On Saturday 2 June 2018, Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, received the 44th International Leonardo Da Vinci Prize. This prize is an initiative of 11 European Rotary clubs and is intended for a young, promising person who is active in one of the many work areas of Leonardo da Vinci. Slat…
During the International Rotary Convention in Hamburg, there will be a lot of attention for EndPlasticSoup promotions. At this convention, we will be present with a stand. Furthermore, of course we will also go out on the water on the 1st of June: from 5pm to 6pm at the Binnenalster in Hamburg.
RC Amsterdam Minerva, RC Amsterdam Sloterdijk and who knows which other club even more, will visit a number of parks in Amsterdam South, on Saturday 1 June. The start is in De Veranda, from where we will go through the Gijsbrecht van Aemstelpark to the Amstelpark. Thereafter, we will walk along the Amstel towards the Martin Luther…
Measuring = knowing, the Litterati app records which waste ends up in the environment.
Tuesday, May 7th, we arranged a successful action: 25 Rotarians collected 400 kg. plastic in two hours. Mostly nylon rope in all forms and fashions, bits of fishing nets and industrial plastic bags and containers, all in various stages of decay. Much of it has evidently been there for decades, and was partly infiltrated in…