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…
Last winter, RC Amsterdam Halfweg came in contact with Marijn, Sam and Ties. These are students from Delft University of Technology who are looking for solutions for the re-use of plastic. They are inspired by Wilson Mzungu, who works as CEO Kenya & co-founder at Muima. The three men are nowadays also a part of…
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 Haarlem-Spaarne will also participate on the 1st of June by gathering plastic litter in Spaarne.
RC Zandvoort and RC Bloemendaal-Caprera are going to the beach where they will be joined by the Surfrider Foundation for the beach cleanup.
RC Amsterdam Blauw and RC Amsterdam Oost are going to deal with the litter in the Oosterpark. RC Amsterdam Blauw will also go on a sloop tour under the theme of ‘EndPlasticSoup’ a week later.
RC Amsterdam South, RC Amsterdam Nachtwacht and RC Amsterdam will sail on the Amstel on Saturday the 1st of June. They will be accompanied by RC Amstelveen, Plastic Whale and the Weekend Academy. During this sail, they will search litter in the Amstel. It is a full-day program that starts at one o’clock and will…
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…
If you walk on the street and see litter lying around, you can do a number of things: leaving it behind (unthinkable choice), reporting but leaving it behind (unfortunate choice), cleaning up (better choice) or cleaning up as well as reporting (best choice). You can report this in the free app Litterati, an American app…
Haarlem goes fishing, at June, 1st, with Rotaryclub Haarlem Kennemer Laat.