Clean Ocean Action

 

For the past few years the Evergreen group and the Biology Honor Society, Tribeta, here at Centenary University participate in Beach Sweeps every Fall season. The Beach Sweeps are a part of a state-wide initiative of The Clean Ocean Action. The Clean Ocean Action has thousands of volunteers that come very season to help clean the beaches, waterways and underwater sites. The Evergreen group and Tribeta usually choose Union Beach because it is easy to get to and is not very far from Campus. The organizers of The Clean Ocean Action ask the group to collect trash from the beach and record what they find in an effort to trace back where it came from and hold the litterers and polluters accountable. They usually find a lot of debris and lumber left over from the Sandy storm that happened five years ago. They had 10 students doing over three hours of work at the beach. I think that this is a great effort to try and help the animals of the shore that can't help themselves. As inhabitants of this earth, it is our job to protect the things that live here and help keep it clean. To learn more about The Clean Ocean Action, visit www.cleanoceanaction.org