«People of Action» is the slogan under which Rotary International puts Rotary’s service idea on the map: «Rotary members share a unique passion for taking action to improve their communities and the world. Read these stories to see what happens when Rotarians take action to create lasting change ‘. See more at www.rotary.org/en/rotary-people-action for background…
We invite you, together with Greenpeace, to tackle the plastic problem at the source. A number of large companies produce a monstrous amount of disposable plastic. Only together can we hold those companies accountable. We are looking for as many organizations as possible who want to speak with us! Do you also join? We will…
Soil and dredging that is used in the construction of roads and dikes and the shallowing of puddles, may contain ‘sporadic’ plastic from 2019 onwards. That is what State Secretary Van Veldhoven writes in a letter to the House of Representatives. At the construction of roads, earth and dredging sludge (sludge that has been mixed…
Del 4 al 8 de junio se lleva a cabo en Houston la Convención de Rotary International. El tema es ‘Descubre nuevos horizontes’. El puesto de EndPlasticSoup/ESRAG están en el n.° 720 en la Casa de la Amistad, con el apoyo de ESRAG (puesto n.° 722). En este stand puedes hacer tu propia imagen con…
The two surfers realized that the proliferation of plastic threatened both the ocean environment and the fishermen’s livelihood. Could the fishermen use their nets, they wondered, to pull the plastic from the ocean? This idea stuck with the 2 surfers and they knew it was time to hit the drawing board. After realizing that the…
El primer sábado de junio es el Día de Acción de EndPlasticSoup en todo el mundo y este año será la quinta vez que se lleve a cabo este Día de Acción.
On Saturday, June 2, the campaign End Plastic Soup Now started with more than 200 Rotarians and more than 100 children from the Weekendacademie, Plastic Plastic was trained in the Amsterdam canals. The occasion was the Leonardo da Vinci prize that was presented to Boyan Slat of The Ocean Cleanup in the morning. It was…
Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, received the 44th International Leonardo Da Vinci Prize in a crowded auditorium of the Rijksmuseum on Saturday 2 June. The prize, an initiative of 11 European Rotary Clubs, is for a young, promising person who is active in one of the many fields of work of…
4 chicas, 3 continentes, 1 misión: película ‘Girls for Future’ Nuestra propia joven embajadora Nina aparece en la película ‘Girls For Future’ que se ha estrenado en inglés, árabe, hindi, español y alemán. Este documental ahora está disponible para que EndPlasticSoup lo muestre en su propia ciudad natal, en las escuelas y en su club…
In this online meeting the EndPlasticSoup Young Ambassadors will present their actions & projects to stop the plastic pollution.