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Join us after for free appetizers and good wine at Pourtal Wine Bar in Santa Monica
My friends Ronni Kappos and Tara Judelle went for a 20 minute walk down the beach when we were in Tulum Mexico last week for a yoga retreat. They came back with a huge bag of trash. I estimate it was about 20 pounds worth. This is a reminder for me to realize that we have trashed even the places that look serene and pristine like the Yuccatan Peninsula in Mexico.
So what do we do?
- change behavior
- raise awareness
- clean it up
- provide economical substitutes to plastics
- tie ecology with economy
Do you have ideas? I would love to hear them. Big problems like this means we need to think of big solutions that we can implement one tiny step at a time.
Do you have ideas? I would love to hear them. Big problems like this means we need to think of big solutions that we can implement one tiny step at a time.
Yes indeed. We walk the beach in Bahia Soliman, just north of Tulum, every Sunday and pick it up. It's amazing how much arrives in a week, and if it's not removed it piles up. the beaches in Si'an Kaan (on the Boca Paila Road running South from Tulum) really, really, really need a big pick up. Some have not been cleaned since before Wilma.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting David. I have an idea to get a beach cleanup going in Tulum starting with the retreat center Maya Tulum that we stay at. Interested in helping? email me! sara_bayles@yahoo.com
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Sara
Awesome work! It's amazing how much trash you can find on the beaches everywhere in the world. I also have walked the Bahia Soliman beach and within about an hour I managed to fill a few grocery bags with garbage. The one odd thing is how many shoes and sandals I came across. I decided to make it into a bit of an art piece before they reached the dumpster. Posted here on my blog: http://bit.ly/3uWxkk
ReplyDeleteHi I think it's great what your doing, it is a tremendous help to the ocean ecosystem and more people should get envolved.
ReplyDeleteAnyways way to go...2 Thumbs way up !!
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