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We depend on the generosity of our fellow Kiwis to do the work that needs to be done. From research and planning to implementation of our many projects, your donation, however much, helps us take care of the coastlines and waterways that we all love.
$14
Trees play a key role in river health: stabilising river banks against erosion, filtering out pollutants, and providing a habitat for local wildlife. This donation plants a tree and pays for three years’ maintenance so it thrives!
$20
Plastic in our moana can kill birds, fish and marine mammals by blocking their stomachs or by tangling and suffocating them. It also leeches poisonous chemicals into the water. This donation enables us to remove 60 litres of litter from our coastlines.
$50
Gloves are essential when handling litter and planting trees. With this donation, we can get 16 pairs of heavy duty, bamboo-fibre gloves to protect our volunteers as they work to keep our coastlines and waterways clean.
$100
We can’t do this work alone. With $100, we can provide non-profit groups, schools, and local families a complete DIY beach clean-up kit for free, to enable them to keep their local clean.
$800
Motivating future generations to look after their environment is key. This donation allows us to take a whole class on a beach clean-up, connecting them to their local beach and the problems it faces, and providing hands-on solutions that kids can easily implement at home.
$1000
We make the most of the biggest donations — this donation enables us to monitor and maintain 200 native trees for three years in one of our restoration projects, protecting Aotearoa’s waterways, climate, and biodiversity.
Most of what we pick up on beach clean-ups is made from plastic, which doesn’t biodegrade, and once it gets into our seas it stays around for a very long time.
Sadly, marine animals often get caught in plastic and suffocate. Or they mistake plastic for food, causing them to starve to death. By 2050, 99% of all seabird species are expected to be affected by plastic ingestion, with the worst impacts occurring close to home, in the Tasman Sea.
It’s hard to believe, but an estimated 11 million tonnes of plastic waste enters the ocean every year. Without urgent action, that amount will nearly triple by 2040.
Pollutants from animal agriculture and other industries seep into our waterways — and eventually the ocean. Our waterways are so polluted that 31% of them are unsafe for even swimming, a percentage that climbs much higher after rain.
It’s bad for us, and it’s bad for wildlife: 76% of our indigenous fish species are threatened with or at risk of extinction.
The thriving forest ecosystems that once bordered our rivers and lakes would have provided protection by filtering out pollutants and holding onto the soil with their roots. Unfortunately, due to deforestation, much of our freshwater lacks this safety net.
As Sustainable Coastlines, our shared vision is ‘restored mauri for our moana’. Our work is done when our ocean’s life force or vital essence has been returned. What this looks like is beautiful beaches, healthy waters, and inspired people.
It’s a lofty goal, but our place in achieving this vision is connecting people to nature and inspiring change. Our roots are in working with communities and motivating them to protect their own backyards. In the simplest terms, we support people to prevent litter and restore waterways.
Beach clean-ups are a great, proactive way to tackle the problem of pollution in our coastlines and waterways. Without accompanying, continued education, however, we aren’t fully addressing the core problem. Love Your Coast aims to inspire positive change in the everyday lives of individuals by going to school and teaching our future generations why conservation and prevention should matter to them.
This programme is all about immediate practical action and revolves mainly around tree planting along our waterways. More than that, however, it also focuses on continuous education to make people aware of the strong impact they can have by their attitudes and behaviours. By focusing on our inland waterways, we prevent much litter from making it to the seas and our coastlines.
Our latest programme was launched in May 2018 with support from the Ministry for the Environment. This project focuses on crucial data gathering that allows us to understand the scope and nature of the challenges we face with regard to litter. It aims to train Citizen Scientists to collectively monitor local stretches of coastline. Their research provide scientific, actionable insights we all benefit from.
Support Sustainable Coastlines in a way that also means less packaging in the environment, less stress buying a gift, and less clutter in our homes. Simply buy a Good Registry gift card for someone’s next present, or create a gift registry for your own special event and ask friends and family to donate to Sustainable Coastlines instead of buying gifts.
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From the US of A and want to support Sustainable Coastlines? Because American donors cannot give directly to foreign charities and obtain a tax deduction, US public charity CAF America provides a great service to do so, accepting funds from donors and sending them our way. Find out more or donate now.
Sustainable Coastlines is a registered New Zealand charity. We’re on a mission to enable people to look after the coastlines and waterways they love. We love our coasts and waterways and we work with our sleeves rolled up to keep them healthy and beautiful.
We deliver coastal clean-up events, educational programmes, public awareness
campaigns, and riparian planting projects. We also work with volunteers, interns,
ambassadors and local community groups to enable them to deliver these activities in their own communities.
Check out our three core programmes; Love Your Coast, Love Your Water and Litter Intelligence for more detail on how we look after our coastlines and waterways.
We love our coasts and oceans and want them litter free. We clean up beaches and deliver education to prevent litter, particularly single-use plastics.
Our rivers need our help. We restore waterways by planting trees, educating people on the problems facing freshwater, and enabling communities to scale-up local solutions
We love our coasts and oceans and want them litter free. We clean up beaches and deliver education to prevent litter, particularly single-use plastics.
As Sustainable Coastlines, our vision is ‘restored mauri for our moana’. Our work is done when our ocean’s life force or vital essence has been returned. What this looks like is beautiful beaches, healthy waters, and inspired people.
It’s a lofty goal, but our place in achieving this vision is connecting people to nature and inspiring change. Our roots are in working with communities and motivating them to protect their own backyards. In the simplest terms, we support people to prevent litter and restore waterways.
Pollutants from animal agriculture and other industries make their way into our waterways and eventually the ocean. The thriving forests that once bordered our rivers and lakes would have provided protection by filtering out pollutants and holding onto the soil with their roots. Unfortunately, due to deforestation, most of our waterways lack this safety net. Our waterways are so sick that 31% of them are unsafe for even swimming, a percentage that climbs much higher after rain.
This is why we look to tree-planting. Beyond protecting our moana from the flows of sick rivers, tree-planting creates and improves habitats for our threatened native fish, insects and birds. It’s a shameful statistic that 76% of our indigenous fish species are threatened with or at risk of extinction. But planting to restore their freshwater homes can help.
Around three-quarters of what we pick up on beach clean-ups is made from plastic, such as food wrappers and bottle caps. Plastic doesn’t biodegrade, and once it gets into our seas it stays around for a very long time.
Sadly, marine animals often mistake plastic for food, causing them to starve to death. By 2050, 99% of all seabird species are expected to be affected by plastic ingestion, with the worst impacts occurring close to home, in the Tasman Sea. Litter at sea can also injure and suffocate birds and other marine life when they get caught in it.
It’s hard to believe, but an estimated 11 million tonnes of plastic waste enters the ocean every year. Without urgent action, that amount will nearly triple by 2040.
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Through our three core programmes we deliver our mission, which is to support communities to prevent litter and restore waterways.
Sustainable Coastlines, 55 Madden Street, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland 1010, New Zealand