Organization of events throughout Italy and other mediterranean countries to get rid of (mainly plastic) pollution in beaches, costs and oceans. For that purpose, we mobilise various stakeholders including public institutions as well as citizens, so that all components of society get involved in the cause. Practically, we use our app CESP to geolocalize the places that require actions so that we can act in a targeted and efficient way during our events. We expect to have a national day free of plastic in Italy next year, to mobilize as many stakeholders as possible at the same time to clean up as many cities, beaches and ports simultaneously.
These actions are organized in parallel to other iniciatives such as the organization of conferences on related themes such as microplastics, the publication of articles related to the marine environment and ecosystems on our website, as well as other ongoing projects all related to the pollution of our seas and rivers.
- Name of organisation
- BioDesign Foundation
- Type of organisation
- Other
- Other type of organisation
- Foundation
- Type of action proposed
- Citizen engagement, citizens-science, youth-led initiatives, communities of practice, ocean and water literacy, outreach, awareness raising and participatory approaches
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversityPrevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and watersPublic mobilisation and engagement
- List of Partners
Enespa
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 0
- Basin coverage
- Mediterranean Sea
- Website link
- emily.stenzel@biodesignfoundation.org
- Country
- ItalySpain