Limpieza en el Puerto de Corralejo, Fuerteventura!

El próximo sábado, día 8 de noviembre, nos reuniremos a las 10h de la mañana en el Puerto de Corralejo frente a la Escuela de Vela.
Nuestro objetivo es recoger colillas. Toda la zona del Puerto está llena de ellos. Después colocaremos carteles para dejar una cosa clara: ¡El medioambiente no es nuestro cenicero! Participa con nosotros!


Clean-up at the harbour of Corralejo, Fuerteventura!

On Saturday the 8th of November we will meet at 10 o´clock at the harbour of Corralejo, in front of the sail school. Our main goal on this event are cigarette butts. The area around the harbour is full of them. Afterwards we will hang up posters to make clear: Our environment is not our ashtray!
Join us!

airbag craftworks and COP-Party in Lajares!

airbag craftworks and the COP are celebrating. We want to promote the recycled bags from airbag craftworks which you can buy at the COP shops. Aside from this we will collaborate to design a recycled shopping bag. So plastic bags become history soon! Paul-David Rollman is the brain behind airbag craftworks. And he is a DJ.
Join him and DJ José on Saturday the 27th of September at the "el punto" in Lajares. Good music, good vibes! For more information check out www.airbagcraftworks.com

2 eventos. 1 competición. 1 objetivo.

El 7 de Junio y una semana después, el 14 de Junio, el Cleanoceanproject y nuestros colaboradores, cogimos el ferry a Lanzarote. Ahí pasamos el día en Costa Teguise y Famara.

2 Events. 1 Competition. 1 Goal.
On the 7th of June and one week later on the 14th the Cleanoceanproject and his supporters took the ferry to Lancerote! Over there we dropped by in Costa Teguise and Famara.


















En Costa Teguise hicimos una limpieza del fondo del mar y una limpieza de playa. Más de 300 personas nos ayudaron, y a propósito, entre ellos muchos turistas. ¡Unas vacaciones que nunca olvidarán!

At the Costa Teguise we made an oceanfloor cleaning and a beach cleaning. More than 300 people helped us, And by the way, among them lots of tourists. A vacation they will never forget.

Una semana después en Famara, en el norte de Lanzarote, 120 personas participaron en otra limpieza de playa. Comparado con los años anteriores había menos basura visible en la playa. Gracias al gobierno y otras organizaciones, las playas ahora parecen estar más limpias. Todos los participantes se fueron muy contentos después de los 2 eventos fenomenales. ¡Gracias a todos! También queremos dar las gracias a los Ayuntamiento de Teguise y la Naviera Armas para llevar a todos los niños de Fuerteventura a Lanzarote y a la Obra Social de la Caja de Canarias para su apoyo financiero! ¡Muchas gracias!

A week later at Famara in the north of Lancerote 120 persons joined in for a beach cleaning. There was less trash visible on the beach compared with past years. Thanks to the goverment and other organisations the beaches are looking cleaner. All volunteers left happy after 2 great events. Thanks to all you! And we would like to thank the Ayuntamiento de Teguise, Navierra Armas for bringing all the children from Fuerteventura to Lancerote and the Obra Social de la Caja de Canarias for their financial support! Muchas gracias!


































Otro evento inolvidable tuvo lugar después de la limpieza de playa en Famara - la competición de surf junior. ¡Los jóvenes se fueron locos de alegría! ¡Esperamos poder hacer esta la clase de eventos más a menudo! Y lo haremos… ¡Keep in touch!

Another great event took place after the beach cleaning in Famara - The Junior Surf Competition! The rookies went nuts! We hope we can make these kind of events more often! And we will, stay tuned!
































Sí, las playas en Lanzarote se han quedado más limpias. Pero si te fijas bien, puedes ver en esta foto que se han tirado unas 10 colillas en 1 metro cuadrado en el parking de esta playa. ¡No hay tiempo de reclinarse! ¡Haz tu parte, participa con nosotros!

Yes, the beaches on Lancerote has become more cleaner. But if you have a closer look, you can see on this picture about 10 butts on 1 square meter on this parking lot. There is no time to lean back! Do your bit, be part of it!

The Oceancleaner at the ISPO 2008

This beautiful somehow scary fish is the latest piece of art of Skeleton 3. It is made out of floatsom which our friends Joao Parrinha, Luis de Dios and Xandi Kreuzeder found at the beach.
They call it the "Oceancleaner". Why, because he has swallowed all kinds of litter. You can see different departements of it`s stomach are filled with cigarette butts, can´s, slippers and plastic bags. You can see this sculpture and ofcourse much more stuff at the ISPO 2008 which will start next sunday.






















The COP will also participate at the ISPO. We will have some little space at the stand of Skeleton 3 providing the visitors with information about our project and what each of us can do to make a difference. With this installation we want to advert to an important topic: the duration of litter in the environment.

Skeleton3, the COP and the ISPO 2008

Check out this interesting project! Skeleton 3 is a unit of the three artists Joao Parrinha, Luis de Dios and Xandi Kreuzeder. They are ambitious surfers who have established several art projects. The Cleanoceanproject is pleased to be a part of it. But first we would like to give Skeleton 3 the opportunity to introduce themselves.
















