World Cleanup 2012 news

World Cleanup 2012 initiators: The main obstacle is low awareness

15.01.2012 - 09:47

Civic action leaders from more than 40 countries gathered at the Let's Do It! World Cleanup 2012 conference in Tallinn this week. The main goal was to gear up for the joint cleanup actions taking place in 82 different countries this year.

Let's Do It!: Movement for activating communities to take the lead

10.01.2012 - 13:37

Let's Do It! movement, which is bringing together more than 80 countries in a World Cleanup 2012 action this year, is activating a global network of civic leaders, scientists and experts to gather the most efficient and sustainable solutions for waste handling, production and product design, applicable for communities and enterprises worldwide.

How to build a house out of garbage?

23.12.2011 - 06:23

Ecological movement from Guatemala, Pura Vida, has a simple yet genius solution for places which have illegal dumping problem and no recycling facilities. Instead of just piling it up as a landfill, you can build public houses for the community to use.

The new project: "Bloggers for the Purity"

20.12.2011 - 01:03

The well-known in Russia and abroad blogger sergeydolya, the author and organizer of action "Bloggers against junk", is starting preparation for the new campaign.

Albanian team is looking to turn things around in a big way

20.12.2011 - 00:55

Green Line Albanian Team launched their cleanup plans recently to the public of Albania. We asked the team few questions on what exactly are their plans and what is the starting point for the team.

You presented your ideas to the local media. What did you publish and how did it go?

Nepal and Greece in the midst of preparations

20.12.2011 - 00:46

Nepal and Greece are two of the countries that have joined the LDIW project. Even the dates of the clean-up actions have been announced: Greece (29.04.2012) and Nepal (05.06.2012). How prepared are their teams so far?

The Russian environmental movement Zero Waste were awarded the "For Saving the Nation" prize

19.12.2011 - 23:57

On 19th November, activists Evgeniya Sukhova and Sergey Ganeyev from Zero Waste (Musora.Bolshe.Net) participated in the “For Saving the Nation” awards ceremony.

Big civic leaders gathering to kick off a global cleanup action

15.12.2011 - 01:00

In 100 days, civic leaders in more than 80 countries will start with the most ambitious civic action in history: World Cleanup 2012. Leaders from all over the world are gathering in Tallinn, Estonia from 13 to 15 of January to kick off the preparations for the joint global cleanup action.

New York, December 14: Special WC2012 event in United Nations

14.12.2011 - 01:33

Let’s Do It! team will be organizing a special event on the occasion of the 2nd Intersessional Meeting of UN Conference on Sustainable Development on Wednesday, December 14. 2011, 1.15 to 2.30 p.m. the United Nations North Lawn Building, Conference Room E

EWWR - Top Event of November

23.11.2011 - 15:12

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) takes place from 19.-27.11 in 18 different countries across Europe. Brazil and Dominican Republic also participate. This year there are 7035 active projects.