Galley Head Swim 2023

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Saturday 22ND July 2023 sees us supporting Team Gaisce for their fund raising 10Km swim https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/edit/11470669_gaisce-s-fundraising-page.html

Flossie and the Beachcleaners

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It was pleasure to have a visit from Flossie and her Mother, who were in the county for their work with National schools and workshops at Garretstown beach. We Went out on the MV Kerry head a passenger boat I … Read More

ECO-UNESCO competition Finals 2023

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Bringing seven people upto the finals of the https://ecounesco.ie/young-environmentalist-awards/ national competition being held at the National Convention Center, Dublin was a logistical challenge but well worth it. After Months of great work by all The Oceans plastic project team at … Read More

Carrigboy National School on Local Beaches

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Fantastic morning out Beach cleaning with Carrigboy National school students on the 23rd May cleaning and surveying of Beaches Near the the Tin Pub and Air India Memorial site collecting over 40kgs in a just three hours. Brilliant to have … Read More

Cork’s St Patrick’s day Parade Awards Ceremony at Cork City Hall

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We Act Campaign made up of 6 community and charity groups based in Cork City and County were the over all winners of the St Patrick’s day Parade which saw over 56.000 people visited on the day as well as … Read More

News, The We Act Campaign.

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It was a honor to be invited to take part in this years 2023 Cork City St Patrick’s Day Parade. With the We Act Campaign’s group and to win the overall award is just brilliant. We Act supports Volunteer’s and … Read More

The BIG 2022 BEACH CLEAN WITH FLOSSIE AND THE BEACH CLEANERS

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 Update. Looking forward to this Sunday31st beach cleans.The weather will be damp so please come preparedMeeting at 1.30pm at the Tragumna beach https://goo.gl/maps/tavx2XVgJob4AaZe8Plan is to send people to as many beach’s as possible from here and collect as much as … Read More

The BIG WEIGH IN 2022 Event date: Sunday 31st July 2 – 4pm 

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Joint beach clean up. This July we are collaborating with Flossie and the Beach cleaners for this years National The BIG WEIGH IN 2022 see this link to find out more on the great work Flossie and the beach cleaners … Read More

Oceans Plastic Project CLG is delighted to have been selected as charity partner for the latest terrace installation at The River Lee hotel,  Dolce Vita at The River Club.

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The River Lee is delighted to announce that its iconic terrace at The River Club has been transformedinto an idyllic Mediterranean haven just in time for the summer months. ‘Dolce Vita at The RiverClub’ is the vivacious and scintillating new … Read More

Skibbereen Transition years Upcycling of Bicycles as part of a combined Cycle Sense and Oceans Plastic Project.

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Two Kids bicycle’s have been fully upcycled by the students over 3 morning sessions, the students have decided to donate them to a Ukrainian family living locally. A press release will follow in the next weeks with presenting and formal … Read More

Major end of Term work done with the Schull Community School Transition year Upcycling project.

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Fantastic to finally see and end to this project which has been a hard few weeks of work to completed and delighted too that the students are in the finals of the National Eco-UNESCO competition tommorow at 2pm please see … Read More

Podcast with West Community.ie

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Please see link to their page https://westcorkcommunity.ie/podcast-community-social-west-cork/

Schull Community School TY Oceans Plastic Team

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We have a great team on board at the Community School in Schull and we are doing regular beach cleans and upcycling of some the end of use boats from the sailing school.

Newly formed Ilen River Litter Group

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Collected rubbish along the banks of the river last Sunday 23rd January and recovered over 20 bags and other debris. Members are welcome please contact through this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/240056091620739/

Washed up during COP26 Week

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Out Beach cleaning again this week and identified this fridge from Japan. Washed up in Tragumna Bay, West Cork, Ireland.

Local Woods clean up

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Skibbereen Community School Transition Year Students Clean Local woodland coastal Walk

Christmas and New Year Clean-Ups at Tragumna

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Just before the Christmas beak we manged to get out on the beaches with Transition Year students from Skibbereen Community School. We met at Tragumna beach and gave the area a thorough cleaning. We recorded everything that was collected as … Read More

Students identifying causes of pollution on West Cork’s beaches

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SECONDARY school students are actively working on an Oceans Plastic Project to identify the causes of the pollution littering West Cork’s beaches. The Oceans Plastic Project was formed in 2018 by Rory Jackson, an environmental campaigner who lives at Tragumna … Read More

Oceans Plastic Schools Project

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The project involves collecting all kinds of data from micro plastics to larger more upcycled plastic, also including water samples from freshwater streams and building up a knowledge base of the worst affected areas, and coastal changes due to erosion … Read More

Trashed (film) – 20 Minute excerpt – narrated by Jeremy Irons

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Trashed is an environmental documentary film, written and directed by British film-maker Candida Brady. It follows actor Jeremy Irons as he investigates the global scale and impact of humanity’s modern wasteful consumerism and pollution.The film is a call for urgent … Read More