Earth Day Network Partners with Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup, Largest Volunteer Event of Its Kind on Behalf of Ocean Health

Please join Ocean Conservancy for the 24th Annual International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at a beach, inland waterway, lake or stream near you.

The International Coastal Cleanup partners with volunteer organizations like Earth Day Network as well as individuals around the world, to engage people to remove trash and debris from our beaches and waterways, to identify the sources of debris, and to change the behaviors that cause marine litter in the first place.

Last year alone, more than 400,000 dedicated ocean-lovers in over 100 countries across the globe turned the tide on trash as they cleaned up six million pounds of trash from lakes, streams, rivers, and the ocean’s shores. Volunteers don’t just pick up trash; they record every item they find.

Ocean Conservancy compiles and analyzes the resulting data in the Marine Debris Index, the only location-by-location, state-by-state, country-by-country accounting of what we are putting into our waterways and ocean.  Check out last year’s findings.

Be part of the 24th annual International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, September 19, which promises to be the biggest and best ever. Join the wave of excitement – check out the interactive registration map and sign up for a site near you today!  And then help Ocean Conservancy spread the word by recruiting your friends to attend, too.