Eco cleaning campaign "The sea knows, the island remembers" on Lošinj

On the island of Lošinj again this year, on April 1 and 2, 2023, there will be an eco-action cleaning the coast and the sea under the name "The sea knows, the island remembers".

According to current announcements, around three hundred volunteers are expected, of which 130 are divers. Joint forces will clean several locations; the root of the port of Mali Lošinj, the coast from Velopin to Borik (Sunčan uvala), the coast from Feral to Rovenska and the port of Veli Lošinj, the beach of Mirna and the port of Nerezine, as well as the bay of Čikat.

This year, the main goal of the project is to raise public awareness of the problem of waste on the seabed, coast and beaches, as well as to promote sustainable solutions for the preservation of the marine environment. Previous year 2022, a total of three hundred divers, volunteers and citizens joined forces and participated in the two-day eco-action "The sea knows, the island remembers" and removed more than 30 square meters of waste from the Lošinj coast and underwater.

After active work and cleaning, the participants are provided with lunch and a free tour of the unique museum in the Mediterranean - the Museum of Apoksiomen.

The action "The sea remembers, the island remembers" is organized by the Blue World Institute and the diving center SUBSEASON, with the support of the City of Mali Lošinj, the Tourist Board of the City of Mali Lošinj, Jadranka turizam - Jadranka camps, Municipal Services Cres - Lošinj, ŽLU Mali Lošinj and numerous associations , clubs and others.

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As part of this campaign, as well as the project to encourage the development of sustainable tourism of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian Tourist Board "Hrvatska pridrono tuvoja", the students of the eco group of the Ambroz Haračić High School and the children of the Association 'Idem i ja' will plant twenty pine seedlings in the area of ​​the promenade Kadin – Zagazinjine in Mali Lošinj.

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The project is reminiscent of the former self-initiated eco-action of the islanders called "Work". Namely, what today is called "work for the benefit of the community", used to be associated with the privilege of grazing private sheep on communal pasture and using communal puddles, as well as using common (communal) roads.

The cleaning and maintenance actions were organized by the "ancijan" (village elder), who at the same time took care that everyone who needed to respond and do certain jobs. The sanction for unfinished "work" was - shame. By the way, the cleaning of pastures and roads was done in the spring, before Easter, and the puddles were cleaned in the summer, when there was the least amount of water in them.

Source and photo: Tourist Board of the City of Mali Lošinj