Saturday, 12th September 2009
Recruitment Drive for NUS Participants
What is it about?
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International Coastal Cleanup(ICC) is a annual world’s largest one-day volunteer event where 400,000 volunteers from over 100 countries clean up trash and log data from beaches, lakes, oceans & mangroves. |
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Organized and coordinated by the Ocean Conservancy, a non-profit organization that promotes health and diverse ocean ecosystems through research, education and science.( http://www.oceanconservancy.org) |
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ICCS is the Singapore effort of the ICC event, and is coordinated by volunteers of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research of the National University of Singapore. ( http://coastalcleanup.nus.edu.sg/) |
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In 2008, over 40 organizations, including schools, public and private institutions, participated in the event, amounting to over 2500 volunteers. Almost 10 tons of debris (over 137,000 items) were collected and logged along 16km of Singapore’s coastal beaches and mangroves. |
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Top ten items collected along Singapore’s mangroves and beaches in 2008
Total Number of Volunteers: 2,529
Total Number of Trash Bags Filled: 1,142
Total Number of Items Collected: 137,549
Total Weight of Trash Collected (kg): 9,754.9
Total Distance Cleaned (m): 16,650 |
Why?
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ICCS is a data collection exercise. The data is used in a number of ways to develop policies and programs to deal with pollution that is harmful to the ecosystem. |
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Using the data collected from ICCS, various agencies, institutions and organizations, both locally and globally, can make better informed decisions on what debris is affecting our ecosystems and how to combat any problems it causes. |
The gut of an albatross chick is full of plastic |
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Crabs entangled in netsLazarus Island, Singapore |
| “Mr. N. Sivasothi, coordinate of the annual International Coastal Cleanup Singapore, can attest to this. Last year, its volunteers collected 2,600kg of trash along East Coast Park.” |
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International Efforts
Ocean Conservancy Hosts International Conference
Focusing on Global Impact of Marine Debris on Our Ocean and Wildlife
May30, 2007
-based on the data consolidated from ICC
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Plastic bags: Ban or not to ban?
-Shobana Kesava, Straits Times 13 Jun 08
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Action
National Environmental Agency’s launch of “Why waste plastic bags, choose reusable bags” campaign
-based on the data collected by ICCS volunteers
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So, DO YOUR PART for marine conservation by participating in this year's cleanup and
be sure to keep this date free in your University calendar.
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Saturday, 12th September 2009 |
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7.30am – 12.00pm |
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Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve |
| Chartered Bus Pickup Times and Venues: |
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Admin Bloack (near Central Library) |
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Prince George’s Park Residence bus terminal (Next to KEVII) |
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Clementi Bus Interchange |
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Passenger service counter at Kranji MRT |
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This event is supported by the Office of Environmental Sustainability, National University of Singapore. Free cotton t-shirt will be given to each participant. Please note that there will be no CCA points given for community service.
Transport will also be provided from Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve to |
| a) Kranji MRT |
b) Clementi MRT |
c) NUS campus after the cleanup |
Help protect our marine life – Remember it’s everybody’s business!
Be an ICCS-NUS volunteer.
To volunteer for the 18th ICCS, please Click here or visit http://bit.ly/ICCS2009 .
To view last year’s NUS ICCS photos: Click here.
Do note that registration ends on 29th August 2009, 12 00 HRS please register quickly as we have only 120 places. We would appreciate it if you register only when you are serious about participating in this event so as not to deny others a place in this event.
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