Miyako Island】International Beach Cleanup Day_2023/09/22

International Beach Cleanup
UpDay held

The Marine Conservation Center, headquartered in San Francisco, U.S.A., has been conducting the program since 1985.

 

On the weekend close to this date,Picking up trash from beaches all over the world at the same timeBy examining the quantity and types of trash, we investigate the origin of trash in the ocean and its impact on the global environment.

 

International Beach Cleanup in Miyako Island
Participated in UPDAY!

September 22 was International Beach Cleanup Day, so we participated in Miyakojima.

 

By conducting beach cleanups.Investigation of where the trash on Miyako Island is drifting fromI applied for this event in the hope that I could make even a small contribution to the

 

Location of this beach cleanup

The location of the beach cleanup this time wasNear Route 390, Jobe Yora, Miyakojima City, OkinawaIt is.

 

This is the Hora Izumi Beach where Pipi usually offers pumpkin cave tours.

 

Usually we useWe are also grateful to the fields of natureWe are conducting beach cleanup activities.

 

This year's beach cleanup

Because most of the litter on the beach is drift, if beach cleanings are not conducted regularly, drift will begin to accumulate.

 

Therefore, in order to protect our beautiful beaches, it is essential to conduct regular beach cleanups, not only on International Beach Cleanup Day.

 

In Pipi,Beach cleanups are conducted on a regular basis.

 

Achievements of this beach cleanup

This time, about 10 Pipi staff members conducted a beach cleanup.

 

We did a beach clean for about 2 hours,We recovered a lot of flotsam.

 

Also published in WCD JAPAN

Pipi is,Apply for WCD JAPNAThe group participated in the International Beach Clean-Up Day.

 

It was also posted on the WCD JAPNA website.

 

What is WCD JAPAN?

A day when 20 million people in 190 countries around the world clean the earth all together on the same day!

 

A day to think and act for the earth all together! That is the WCD.

 

It is a day to join forces with everyone in Japan and around the world to "make the earth a better place" and act toward the same goal beyond national borders.

 

SDGs that PiPi is working on

Pipi (wave of the infraorder Pipi)Working on the SDGs in Miyako IslandOne of the companies.

 

We contribute to the realization of the SDGs through environmental conservation, creation of a comfortable working environment, and collaboration with local communities and companies.

 

At the location of this event
Activities you can do

The beach around Hora Izumi, where the beach cleanup was conducted this time, is usually used for pumpkin cave exploration tours.

 

You can take a canoe to the Pumpkin Cave.

 

What is pumpkin?Miyako Island specialtiesThis is an exploratory tour of the Pumpkin Hole, also known as the

 

The limestone cave entering from the sea is shaped like a pumpkinIt is a very mysterious cave.

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