Everything Ocean Hour does is due to donations and grants. Donations, such as donations of our volunteers’ time, donations from individuals and groups and businesses, and donations from Gulf Islands National Seashore (https://www.nps.gov/guis/index.htm). Ocean Hour has just received its second grant from Surfing’s Evolution & Preservation Foundation (http://preservesurfingbeaches.org/). We appreciate the support from Surfing’s Foundation and are proud to be a beneficiary of their largesse. Thank you!
Jun 22 nd Thanks to the volunteers that keep showing up...
21 volunteers at the Payne Bridge on Cervantes to pick up 111 lbs of trash. Meanwhile, 24 volunteers showed up at Quietwater beach to collect 90 lbs for a daily total of 201!
"19 genius inventions that can stop us from using so much plastic"
If alternative water bottles, cutlery, grocery bags can’t be eaten they will dissolve in under two months. Present bags etc. just get smaller pieces - micro plastic. To read the USA Today article
Jun 15th at Pensacola Visitor Centre/Graffiti Bridge and Bartram Parks...
At Bartram 15 volunteers picked up 77 lbs of trash. A lot of water bottle lids (where are the bottles?), plastic straws and cigarillo tips to name a few. Go to our “MyCoast” page to see a list of items.
PVC and Graffiti Bridge, 26 volunteers picked up 540 lbs! The daily total of 617 lbs!
Jun 10th City Working to Become More Environmentally Friendly Workplace
Press release on city’s website click here. For accompanying photos go to our Photos 2019
Jun 8th In between rain squalls
34 volunteers picked up 299 lbs of trash at two Scenic Hwy parks.
The humidity and mosquitos were challenging!
BBC Documentaries
City of Orlando and one use plastics.....
this is becoming the new normal. The more encouragement to adjust peoples’ view on one use plastics the better
Will this happen in Pensacola?
June 1 A very hot Saturday morning to find a fake Christmas tree at....
Naval Live Oaks 17 volunteers picked up 76 lbs and 21 people collected a further 62 lbs at Bob Sikes Bridge’s south end at the Beach. Andy contributed another 55 lbs from the beach. This week’s total was 193 lbs
May 24th How could anybody throw trash on this setting?
Taken from Bruce Beach!
24 volunteers picked up a lot of empty water bottles and styrofoam cups - 98 lbs. A further 19 lbs was picked up at Park West
Update: Andy was at Ft. Pickens over the weekend - 152 more lbs bringing the monthly total to 1,348 lbs