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Litter Intelligence Education Programme Engagement Day, Wellington

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Covid safety at our events

  1. If you, or anyone you live with feels ill, please do not attend.
  2. All attendees should follow cough and sneeze etiquette: Cough or sneeze into your elbow or a tissue (dispose of tissue immediately).
  3. Bring gloves to the event if you have them available at home. Although we will have freshly washed gloves for those who need.
  4. Wash and sanitise your hands regularly.
  5. Social distancing of 2m must be adhered to for those outside your bubble.
  6. The event may be cancelled at late notice due to the unfolding situation.
  7. Our full Covid-19 Protocol is available at this link.
FULL COVID PROTOCOL

Event details

Tue
03
Nov 2020

We will provide: 

  • All relevant gear: gloves, sacks
  • Health and Safety documentation & briefing
  • First aid trained staff and first aid kits
  • Hand sanitiser
  • Rubbish removal

Join us on Tuesday the 3rd of November on Kapiti Island to learn more about our Litter Intelligence Education Programme (LIEP). This workshop is free to educators interested in our project-based environmental education programme.

Where to meet and when:  Please be at the Kāpiti Boating Club at 2 Marine Parade, Paraparaumu Beach by 8.30am.  We will kick off the event with a brief PowerPoint presentation about the programme before we complete the biosecurity checks and board the ferry for the trip to Waiorua Bay at 9.40pm
When will we get back:  We will return to Paraparaumu Beach by approx. 4pm.
Biosecurity requirements: Please ensure that you have read, understood and comply with DOC’s island biosecurity requirements for visitors to Kāpiti Island which can be viewed at this link.   The key areas to carefully and thoroughly check for any biosecurity risks, such as ants, other insects, lizards, mammalian predators eg rats or mice and any plant seeds, are your boots, the inside of your bag and the pockets of your bag and jacket and/or raincoat.  You can also check out this informative biosecurity video https://youtu.be/yXNOpfW7PPQ. 
 
What to bring:  You’ll need to be prepared for a full day of relatively strenuous exercise on an exposed coastline.  There is a visitor shelter available for us to use and the forecast at this stage is looking great but please make sure you have the following items with you as the weather can change quickly:
– Wet weather gear i.e raincoat and leggings if the weather is wet (I have some spares if anyone needs either just let me know)
– Sturdy hiking shoes or boots (preferred/recommended)
– Layers of comfortable clothing that you can remove if it warms up, including a warm jacket and thermals if you feel the cold
– Sunscreen and/or SunSmart clothing and a sunhat (fingers crossed we will need these!)
– Plenty of food and water for yourself for the day
– Backpack or tramping pack to carry your gear and to help with carrying the survey kit and any rubbish we collect out
– Mobile phone
 
Covid-19:  Our latest Covid-19 protocol can be viewed at this link.  If you have any queries or concerns about this please feel free to contact me directly.

Need more information?  Email [email protected]

Thanks to

Covid safety at our events

  1. If you, or anyone you live with feels ill, please do not attend.
  2. All attendees should follow cough and sneeze etiquette: Cough or sneeze into your elbow or a tissue (dispose of tissue immediately).
  3. Bring gloves to the event if you have them available at home. Although we will have freshly washed gloves for those who need.
  4. Wash and sanitise your hands regularly.
  5. Social distancing of 2m must be adhered to for those outside your bubble.
  6. The event may be cancelled at late notice due to the unfolding situation.
  7. Our full Covid-19 Protocol is available at this link.
FULL COVID PROTOCOL

Event details

Mon
28
Sep 2020

Remember to bring:

  • Closed-toed shoes
  • Sun-smart gear
  • Raincoats and appropriate clothing for the day on the coast
  • Reusable drink bottle, filled and ready to go
  • A mask
  • A smart mobile phone with full battery (if you have one)

We will provide: 

  • All relevant gear: gloves, sacks
  • Health and Safety documentation & briefing
  • All equipment required to run the litter survey and audit

PEASE NOTE: Due to Covid Level 2 restrictions, registration for this event may be limited.

Are you interested in taking action against ocean pollution? Do you want to contribute to New Zealand’s progress toward Sustainable Development Goals Reporting?

Join us on Monday September 28th at 11-3pm for a training workshop for Litter Intelligence: a citizen science platform to enable community groups to contribute to a growing national litter database by monitoring their local beaches & auditing the rubbish.

This free workshop will pass on the skills in surveying, data collection, and Health & Safety that will allow attendees to play an important part in this long-term, grassroots effort. Come along to learn how to set up & run a survey, sort & record rubbish in an audit, and add your data into the national database & solutions platform.

