How to fight microplastic pollution with magnets

Good News Notes: “As a child, Fionn Ferreira spent hours exploring the coastline near his hometown of Ballydehob in south-west Ireland. But the more time he spent on the sheltered, shingle-strewn coves nearby, he grew increasingly shocked by the large amounts of plastic litter he found strewn across the beach and in the sea. “It…

People are coping with stress and anxiety during pandemic with beach yoga

Good News Notes: “Helping people find their “zen” during these stressful times. Instructor Denise Clifford is holding yoga sessions on the sand this summer at Cherry Grove Beach. This is the seventh season she has held yoga sessions on the beach.” View the whole story here: https://wpde.com/news/local/people-are-coping-with-stress-and-anxiety-during-pandemic-with-beach-yoga

Zac Efron Special to Lead Discovery’s Earth Day Programming

 Good News Notes: “Discovery has announced its lineup of programming to celebrate Earth Day on April 22, and it’s lead by an hourlong environmental special featuring Zac Efron and hosted by Vine and Tik Tok star Zach King, TheWrap has learned exclusively. Titled ‘The Great Global Clean Up,’ Efron and King will be joined by…

UF IFAS Cedar Key Beach Clean-Up

Good News Notes: “In September of 2019, the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Nature Coast Biological Station had a successful Cedar Key Beach Clean-Up. According to IFAS, the most common item picked up at the last event was tiny plastic, followed by cigarette butts and tiny foam. The organization says, more…

Non Profit Helps With Beach Clean Up

Good News Notes: “SPI KATS, an island based non profit, helped clean up the beach Saturday. “ “The organization started their fight to protect the environment and beach goers about five months ago.” “The group cleans up on the first and third Saturdays of every month.” View the whole story here: http://www.krgv.com/news/non-profit-helps-with-beach-clean-up/

Shore town joins forces with recycling company to repurpose cigarette butts

Good News Notes: “A Jersey Shore community is undertaking an innovation solution to a problem that has long plagued beaches: cigarette butts.” “Cape May County’s North Wildwood is partnering with TerraCycle, the world’s leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams, to recycle the cigarette butts, which the company says it the world’s…