“We were a bunch of friends on the beach. Looking around, we broached the subject of beach pollution. After a rant from me, I laughed “you’ll see one day I’ll start an association and call it PROJECT RESCUE OCEAN !” My friends frankly laughed at me … But this idea of creating an association and making things happen has stuck in me: bitching or criticizing the current situation has never advanced the established order. It was decided I had to take action: Project Rescue Ocean was born. ”
« We were a bunch of friends on the beach. Looking around, we broached the subject of beach pollution. After a rant from me, I laughed “you’ll see one day I’ll start an association and call it PROJECT RESCUE OCEAN ! ” My friends frankly laughed at me … But this idea of creating an association and making things happen has stuck in me: bitching or criticizing the current situation has never advanced the established order. It was decided I had to take action: Project Rescue Ocean was born.»
First actions
So I started by filming my dives and the rubbish I collected with a small on-board camera. Without telling anyone, I posted them on a Facebook page that I named: “PROJECT RESCUE OCEAN”.
First subscribers
In this momentum, hundreds of people followed my videos and posts, reaching a thousand subscribers!
I did not expect such enthusiasm at all.
From facebook to association
I then brought all this work to life by creating a real association, while keeping the original name. In two years, more than 6,000 people have subscribed to the page, not counting Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin and Youtube subscribers.
En 2020, join-us !
TOGETHER LET’S ACT
OUR MISSIONS
There is waste on beaches in plain sight, such as household waste, but it is also present more than ten kilometers from the coast and up to 40 meters deep.
Who can imagine finding such waste in the midst of underwater flora and fauna so far from the earth. And even worse, fragments of plastic float in suspension and are ingested by marine species.
There is waste on beaches in plain sight, such as household waste, but it is also present more than ten kilometers from the coast and up to 40 meters deep.
Who can imagine finding such waste in the midst of underwater flora and fauna so far from the earth. And even worse, fragments of plastic float in suspension and are ingested by marine species.
To put an end to this, the association has given itself 3 missions
Raise awareness in school
The aim is to make children aware that certain everyday actions can have a negative impact on flora and fauna. By learning the lifespan of waste in the environment but also the solutions to reduce litter, these children become graduates “rescuers of the oceans”
Cleaning actions
The second objective of the association is to organize pollution control actions involving young people and the general public. No clichés or moralizing phrases: Music, conviviality, discussion and natural awareness are the axes of our events.
recovery of wastes
In underwater clean-ups and on beaches, we encounter unusual waste. The goal is to highlight them, find the origin, the ecological impact but also the solution to avoid finding them in our seabed. We are working on possibilities to recycle certain waste such as wild plastics while being aware that the ideal is to replace them permanently!
