Training & awareness

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.

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
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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 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