network at Laytown Beach, Co. Meath on Wednesday, 6th September.

Nominations for Ocean Hero Awards Now Open
2017-09-01 | National
We are asking the public to nominate volunteers who they believe have made an outstanding contribution to Ireland’s coastal environment. This year we are looking for entries to the following 6 categories: Group of the Year, Individual of the Year, School of the Year, Business of the Year, Idea of the Year and Beach Clean of the Year.
What are the Ocean Hero Awards?
The Clean Coasts’ Ocean Hero Awards are about honouring the invaluable contribution Ireland’s coastal communities have made towards conserving our spectacular coastline. The awards, originally called the ‘Clean Coasts’ Merit Awards’, were conceived in 2006, consisting then of only one category, ‘The Clean Coasts’ Group of the Year’. Since then the Clean Coasts’ programme has grown to engage over 550 Clean Coasts groups, becoming embedded in many coastal communities nationwide. In an effort to recognise this growth the number of Ocean Hero categories have expanded to include six categories.
Ocean Hero Award Nominations
If you would like to recognise an individual, Clean Coasts group, school, business or beach clean that made a difference to our coast please fill in the SurveyMonkey form here: surveymonkey.com/r/Ocean-Heroes-2017.
For the ‘Idea of Year Award’ we are looking for volunteers who have raised the profile of coastal protection in their community through awareness raising events and interesting initiatives.
The nomination process only takes a few minutes and we would love to hear your voice. Nominations must be received by Friday October 20th for inclusion in the selection process.
Nominations are invited in the following categories:

Group of the Year
Individual of the Year
School of the Year
Business of the Year
Idea of the Year
Beach Clean of the Year

Marine Litter: Impacts and Solutions - Heritage Week Talk
2017-08-22 17:00 - 18:00
Clean Coasts Officer for Mayo, Olivia, will be in Swinford, Co. Mayo today to give a talk on the work of Clean Coasts and the impacts and solutions of marine litter for National Heritage Week.
Clean Coasts An Taisce campaigns for Marine Litter, Sources, Impacts and Solutions . Simple,quick, easy steps to reduce, eliminate, prevent marine litter.
4 campaigns to reduce, eliminate, prevent marine litter. 2 Minute Beach Clean, Think Before You Flush, 2 Minute Street Clean, Beat Micro Beads. 70% of marine litter is plastic. 80% marine litter is from land. Top ten sources of litter with how to steps to reduce, eliminate, prevent litter from each. Presenter North-West Coastal Program Officer An Taisce
More info: http://www.heritageweek.ie/whats-on/event/marine-litter-impacts-solutions-1

Closing Date for the Love Your Coast Photography Competition
2017-08-18 | National
Today is the closing date for 2017 entries into the Love Your Coast Photography Competition. See all the details here: http://cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/love-your-coast-photography/.

Corporate Volunteering Day - Apple
2017-07-27 | Garryvoe
Our Clean Coasts officer for Cork, Susan, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Apple at Garryvoe, Co. Cork. 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.

Environmental Education Unit’s Summer Meeting
2017-07-20 - 2017-07-21
All the staff and programmes in An Taisce’s Environmental Education Unit will be attending the annual staff summer meeting which will take place over 2 days. The Clean Coasts team will have the opportunity to get updates on what is happening in other programmes across the Unit as well as update everyone on the work we have carried out this year.

Clean Coasts Presents 'Beach Rescue Project' - Strandhill, Co. Sligo
2017-07-08 14:00 - 20:00 | Strandhill, Strandhill, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Clean Coasts and Barefoot Wines are delighted to bring you the ‘Beach Rescue Project’ on the 8th of July in Strandhill, Co. Sligo.
The event is part of Barefoot’s ‘World Beach Rescue Day’, a campaign which has supported over 14,000 volunteers since its launch 11 years ago, in several countries including the US, Mexico and Germany.
The Beach Resuce Project is being held in Ireland for the first time and it aims to create a fun and festive atmosphere whilst drawing attention to coastal issues such as marine litter and dune erosion.
The day’s activities are open to the public and include beach yoga, surfing demos, face-painting, sand sculpting, marram grass planting, ‘Talks in the Park’, and most importantly a Big Beach Clean.
We will also be throwing an after-party in The Strand Bar to thank everyone who takes part in the beach clean. The party will include a BBQ, live music from soul singing sensation Buck Taylor and for those over 18, a free glass of Barefoot wine to toast a job well done!
There will also be plenty of giveaways on the day, including prizes for those who collect the most litter.

Marram Grass Planting Workshop - Inch, Co. Kerry
2017-07-02 | Inch Beach, Inch Beach, Inch Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Marram Grass, Ammophila arenaria, is the major dune building plant in Ireland. This sand trapping grass can not only help dune systems maintain their positions but reduce blowouts and consolidate areas of loose sands. This practical training workshop will develop skills around; when and how to transplant, sources of supply, correct technique and spacing considerations.
This workshop will take place at Inch Beach on Sunday 2nd July from
Please bring:

Appropriate clothing for the weather/practical session and sturdy boots.
A spade/trowel.
A large bucket
