“Sea noise, birds singing, a dirty beach calls me” – this is how you could convert the famous song of the Red Guitars and recognize as a hymn of the initiative implemented by the Baltic Foundation 2.0. It organizes the action of cleaning the beach in exchange for a free vacation on the Hel Peninsula.
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As Weronika Hands from the Baltic 2.0 Foundation explains in an interview with TVN's “Facts”, The idea was born by accident during a visit to the beach. “When we enter the beach with friends and to spread the blanket, we must first collect garbage.”
The unpleasant statement of existing reality at the Polish sea led to the preparation of an initiative that can combine pleasant with useful. The Foundation announces that every person over the age of 16 can apply and appear on one of the available stays. The first starts on July 3, and the registration ends on June 22.
Holidays for free on the Baltic Sea. Just clean the beach
According to the organizers of the campaign with whom the reporter of “Facts” of TVN, Accommodation in tents, provisions, appropriate insurance and beach cleaning tools are waiting for those willing to spend holidays.. Where does the money come from? They come from the sale of special bracelets.
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It is worth noting that if someone expects to lounge in the sun, then they can be severely disappointed. As the representatives of the Foundation notice, Only in Gdynia in the season even 120 tons of rubbish are collected. Large events are a special nuisance: after one weekend on the beach near Gdynia you can collect up to 10 tons of glass.
Despite this, attractions are waiting for the participants of ecological stays cleaning over the Polish Baltic Sea. “We spend time together through various types of actions: painting on the beach, through rafting on Sup, through joint volleyball, integration foci”-says Weronika Rąk, whose words are cited by TVN's “facts”.
