Clean Coast’s Annual Love Your Coast Photography Competition is Now Open for Entries.

Prize fund of €5,000 up for grabs across 5 Categories. Get your entries in by August 18th to be in with a chance of winning.

Ireland has some of the most spectacular and diverse coastline in the world. Now in its 8th year, Clean Coasts’ Love Your Coast Photography Competition is all about capturing the essence of the Irish coast – its extensive beauty and diverse character. Clean Coasts works with communities on the ground to help foster pride in our coastline and we look forward to seeing this reflected in your entries.  

With this in mind we ask entrants to be respectful of protected habitats in your search for the perfect snap. Please do not disturb any nesting or breeding grounds – A handy guide for nest photography can be found here and we ask all entrants to respect Clean Coasts’ own conservation and ethics principles. 

For more information on the competition and how to enter please see here

Speaking about the competition, Sinead McCoy, An Taisce’s Clean Coast Manager said, “This competition is about capturing the essence of the Irish coast – its extensive beauty and diverse character. The photographs will serve as a reminder of the responsibility that we all have in protecting the beauty and diversity of our coastal environment.

Ciara Cashen, Public Affairs & Communications Manager Coca-Cola HBC Ireland said; “Previous winners of the Love Your Coast photography competition have brilliantly captured the wondrous beauty of our beaches, as well as the special relationship the people of our island nation have with our coastline. I look forward to seeing this celebrated in the entries once again this year.

“Coca-Cola is proud to partner with Clean Coast Week and the Love Your Coast competition to help foster pride in our coastline, while supporting the goal of keeping our marine environment litter-free.”

 

For more information about the Love Your Coast photography competition please visit www.cleancoasts.org.

 

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Clean Coasts

Clean Coasts Ireland is owned and operated by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce – the National Trust for Ireland. It is funded by the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government, Coca-Cola and Fáilte Ireland. It has been operating in Ireland for 15 years and engages 520 Clean Coasts groups and thousands of beach users. The Green Coast award is also part of the Clean Coasts programme and is an award for beaches that have excellent water quality but may not have the necessary built infrastructure to be eligible for the Blue Flag award. www.cleancoasts.org

Coca-Cola
“Coca-Cola HBC Ireland is part of the Coca-Cola Hellenic Group, named by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as the industry leader amongst beverage companies in the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). Since 2001, it has also listed in the FTSE4Good Index, the London Stock Exchange’s index of companies that meet environmental and social criteria. The company won the award for Green Manufacturer of the Year at the 2015 Green Awards. Investing in the community, minimizing environmental impact and ensuring resource sustainability in areas such water, energy and packaging is a key focus for Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola has also invested in an innovative green-tech Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant at its Irish production facility in Lisburn – the first quad-generation CHP plant in Britain or Ireland.”