Training & awareness

Litter eater Game

Responsible Partner: CEDRE
Date: 14/07/2023
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Description: As part of the extension of the CleanAtlantic Interreg project, Cedre has developed an awareness-raising game on marine litter, the “Litter Eater”. The aim of the game is to raise awareness of the diversity of types of waste found in the marine environment, their origins and their potential impact on marine organisms. It consists in answering a riddle in order to find the name of a mystery animal known to eat plastic by mistaking it for food, the “litter eater”. The game, initially created in French, has been translated into English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Report on Artexhibition of marine litter

Responsible Partner: DRAAC
Date: 05/07/2023
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Description: DRAAC has promoted a Marine litter exhibition/artexhibition in a shopping center, in partnership with a local artist, and intended to show some of the marine litter that is found on the beaches of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, and the results of all the work that has been carried out by DRAAC to increase scientific knowledge, remove environmental liabilities and raise awareness about this problematic. This exhibition focused on 3 main axis: monitoring, cleaning of remote accumulation sites and awareness raising.

Marine Litter Education Pack from CEFAS – In “Mon lopin de mer” IFREMER / les petits débrouillards Project

Responsible Partner: IFREMER
Date: 04/05/2021
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Description: This report describes the inclusion of the french version of the educational pack on Marine Litter topic created by the CEFAS in CleanAtlantic Interreg project inside the “mon lopin de mer” project created by Ifremer and the french association for the popularization of science “les petits débrouillards”. “Mon lopin de mer” project invites future citizens from all way of life and particularly those living far from the coast, to become aware of the vital link between us and the ocean. It turns out that the topic of marine litter is very easy to understand by everyone and so it is very suitable for this purpose.

Twitter data analysis to assess the interest of citizens on the impact of marine plastic pollution

Responsible Partner: IEO
Date: September 2021
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Description: Few studies have mined social media platforms to assess environmental concerns. In this study, Twitter was scraped to obtain a ~140,000 tweet dataset related specifically to marine plastic pollution. The goal is to understand what kind of users profiles are tweeting and how and when they do it. In addition, topic modelling and graph theory techniques have allowed us to identify main concerns on this topic: i) impact on wildlife, ii) microplastics/water pollution, iii) estimates/reports, iv) legislation/protection, and v) recycling/cleaning initiatives. Results reveal a scarce influence of organizations involved in research and marine environmental awareness, so some guidelines are depicted that could help to adjust their communication plans. This is relevant to engage society through reliable information, change habits and reinforce sustainable behaviour. A visualization tool has been created to analyze the results over time.

Twilitter

Responsible Partner: IEO
Date: 2021
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Description: App that allows to perform Twitter data analysis to assess the interest of citizens on the impact of marine plastic pollution.

Pocket ashtrays

Responsible Partner: DRAAC
Date: 11/07/2023
Download: Design, Video
Description: DRAAC promoted the design and production of 10 000 pocket ashtrays with awareness messages on cigarette butts. The pocket astrays were distributed in all municipalities of Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island, and also in some beaches, hotels, maritime-turistic companies and also in a music summer festival.

Placemats with awareness messages related with Marine Litter

Responsible Partner: DRAAC
Date: 05/07/2023
Download: Placemat design, Placemat in beach bars
Description: DRAAC promoted the design and production of placemates with awareness messages, namely the Top 10 of Single Use Plastics of Madeira, acording to the results of the Marine Litter Monitoring Program of Madeira 2020-2021. The placemates were distributed on beach bars and restaurants in Madeira Island.

Cluedo Butt

Responsible Partner: CEDRE
Date: 08/06/2021
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Description: The report describes an awareness raising game on cigarette butts elaborated in the context of the Interreg Atlantic project CleanAtlantic and based on knowledge acquired by the project. The aim of the game is to raise public awareness about the pollution caused by cigarette butts in the environment. To do this, 3 scenarios can be tested where 3 different types of cigarette butts have been thrown in 3 different places, by 3 different persons at 3 different times. Initially developed in French, the game was translated in different languages with the support of CleanAtlantic partners. The game is available in five languages: French, English, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese. The report details for each language: the game rule, the materials list, how to play, solutions, key messages to be conveyed during the game.

