COASTAL CLEAN-UP 2014

The Lions  and Leos  of Castries were invited to participate in the Caribbean Youth Environmental Network (CEYN) Coastal Clean-Up to observe and participate in International Coastal Clean (ICC).   ICC is the world’s largest volunteer for marine life. In 2013, 648,015 volunteers participated in 92 countries in observation of this event.

This year ICC will be observed on Sunday, 21st September 2014.  CYEN Saint Lucia (Castries) will be observing and participating in ICC 2014 by cleaning up select coastal areas and encouraging other groups and organizations to participate in their communities.   Marine litter, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) poses a dire growing threat to marine and coastal environment.

The activity for Castries is a Coastal Clean up of Banan - a small fishing area along the coastline of the Castries harbour. The Lions are committed to environment protection and found this an opportune event to assist in ensuring that our environment is preserved for future generations.

The coastal clean up of Banan, a small fishing community along the coastline of the Castries harbour commenced on Sunday September 21 at 5:45 am. Team Lions and Leos joined the CYEN team to embark on this. Team Lions spent 3 hours and emerged with twenty-one bags of garbage which varied from baby strollers, chairs, water coolers,  syringes, items of clothing, shoes, ropes, scrap metal, school bags, stryo-foam containers and plastic bottles. The bulk of the waste was stryo-foam and plastic bottles.

This activity was well received by the few fisher folk who were on hand and saw it as preserving the environment and the coast line of the largest and deepest natural harbour in the Caribbean. 

 

 GREAT JOB LIONS AND LEOS