Beach cleanup/Walk

Registration by June 7th: Please register for this event by sending your name and telephone number to: info@seiportugal.pt

This guided cleanup event will begin with  an initial briefing and a Q&A session at the end, with all the participating  volunteers or participants. Clean Ups, including briefings and debriefings, can take up between 2 to  3 hours.

Please wear suitable clothing and comfortable footwear, you can walk barefoot on the sand, but sports shoes can  also be helpful. Always watch your step on slippery rocks and don’t forget to drink water regularly!

Don’t forget to bring:

• your hat, comfortable clothes, headgear, or sunglasses. Depending on the weather, please wear layers and bring a windbreaker due to possible chilly wind!
•  A reusable water bottle, snacks, or some fruit.
• If you have your own gardening gloves,  please bring them with you. If not, you can borrow a pair from us. Always use your gloves to pick up litter. Also, ask for help to lift something heavy.
• Our team has a First Aid Kit, but you can also bring some plasters and painkillers.

Why  should  you care about sharks? Due to human activity, global warming, overfishing and plastic pollution all have put our planet’s ocean in great danger. Sharks are dying at a much higher rate so that marine ecosystems can’t recover quick enough.

Science has also taught us that sharks play a vital role in maintaining the marine balance and the health of the ocean waters across the entire planet. However, between 63 and 273 million sharks are killed annually. Research has already shown that some shark populations have already decreased by approximately 90% to 99%!

Plastic pollution in the ocean is a global problem, not only for the entire marine life but including human beings.

People and marine protection organisations around the world are joining efforts in many different initiatives to help to reduce the direct and indirect anthropogenic causes of declining shark populations, and the survival of our ocean’s biodiversity.

Today, you too can do something more! By Joining our event with many other volunteers, you can also bring your own solutions to help control and reduce this problem!

Please join SEI Association and become a member of your shark friends’ family.