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WE WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE WORLD CLEANUP! Text Grzegorz Mikosza
Photos Michał Gieniusz for Our Earth Foundation
BEHIND US IS AN EXCEPTIONAL, JUBILEE EDITION OF THE WORLD CLEANUP
CAMPAIGN, WHICH THIS YEAR TOOK PLACE UNDER THE MOTTO 'CLEANING
THE WORLD BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.' AS I WRITE THIS ARTICLE AT THE OUR EARTH FOUNDATION, WE ARE STILL COLLECTING THE RESULTS
OF ACTIONS FROM ALL OVER POLAND, BUT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT
WE HAVE BEATEN LAST YEAR'S ATTENDANCE RECORD! WE ALSO HAVE THE RESULTS OF UNDERWATER ACTIONS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU HERE TO SHOW HOW BEAUTIFULLY WE JOINED FORCES IN CARING FOR OUR COMMON PLANET.
30 YEARS OF THE WORLD CLEANUP CAMPAIGN IN POLAND Over the past 29 editions of the World Cleanup Campaign, Poles have collected a total of 45 thousand tons of waste. When we in our team wanted to compare this abstract number to something, we thought of a comparison from the maritime category. It's equivalent to the weight of a Blue Whale. More precisely, 375 Blue Whales! This impressive result is also thanks to the impressive number of hands ready to act. Over almost three decades, we have counted a total of 23,000,000 participants! This year, we will add the results of the 30th edition of the campaign to make it a warning for litterbugs and a loud thank you to those who clean up. However, what we consider the most important result of all 30 campaigns is the changes in human attitudes for the betterment of nature. We all have played a significant role in
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