Skeleton 3 stands for their very own style of art… for weathered dead material… for skeleton-like objects… and for the composition of these materials that brings them back to life. The idea to ‘Skeleton Sea’ was brought to life about six years ago during a surf trip to the Azores. Then, the Azores were still unknown territory for surfers. We only knew that there are a lot of good surf spots and a good swell. It became apparent though that we could reach the best spots only by hiking several hours on coastal paths. We organized two donkeys and packed them with our surf equipment and food for two weeks before we started to walk along the coastline. On our adventurous journey, we did not only discover the waves and point breaks we yearned for, not only deserted ruin villages where we could set ourselves up directly in front of the spot, not only waterfalls falling from the cliffs into the Sea… No, to our very amazement we also found loads of flotsam and jetsam at the stony beaches – treasures the ocean had spit out a long time ago.















Our artistic instinct was aroused. During the breaks in between surfing we began to salvage the precious objects: very old Chinese glass buoys wrapped in ropes, lots of brightly polished whale and fish bones, fishermen’s buoys of all kind, up to 1.5 metre thick rusty oil rig buoys, wooden and rusty metal parts of ship wrecks, porcelain pieces and a lot of other things.























That is how the idea was raised to come back and save these treasures from the Sea to use them in sculptures later on. The Azores project is still to be done as it occurred to be very expensive to salvage the stuff. Each year though, we realize other projects together collecting flotsam and jetsam and using it in our sculptures, installations and pictures.












So, what has the Cleanoceanproject to do with this? The three guys from Sleleton 3 are not only artists and surfers, they also care about the environment. They helped us several times cleaning the beaches on Fuerteventura - and the last time they found some interesting stuff. These pieces of art will be presented at the sports trade fair ISPO in Munich at the first ‘Skeleton Sea’ exhibition from January 27 to 30, 2008. Further exhibitions are at the planning stage.

For more information check out xandikreuzeder.de

50 gente, 100 bolsa de basura y 6 coches!

El fin de semana pasado limpiamos la playa de La Caleta en Fuerteventura. 50 personas se juntaron el domingo en el Northshore para recoger todo tipo de basura en un trecho de 3km.

















100 sacos de basura fueron el resultado de un duro día de limpieza. Incluso encontramos unos coches, o para ser más preciso, el resto de ellos. El Ayuntamiento de La Oliva los retirará la próxima semana.
Al final de la limpieza nos recompensaron con una agradable barbacoa y unas refrescantes cervezas. ¡Gracias a todos por el apoyo recibido!




















50 People, 100 Bags and 6 Cars!
On the last weekend we cleaned the beach at La Caleta, Fuerteventura. 50 People joined on Sunday to collect all kind of litter at a stretch of 3km at the Northshore. 100 bags of litter was the result of a hard day of cleaning.We even found some cars, or to be honest the rest of it. They will be removed by the Ayuntamiento de La Oliva next week. Afterwards we were rewarded with a nice BBQ and some refreshing beers. Thanks to all of you for your support!

Beach Cleaning in La Caleta

On the 9th of December we will do a Beach Cleaning on the Northshore at La Caleta. We hope a lot of people will join us! And afterwards we will make a nice BBQ.

Limpieza de Playa en Marruecos

Nuestros amigos James Bailey y Abdullah Beneni organizaron una gran limpieza de playa en Taghazout y Tamri.

















Muchos niños se apuntaron a la limpieza el fin de semana pasado. Fue un gran éxito y además muy divertido. El evento estuvo patrocinado por la compañía de Surf Berbere.¡Echa un vistazo!

















Beach cleaning in Maroc.
Our friends James Bailey and Abdullah Beneni have organized a huge beach cleaning at Taghazout and Tamri. A lot of kids joined them last weekend. It was great success and of course a lot of fun. The Event was sponsored by the Surf Company Surf Berbere. Check it out!

Limpieza de Playa en El Faro

Un día precioso en El Faro. Un montón de gente se reunió para limpiar la playa de esta zona. Incluso unos camellos vinieron a echarnos una mano. Muchas gracias a todos por ayudarnos.


A nice Sunday near the Lighthouse. A lot of people joined to clean the beach in El Faro. Even some camel dropped by to give us a hand. Thanks to all of you for your help!

Limpieza de Playa "EL Cotillio" 23.9.07

El domingo 23 de septiembre tendrá lugar un evento que combina el arte, la música y el compromiso con el medio ambiente.
"Conexión Atlántica", quién organiza este acontecimiento, es un grupo de gente con la idea de reunir diferentes personas, culturas y pensamientos, creando una atmósfera de dialogo y intercambio. El día comienza con una limpieza de playas a las 10:30h en el Faro de El Cotillo. El Cleanoceanproject está encantado de formar parte de ello. Repartiremos camisetas, cajitas para colillas y nos encargaremos de proporcionar cubos de basura para la zona. Más tarde – alrededor de las 15:00h – el evento continuará con un mercadillo, diferentes artistas y por supuesto muchísima música en directo. ¡Ven y únete a nosotros!


On Sunday the 23th of September an Event will take place that combines Art, Music and the Engagement for the Environment. "Conexion Atlantica" who organize this happening is a group of people with the idea of bringing different people, cultures and thoughts together, creating an atmosphere of dialogue and exchange. The day starts with a beach cleaning at 10.30 in El Faro El Cotillo. The Cleanoceanproject is pleased to be part of it. We hand out t-shirts, butt boxes and provide the area with dustbins. Afterwards - around 15.00 h - the event continues with an art market, different kinds of artists and of course lots of live music. Come and join us!

Lanzarote

Last weekend Jameos del Aqua on Lanzarote was the place to be. The Canarian Wave Riders Championship took place in perfect conditions; wind and waves provided some great competitions. On the Podium: Thomas, Dany, Dario and Stephane.


We have handed out our favourite little butt boxes and provided the area with some of the bigger ones.