Sep 23 - Clean Up the World Record Success
This weekend’s Clean Up the World campaign garnered support from a number of local schools, clubs, associations and Government ministers, including Environment Minister Dr. John Cortes. Art in Movement led the walkers with rhythmic drumming which attracted much attention. Many school children had created signs and banners made from recycled materials especially for the Parade and bright, important messages about protecting the environment were on display and shouted out by the pupils. Once at the Square and after a few words were spoken by organisers and the Minister for the Environment the crowd was entertained by fabulous dance displays by Art in Movement and Danza Academy.
The event saw over 400 volunteers clean up a number of sites around the Rock. General litter as well as contractors materials from slopes, underwater sites and green areas was collected in the space of a few hours. Around 40 trucks and 6 skips were used to collect the refuse.
The underwater dive clean up of some of Gibraltar’s well known diving sites, saw a record number of divers turn up to support land based teams. Town sites that proved difficult to clean were Hargraves pitch - and an untouchable site identified during the 2013 campaign was the Police Barracks, which is in a critical condition and needs urgent attention.
The ESG will publish a series of photographs documenting the event, soon.
