Local community river cleanups with river adoption
A few years ago, under the auspices of the Pet Kupa, teachers and nature conservation associations from schools along the Tisza River joined forces to clean the river. Students were also involved in the work, adopting and taking care of several riverbank sections, which they continue to maintain to this day.
People living along the river could do a lot! They know the river and are close to it when it is time to act. Plastic Cup wants to target the ones most open for change and acting for the rivers: the schools and local communities. The objective is to take care of a river shore and not just clean it once. So, Plastic Cup has the methodology for river shore adoption and community management, where an active local community regularly takes care about the adopted river shore. By cleaning the shore, the members will build up again the lost link to the river and start enjoying it. It is all about regenerating our link to nature. There are already a lot of adopted river shore in the Danube basin, mostly by schools, so do not wait and start taking care of your local shore with your community from the school or just friends. Plastic Cup will provide you necessary protocols. Make your river clean and put it on the Riversaver map.
As a continuation of this initiative, the River-Saving Schools Erasmus+ Program was established.
- If you understand how much our daily lives depend on water and how vital it is;
- if you can tolerate billions of mosquitoes and don’t mind getting dirty (your shoes, clothes, everything);
- if you have seen waste floating on water;
- and if you are willing to do something about it, then join this program!
Projects
Working together with our partners, we have developed technologies to enhance river saving.
