Clean Up Australia
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Clean Up Australia is a not-for-profit Australian environmental conservation organisation founded by Australian Ian Kiernan in 1989. It works to foster relationships between the community, business and government to address the environmental issues of waste, water and climate change. Since its inception, Clean Up Australia has grown to include other projects and campaigns including Business Clean Up Day, Schools Clean Up Day, Clean Up the Alps, Clean Up the Kimberley and Clean Up the World.The organisation behind Clean Up Australia Day, as well as other environmental projects and campaigns.
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[edit] Clean Up Australia Day
Clean Up Australia Day is Australia’s largest community-based environmental event, with six million Australians participating and over 165,000 tonnes of rubbish removed, since its inception in 1989.
Clean Up Australia Day, which is held annually on the first weekend of March, began in 1989 with a clean up of Sydney Harbour in which 40,000 people participated.
[edit] Clean Up the World
Clean Up the World was established in 1993 after Ian Kiernan approached the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), with an idea to take his Clean Up concept global.
Clean Up the World is an international campaign that encourages communities to clean up, fix up and conserve their environment through the Clean Up the World Membership program.
A Clean Up the World weekend is held on the 3rd weekend in September each year with more than 35 million people from over 120 countries participating each year.
[edit] Other Clean Up campaigns & projects
[edit] Business Clean Up Day
Business Clean Up Day[1] provides Australian businesses with an opportunity to contribute to waste reduction and the improvement of the environment.
Businesses register their commitment to implement at least one sustainable initiative in their workplace, giving them an opportunity to work as a team and make a difference to their local environment.
[edit] Schools Clean Up Day
Schools Clean Up Day[2] is designed to allow students to participate in Clean Up Australia as part of a school activity.
Hundreds of thousands of students get involved each year, learning about the impact of waste on the environment and how they can make a difference to their local community.
[edit] Clean Up the Kimberley
Clean Up the Kimberley[3] is a series of community action based projects aimed at promoting environmental, social and economic sustainability in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The primary objectives of this initiative are to clean up rubbish hot spots, increase awareness of the scale and impact of rubbish in the region, change tourist and local community behaviour and improve recycling and waste management infrastructure in the Kimberley region.
[edit] Clean Up the Alps
Clean Up the Alps[4] is a project aimed at protecting the Alpine region of Victoria.
Clean Up the Alps is run in conjunction with Parks Victoria, Conservation Volunteers Australia and local communities as part of the Victorian Government’s ‘The Alps: A fresh start – a healthy future’ program.
The project culminates in the Clean Up the Alps weekend, held annually in November.
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