Rough Itinerary:

11:00 – 11:15 pm Welcome and Health & Safety Briefing
11:15 – 12:15 pm Litter Survey on the Beach
12:15 – 1:30 pm Litter Intelligence Methodology & Technology Overview
1:30 – 3:00 pm Litter Audit

*Please be prompt as we will head out straight to the beach!

Please email [email protected] with any questions.

 

About the Litter Intelligence Programme

Working in collaboration with the Ministry for the Environment, Statistics New Zealand and the Department of Conservation, we have developed a national beach litter monitoring programme that will enable us to build an accurate picture of the beach litter problem in New Zealand and help to prioritise solutions.

By working to a United Nations Environment Program survey methodology, the data is collected at the highest standard of scientific rigour, allowing it to be used for national, regional and international reporting, including progress against UN Sustainable Development Goals.

To collect the beach litter data long-term, we work with community groups & organisations to conduct beach litter surveys across Aotearoa at least four times per year. We provide the training and tools required to take part in this project as Citizen Scientists, conducting regular litter surveys at their chosen local beach sites and loading the litter data into a new, easy to use nationwide beach litter Citizen Science Platform/App we’ve developed specifically for the project. The Litter Intelligence litter data base also includes a solutions data base and some awesome litter data visualisation tools that are in development at present. All the litter data collected is freely available to the groups involved as well as to the wider public and decision makers.

 

Interested in setting up your own site but can’t make the event? Please complete this form and we’ll reach out.

Thanks to

Covid safety at our events

  1. If you, or anyone you live with feels ill, please do not attend.
  2. All attendees should follow cough and sneeze etiquette: Cough or sneeze into your elbow or a tissue (dispose of tissue immediately).
  3. Bring gloves to the event if you have them available at home. Although we will have freshly washed gloves for those who need.
  4. Wash and sanitise your hands regularly.
  5. Social distancing of 2m must be adhered to for those outside your bubble.
  6. The event may be cancelled at late notice due to the unfolding situation.
  7. Our full Covid-19 Protocol is available at this link.
FULL COVID PROTOCOL

Event details

Wed
02
Dec 2020

Remember to bring:

  • Casual Comfortable Clothes
  • Closed-toed shoes
  • Sun-smart gear
  • Raincoats and appropriate clothing for the day on the coast
  • Reusable drink bottle, filled and ready to go
  • Camera!

We will provide: 

  • Lunch
  • All relevant gear: gloves, sacks
  • Health and Safety documentation & briefing
  • First aid trained staff and first aid kits
  • Hand sanitiser
  • Rubbish removal

Join us on Wednesday the 14th October from 9am-3pm at at the New Plymouth Surf Riders Club, Fitzroy Beach Reserve. to learn more about our Litter Intelligence Education Programme (LIEP), and the litter survey.

This workshop is free to anyone interested in our project-based environmental education programme.

Backed by the Ministry for the Environment, Sustainable Coastlines is in the roll-out stage of a project to create grassroots solutions to litter in Aotearoa. As part of this project, we are offering a free engagement day to describe the programme in detail to teachers, educators and interested parties.

Numbers are limited, so please register via the form below.

Litter is a major risk to people, culture, environment and economy, especially when it enters the marine environment. This is a problem we can – and will – solve. Led by charity Sustainable Coastlines, the Litter Intelligence programme collects data, provides insights and inspires action for a litter-free Aotearoa. As New Zealand’s first national litter database, Litter Intelligence is helping build a better understanding of the problem.

To collect and input this litter data long-term, Sustainable Coastlines is engaging with communities around Aotearoa, providing the training, equipment and technology required for people to take part in the programme as ‘Citizen Scientists’. By working to a United Nations Environment Program / Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission methodology, data is collected at the highest standard of scientific rigour, allowing it to be used for national, regional and international reporting, including the relevant Sustainable Development Goals.

We are training and supporting educators around Aotearoa to deliver an exciting new and innovative litter reduction education programme called the Litter Intelligence Education programme or LIEP for short. By combining evaluation of our education programme with on-the-ground litter data, we will measure the effectiveness of education and a range of other litter-reduction interventions, giving us a strong understanding of the best solutions.

All programme findings are freely, openly and publicly available through our purpose-built Litter Intelligence digital platform, giving politicians and business leaders, educators and students, scientists and researchers the right information to take action for a litter-free world.

Need more info? Contact Ben on [email protected]