{"id":3694,"date":"2016-09-26T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2018-09-14T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T17:10:37","slug":"greenheart-litterbug-detectives-hit-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenheart.org\/blog\/greenheart-international\/greenheart-litterbug-detectives-hit-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenheart litterbug detectives hit the beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Rocio Ortega, D.O.V.E. Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Time for a cleanup! A few of our Greenheart staff members donned some sunglasses and hit the beach to partner with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greatlakes.org\/get-involved\/adopt-a-beach\/\">Alliance for the Great Lakes<\/a>. Read on for some fun facts about beach cleanups and the role you play as a litterbug detective. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3701 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00069-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"BeachCleanup1\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00069-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00069-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00069-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3700 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7793-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"BeachCleanup6\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7793-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7793-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7793-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Fun Facts<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Litter on the beach such as cigarettes, food wrappers, and plastic bags\u00a0can\u00a0<\/span>severely\u00a0affect marine life. Wildlife can become entangled in debris and plastics\u00a0release dangerous chemicals and toxins.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cigarette butts, the leading pollutant found on our beaches, take a minimum of one year to break down. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first statewide beach cleanup happened in 1984 in Oregon. The event was called the &#8220;Plague of Plastics.&#8221; Over two-thousand volunteers removed 26.3 tons of debris.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1993, California Coastal Cleanup Day was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the \u201clargest garbage collection\u201d ever organized, with 50,405 volunteers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3696 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7798-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"BeachCleanup2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7798-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7798-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7798-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3697 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7788-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"BeachCleanup3\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7788-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7788-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7788-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>What We Found<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">190 plastic pieces<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">180 cigarettes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">50 plastic bottles <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">49 glass pieces<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">25 plastic grocery bags<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3702 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00051-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"BeachCleanup7\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00051-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00051-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00051-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Greenheart Thought Bubble<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 30px\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What was your favorite part about the beach clean up?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite part was seeing other community members get involved. There was a little girl that started to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">help\u00a0us clean the beach and we talked to her about <a href=\"https:\/\/greenheart.org\/what-we-do\/camp-greenheart-2016\">Camp Greenheart.<\/a>\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8211; Katy Smithy, CCI Greenheart<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy favorite part was the \u2018before\u2019 and \u2018after.\u2019 I loved seeing the impact that we as a group made to help <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">beautify the best city in the world!\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8211; Amber Hayes, CCI Greenheart<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why is volunteering important to you?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Volunteering is important because it allows us to give back to our community. I think we as a society forget\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that even the smallest of efforts can make a difference, so long as we just make some time to do it.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>&#8211; Rosie Powers, Greenheart International<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Volunteering is important to me because it brings me closer to my community. The support my community gives\u00a0me encourages me to continue giving back.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I also love all the connections that are made through volunteering\u00a0and all the kindness everyone shares with one another.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211; Elyse Voyen, Greenheart International<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In demonstrating this love for our community through volunteering, others who observe us may be more likely to do the same themselves in the future.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211;\u00a0Lindsay McEachern, CCI Greenheart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: left\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are some other community service volunteering ideas?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHost a blood drive for the Red Cross or do canvassing for them to talk to low-income communities about\u00a0disaster preparedness.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s a really cool urban farm called<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cityfarmchicago.org\/get-involved\/volunteer-2\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">City Farm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that allows people to volunteer in groups. They\u2019re one of the more established community garden and composting programs in Chicago and a lot of their\u00a0produce goes to local farmers markets.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cVisit a community center like a senior citizen home or after school program.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\">\u201cWalk dogs at your local animal shelter!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3698 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7807-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"BeachCleanup4\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7807-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7807-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7807-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>How can I help keep our beaches clean?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you\u2019re at a beach or on a boat, make sure you\u2019re keeping an eye on your trash so that the wind thief\u00a0doesn&#8217;t carry\u00a0it away. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be a litterbug detective. If you see any trash lying around, pick up a few pieces to toss away.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put away that plastic. Instead of using plastic bags to bring your snacks, use reusable bags and containers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Save yourself some $$ by bringing along your own reusable water bottle.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3699 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00123-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"670\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00123-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00123-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenheart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00123-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Don\u2019t forget to be a Greenheart leader in your own community. When you do good, you inspire others to do some good too. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rocio Ortega, D.O.V.E. Assistant Time for a cleanup! 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