Location in Australia: Clean Up Australia Day
In 1989 an 'average Australian bloke' had a simple idea to make a difference in his own backyard - Sydney Harbour. This simple idea has now become the nation's largest community-based environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day. Clean up Australia day covers areas such as: beaches, forests, rivers, harbors etc.
As an avid sailor, Ian had always dreamt of sailing around the world. As he sailed through the oceans of the world in his yacht he was shocked and disgusted by the pollution and rubbish that he continually encountered in areas such as the Sargasso Sea in the Caribbean. Once back in Sydney Ian organised a community event. The next year Clean Up Australia Day was born.
Ian and his committee believed that if a capital city could be mobilised into action, so could the whole nation. Almost 300,000 volunteers turned out on the first Clean Up Australia Day in 1990 and involvement has steadily increased ever since. In the past 25 years, Australians have devoted more than 27.2 million hours towards the environment through Clean Up Australia Day and collected over 288,650 tonnes of rubbish.
As shown in figure 1 and 2, Australians from a wide variety of ages help and participate in Clean Up Australia Day each year.
As an avid sailor, Ian had always dreamt of sailing around the world. As he sailed through the oceans of the world in his yacht he was shocked and disgusted by the pollution and rubbish that he continually encountered in areas such as the Sargasso Sea in the Caribbean. Once back in Sydney Ian organised a community event. The next year Clean Up Australia Day was born.
Ian and his committee believed that if a capital city could be mobilised into action, so could the whole nation. Almost 300,000 volunteers turned out on the first Clean Up Australia Day in 1990 and involvement has steadily increased ever since. In the past 25 years, Australians have devoted more than 27.2 million hours towards the environment through Clean Up Australia Day and collected over 288,650 tonnes of rubbish.
As shown in figure 1 and 2, Australians from a wide variety of ages help and participate in Clean Up Australia Day each year.