Before the Global Beach Cleanup L-R Kailena Pinder, Tyler Dames, Ricardo Rolle, Jeanette Austin, Rochelle Manchester and Tylea Manchester
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Grand Bahama Island. Very early on Saturday morning, August 20th,
2022, EARTHCARE Eco Kids and EARTHCARE volunteers on Grand Bahama Island arrived
at the end of Williams Town Beach for the EARTHCARE & Dolphin Project
Global Beach Cleanup 2022. The group joined with partners from all around the
world to clean oceans for free dolphins. Ocean debris kills nearly one million marine
animals every single year.
Cleaning Williams Town Beach August 20, 2022
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Saving dolphins and whales is about more than simply ending
the captivity trade. Ocean conservation is just as vital to the survival of all
cetaceans according to the Dolphin Project based in Bali. In order to protect
wild populations and return captive marine mammals to the ocean, we must ensure
a safe and clean habitat for dolphins, whales and all marine creatures.
L-R Ricardo Rolle, Jeanette Austin, Tyler Dames, Hida Kempski-Ingraham and Kailena Pinder with marine debris collected
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A grand total of 150 pounds of marine debris was collected, bagged
and disposed of in bins for collection by Sanitation Services. Gail Woon,
EARTHCARE Founder
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commented,
"EARTHCARE ICC Team Leaders, Rochelle
Manchester, Tylea Manchester, Jeanette Austin and Gail Woon helped organize the
volunteers to get ready for this extremely important worldwide annual event.
All EARTHCARE volunteers worked very hard to see the beach cleaned up once
again, collecting some surprising items and more importantly reinforcing the
fact that litter is a major environmental problem. Most of the garbage we
collected was as expected: beverage bottles, fishing gear, ropes and plastic
bags; none of which are biodegradable and all of which, with a little effort, should
have been carried to an appropriate dumping point."
Kailena Pinder with her marine debris
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Gail Woon, EARTHCARE
Founder was elated to have worked, once again, with the EARTHCARE Eco Kids and
EARTHCARE Volunteers.
“This year we went in, did the work and made sure the marine
debris was put in a dumpster that will be collected by the appropriate
authority.
This activity is an important
learning activity for EARTHCARE.
It
always makes me feel optimistic for the future when we have a successful Global
Beach Cleanup Day.”
Tyler Dames holding plastic marine debris, very dangerous for marine animals
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EARTHCARE Volunteers included: Jeanette Austin,
Ricardo Rolle, Tyler Dames, Kailena Pinder, Gail Woon, Rochelle Manchester, Tylea
Mancheater,
and Hida Kempski-Ingraham.
EARTHCARE expresses sincere gratitude to all of the participants.
Hida Kempski-Ingraham, Grand Bahama Personal Tour Guide cleaning beach
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Ricardo Rolle holds a mylar balloon which is often mistaken for food by marine animals
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Jeanette Austin EARTHCARE Mangrove Mania Team Member collects mangrove propagules while cleaning the beach
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Kailena Pinder, EARTHCARE Eco Kids Team Leader (BMES student) cleans beach
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Tyler Dames holding plastic marine debris, very dangerous for marine animals
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