Geofrey Arinaitwe is president of Rotaract Club Muteesa 1 Royal University Kirumba, Uganda In 2022 he started many cleanup and awareness actions and education and he started cooperations with other Rotaract clubs in Uganda and abroad. Currently he runs the Youth for nature and empowerment initiative (CONYEI) with an objective to clean Lake Victoria. You…
Rotary International President Jennifer Jones visited Marbella on the 19th of March. During the President lunch Willem Falter, chair of Marbella-Guadalmina, the Ambassador Club of EndPlasticSoup in District 2203, presented a plaque at the occasion of the collaboration of Rotary EndPlasticSoup in Spain with Nacho Dean and his expedition:”La Espana Azul”.
During the Ambassador Club meeting on 17th March, Fionn Ferreira has been recognized as Young Ambassador for EndPlasticSoup.
Prof Dr. Helmut Maurer new member Advisory Board Prof Dr. Helmut Maurer has joined the advisory board as the 8th member in March 2023. Prof. Maurer is an advocate, former principal administrator at the European Commission and was Senior Expert at the Directorate-General for Environment’s chemicals unit. Read more about his work.
World premiere! On World Women’s Day, March 8, the flag was handed over for the first Inner Wheel Club to support EndPlasticSoup. Inner Wheel Club Vriezenveen, a club with 40 members in the Netherlands made the start, who will follow? What is Inner Wheel? International Inner Wheel is one of the largest female service clubs…
On February 17th EndPlasticSouporganized a webinar on the health risks of plastic waste. Prof. Dr. Volker Harth MD, PhD, MPH elaborated on the effects of plastic waste on the human body in a presentation for Ambassadors and Supporters clubs and Friends of EndPlasticSoup. What are the effects of plastic waste on the human body? It…
In this meeting ambassador clubs all around the world exchanged their experiences and listened to presentations by: Claudia Maria Koch, Bali Indonesia, about the Project Padangbai to clean the Coral reef, reduce plastic and provide education and waste collection facilities. A project jointly with he NGO Technology without Borders and EndPlasticSoup. Resa Boenard about the…
Incredible fourth cleanup of the El Río Grande/El Río Bravo river: 500 volunteers and more than 6 tons of garbage and plastic was collected near Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico on February 12, 2023. Thanks to all volunteers! Contact person: Bricia ElAwar (mail endplasticsoup@gmail.com for contact details) Poster Fourth Rio Grande Cleanup Mexico Many migrants in…
Mi Moana ha desarrollado nuevo material educativo en español junto con EndPlasticSoup. Este programa educativo es para jóvenes de 8 a 13 años.
Good news: Our first Global Grant project in Europe has been approved! We congratulate the host club RC Bijeljina in Bosnia-Herzegovina and their international partner RC Wiesbaden-Rheingau. The project is about our three pillars: action, awareness and alliances.