{"id":9551,"date":"2021-06-13T06:38:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T06:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=9551"},"modified":"2021-06-04T16:43:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T16:43:53","slug":"clean-up-your-shoreline-a-project-kids-can-feel-good-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/clean-up-your-shoreline-a-project-kids-can-feel-good-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Up Your Shoreline \u2014 a Project Kids Can Feel Good About!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From rubber duckies to plastic straws, everything we throw away ends up somewhere.<\/h2>\n<p>If it doesn\u2019t make it to a landfill (where all your garbage goes), it will find its way to waterways like rivers, lakes and oceans. It really doesn\u2019t belong there \u2013 animals can mistake that junk for food and they can get tangled up in it too.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s up to us as parents and educators to encourage the next generation to do more. It\u2019s up to us to let our children know that they really can make a difference. And so this shoreline cleanup will be the perfect thing to do over the summer months! Not only will it empower the kids in our lives, it\u2019ll also make Canada\u2019s waterways a clean and comfortable place to be for the animals that live in our waterways.<\/p>\n<h3>What You\u2019ll Need<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8551\" style=\"width: 1100px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-standard wp-image-8551\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WO-nina-and-sally-with-a-bag-of-cigarette-butts-and-micro-plastics-1100x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vancouver shoreline cleaning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A body of water<\/strong>. Choose a lake, river, stream or ocean shoreline that you\u2019d like to clean up. If the waterway is big, decide on a smaller area you want to tidy up.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Closed toe shoes and thick fabric gloves.<\/strong> These will protect your hands and feet.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget to <strong>protect your skin<\/strong> from the sun!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Water<\/strong> (in case you get thirsty).<\/li>\n<li><strong>A first aid kit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Garbage bags<\/strong> and recycle bags.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What to Look For<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gallery gallery-grid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class='gallery-item col-md-3'><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/plastic-bags-1147567195-530x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-list size-list\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class='gallery-item col-md-3'><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Single-Use-Plastic-1-530x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-list size-list\" alt=\"Single-Use Plastic Pollution\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class='gallery-item col-md-3'><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plastic-bottles-white-530x533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-list size-list\" alt=\"plastic bottles\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plastic-bottles-white-530x533.jpg 530w, https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plastic-bottles-white-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class='gallery-item col-md-3'><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/microplastics-GettyImages-1150805328-530x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-list size-list\" alt=\"microplastic\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class='gallery-item col-md-3'><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/disposible-coffee-cup-with-lid-862249176-530x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-list size-list\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class='gallery-item col-md-3'><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plastic-straw-white-530x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-list size-list\" alt=\"plastic straws\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class='gallery-item col-md-3'><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wetland-garbage-672495488-530x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-list size-list\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class='gallery-item col-md-3'><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plastic-cutlery-white-530x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-list size-list\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Plastic Bottles<\/li>\n<li>Food Wrappers<\/li>\n<li>Lids<\/li>\n<li>Cups<\/li>\n<li>Plates<\/li>\n<li>Plastic forks<\/li>\n<li>Straws<\/li>\n<li>Spoons<\/li>\n<li>Plastic Bottle Caps<\/li>\n<li>Paper Materials<\/li>\n<li>Plastic Bags<\/li>\n<li>Straws and Stirrers<\/li>\n<li>Foam Material<\/li>\n<li>Beverage Cans<\/li>\n<li>Rope<\/li>\n<li>Papers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Learn more about how to help at <a href=\"http:\/\/RiverstoOceans.ca\/?src=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RiverstoOceans.ca<\/strong><\/a>.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">From rubber duckies to plastic straws, everything we throw away ends up somewhere. If it doesn\u2019t make it to a landfill (where all your garbage goes), it will find its&hellip;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":9544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[631],"tags":[175,685,8920,174,2989],"class_list":["post-9551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-connect-with-nature","tag-healthy-shorelines","tag-rivers-to-oceans-week","tag-shoreline-cleanup","tag-shorelines","tag-single-use-plastic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9556,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9551\/revisions\/9556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}