Judith Selby and Richard Lang with sculpture made of marine debris.
Save the Date! Oyster Roast on January 22
It's once a gain time for the annual oyster roast. Come prepared to renew your membership and enjoy delicious local oysters harvested from Oyster Creek by hardworking Clean Coast volunteers. The event is free for new and renewing members and $10 for non-members. Members who joined after July 1st do not need to renew as those memberships won't expire until December 31, 2012.
When: Sunday, January 22, 2:00 to until we've eaten all the oysters.
Where: Clete and Deannie Bergen's home on the Forest River in Coffee Bluff (140 Schley Avenue)
Directions: Travel south on White Bluff Road. It will become Coffee Bluff Road. Turn left on to Rose Dhu Rd. and then right on to Schley Avenue.
Bring: Your favorite covered dish or dessert to add variety to our repast, folding chairs, and that all important membership check. BYOB!
2012 Trip Schedule
We've made a good start on plans for the new year and have posted a provisional 2012 Trip Calendar on the website. It's not too early to make plans for the first cleanup of the year which will take place on Little Tybee Island on February 11. Click here to view the entire calendar. Some of the dates and places remain tentative and are likely to change.
One Plastic Beach
Since 1979, the Mountain Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado has screened leading independent documentary films from around the world. They take a selection of some the best films on a world-wide tour and this year the festival is coming to Savannah. On January 20 and 21, the films will be screened at the Trustees Theater on Broughton Street.
Of special interest to Clean Coast is the film One Plastic Beach which will be shown at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, January 21. The film tells the story of a California couple who started picking up the trash along a one-kilometer stretch of beach near their home. Instead of throwing the trash away like most people would they created art with it.
Click here for more information about this festival and the films which will be shown here in Savannah.
After every cleanup we estimate the weight of the debris removed from the beach and record how many volunteers participated and how many miles of beach they cleaned.
2011 was a productive year with a grand total of 259 people, 22,940 lb of debris and 23 miles of beach. Click here for a more detailed breakdown of the stats.
