Beach Clean Ups with an Educational touch
The TOP team carry out clean ups that also
promote citizen science, by working with
volunteers to sort the rubbish collected into
various categories and data is recorded on
the type and amount of rubbish collected.
The data has already proven useful in
informing other TOP projects and has
also been shared, with the Department
of Environment and the Land Waste
Management Agency (LWMA). TOP is looking
to focus more on research in the coming
years and to undertake a marine littering
monitoring programme at fixed locations
across Mahe.The Last Straw Campaign
TOP is also the NGO behind The Last Straw
Seychelles; an innovative campaign to reduce
the use of plastic straws in Seychelles and
the amount of plastic straws ending up in
the oceans, through commitments from
individuals and venues to stop serving plastic
straws. As a result of this campaign manyAction
on PlasticPollution
hotel chains in Seychelles have made the
switch and are using alternatives such as
pasta straws, paper straws and aluminum
straws for their clients.
TOP recently purchased the screening
rights of the documentary, A Plastic Ocean.
Two school screenings were held in 2018
and at least four screenings are scheduled
over the next few months, including a
screening at the Seychelles Ocean Festival
(also supported by the GEF Small Grants
Programme). Also in the pipeline is TOP’s
Plastic Arts project. TOP has previously
collaborated with The Meraki Foundation
to create plastic art pieces and will be
launching a new project which aims to build
and exhibit aesthetically powerful, large-
scale, art installations out of plastic debris
to educate a national audience about marine
plastic pollution and to engage action on the
issue (supported by the GEF Small Grants
Programme).http://www.theoceanprojectseychelles.comMany hotel chains in
Seychelles have made
the switch and are using
alternatives such as pasta
straws, paper straws and
aluminum straws for
their clients.ABSOLUTE