Education Pack

Responsible Partner: CEFAS
Date: 09/06/2021
Download: Level 1, Level 2
Description: This pack contains lessons to help engaging, educating and influencing others around the subject of marine litter. The activities proposed require few facilities and can be adapted to a range of ages and circumstances.

Recurso Educativo. Propuestas para dar a conocer el problema de la basura marina. Nivel I

Responsible Partner: IEO-CSIC
Date: 09/06/2021
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Description: Este documento ha sido elaborado en el marco del proyecto CleanAtlantic como herramienta de sensibilización sobre el problema de las basura marina. Incluye información sobre el problema de la basura marina, las posibles soluciones y varios enlaces a otros recursos de interés sobre la temática. Además, se proponen actividades que requieren de pocas instalaciones como experimentos sencillos, láminas para colorear y una excursión a la playa para la categorización de basura marina. El documento está dirigido a alumnos de Educación Primaria ( 4º, 5º y 6º curso) pero puede adaptarse a un amplio rango de edades y circunstancias.

Recurso Educativo. Propuestas para dar a conocer el problema de la basura marina. Nivel II

Responsible Partner: IEO-CSIC
Date: 09/06/2021
Download: Enlace
Description: Este documento ha sido elaborado en el marco del proyecto CleanAtlantic como herramienta de sensibilización sobre el problema de las basura marina. Incluye información sobre el origen de la basura, su tiempo de degradación, las posibles soluciones y también varios enlaces a otros recursos de interés sobre la temática. Además, se proponen actividades que requieren de pocas instalaciones, entre ellas una excursión a la playa para la categorización de basura marina. El documento está dirigido a alumnos de Educación Secundaria (ESO) pero puede adaptarse a un amplio rango de edades y circunstancias.

Dossier pédagogique

Responsible Partner: IFREMER
Date: 04/05/2021
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Description: French version of the educational pack on Marine Litter topic created by the CEFAS in CleanAtlantic Interreg project inside the “mon lopin de mer” project created by Ifremer and the french association for the popularization of science “les petits débrouillards”. “Mon lopin de mer” project invites future citizens from all way of life and particularly those living far from the coast, to become aware of the vital link between us and the ocean. It turns out that the topic of marine litter is very easy to understand by everyone and so it is very suitable for this purpose.

Protocolo para la categorización de basura marina en playas y guía fotográfica

Responsible Partner: IEO-CSIC
Date: 09/06/2021
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Description: Es un documento que ha sido elaborado como herramienta de sensibilización sobre el problema de las basuras marinas en el marco del proyecto CleanAtlantic. Incluye una introducción sobre el problema de las basuras marinas, un protocolo estándar de recogida y caracterización de basura marina en playas y una guía fotográfica con los posibles objetos que se pueden encontrar. El documento está dirigido a niños pero puede igualmente ser utilizado por adultos.

CleanAtlantic Factsheets: Top ten items in beach litter

Responsible Partner: CETMAR
Date: 01/03/2019 (updated 24/07/19)
Download: English version, Galician version, Spanish version, French version, Portuguese version
Description: CleanAtlantic Factsheets about the Top ten single-use plastic items found in European beaches. These factsheets were used as part of an awareness-raising activity that consisted of a plastic box filled with beach sand in which the top-ten single use plastic items were buried. Participants were invited to look for plastic items within the sand and, once they found one, to rank it within the top-ten list of single use plastic items found in the marine environment. They were also asked to guess what their degradation time would be in the sea, origin, etc., which is specified in the factsheet. The folder also includes some supporting materials to illustrate the activity.

Marine Litter Interactive Educational Stand

Responsible Partner: Marine Institute
Date: 02/12/2019
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Description: This educational stand highlights the basics of the marine litter problem and presents a game with magnets to guess the time the decomposition of certain single-use plastics take in the marine environment. It was initially designed for primary school children, as well as for their teachers and parents, but it is adequate for the general public too. The pdf version can be downloaded from the link above. For the Adobe Illustrator version (P34 Nomadic stand 3.7m x 2.36m x 0.35m) please contact