Clean Oceans International
@cleanoceansintl.bsky.social
Fighting plastic pollution for cleaner oceans & a healthier planet. Follow for cleanup updates, beach adoptions & ways to help.
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🌊 Just 2 days to go! Grab your friends & family and join COI for California Coastal Cleanup Day—California’s largest annual volunteer event!
📅 Saturday, September 19
📍 Meet at Moran Lake Beach
🕘 Sat. 9 AM–12 PM
Help clean our beach, neighborhoods & watershed. Walk-ups welcome! 💙
📅 Saturday, September 19
📍 Meet at Moran Lake Beach
🕘 Sat. 9 AM–12 PM
Help clean our beach, neighborhoods & watershed. Walk-ups welcome! 💙
September 18, 2026 at 1:11 AM
🌊 Just 2 days to go! Grab your friends & family and join COI for California Coastal Cleanup Day—California’s largest annual volunteer event!
📅 Saturday, September 19
📍 Meet at Moran Lake Beach
🕘 Sat. 9 AM–12 PM
Help clean our beach, neighborhoods & watershed. Walk-ups welcome! 💙
📅 Saturday, September 19
📍 Meet at Moran Lake Beach
🕘 Sat. 9 AM–12 PM
Help clean our beach, neighborhoods & watershed. Walk-ups welcome! 💙
🌊 One week to go! Grab your friends & family and join us on Saturday, 9/19, for California Coastal Cleanup Day—CA's largest annual volunteer event!
We’ll clean the beach and surrounding neighborhoods—stopping debris before it reaches the ocean. Walk-ups welcome!
📍 Moran Lake Beach
🕘 9 AM–12 PM
We’ll clean the beach and surrounding neighborhoods—stopping debris before it reaches the ocean. Walk-ups welcome!
📍 Moran Lake Beach
🕘 9 AM–12 PM
September 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
🌊 One week to go! Grab your friends & family and join us on Saturday, 9/19, for California Coastal Cleanup Day—CA's largest annual volunteer event!
We’ll clean the beach and surrounding neighborhoods—stopping debris before it reaches the ocean. Walk-ups welcome!
📍 Moran Lake Beach
🕘 9 AM–12 PM
We’ll clean the beach and surrounding neighborhoods—stopping debris before it reaches the ocean. Walk-ups welcome!
📍 Moran Lake Beach
🕘 9 AM–12 PM
1.3 MILLION PLASTIC BOTTLES. In one cleanup.That’s what volunteers collected during the 2025 International Coastal Cleanup.
See Reuters’ striking visualization below of the scale of plastic bottle use, then join COI for ICC2026 at Moran Lake Beach on Sept. 19. 🌊
www.reuters.com/graphics/ENV...
See Reuters’ striking visualization below of the scale of plastic bottle use, then join COI for ICC2026 at Moran Lake Beach on Sept. 19. 🌊
www.reuters.com/graphics/ENV...
September 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
1.3 MILLION PLASTIC BOTTLES. In one cleanup.That’s what volunteers collected during the 2025 International Coastal Cleanup.
See Reuters’ striking visualization below of the scale of plastic bottle use, then join COI for ICC2026 at Moran Lake Beach on Sept. 19. 🌊
www.reuters.com/graphics/ENV...
See Reuters’ striking visualization below of the scale of plastic bottle use, then join COI for ICC2026 at Moran Lake Beach on Sept. 19. 🌊
www.reuters.com/graphics/ENV...
Turning waste into a resource: Progress from our partners at Oregon State University! Dr. Skip Rochefort and his team are advancing the “Onionator,” a portable system designed to turn used HDPE drip irrigation tubing from Oregon onion farms into usable fuel. #Sustainability #Innovation
August 19, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Turning waste into a resource: Progress from our partners at Oregon State University! Dr. Skip Rochefort and his team are advancing the “Onionator,” a portable system designed to turn used HDPE drip irrigation tubing from Oregon onion farms into usable fuel. #Sustainability #Innovation
🌊 What happens when students take citizen science beyond the classroom? Students AJ & Caleb designed their own EPAP study at Pacifica State Beach—and found substantially more plastic near the beachfront Taco Bell, highlighting how surrounding activity may influence what accumulates on our beaches.
August 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
🌊 What happens when students take citizen science beyond the classroom? Students AJ & Caleb designed their own EPAP study at Pacifica State Beach—and found substantially more plastic near the beachfront Taco Bell, highlighting how surrounding activity may influence what accumulates on our beaches.
“Seeing the beach a little cleaner after each survey” was one of COI intern Jimmy Zhang’s favorite parts of EPAP. 🌊
Through his internship, Jimmy gained hands-on experience collecting and analyzing plastic pollution data while making a difference.
#OceanConservation #MarineScience
Through his internship, Jimmy gained hands-on experience collecting and analyzing plastic pollution data while making a difference.
#OceanConservation #MarineScience
August 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
“Seeing the beach a little cleaner after each survey” was one of COI intern Jimmy Zhang’s favorite parts of EPAP. 🌊
Through his internship, Jimmy gained hands-on experience collecting and analyzing plastic pollution data while making a difference.
#OceanConservation #MarineScience
Through his internship, Jimmy gained hands-on experience collecting and analyzing plastic pollution data while making a difference.
#OceanConservation #MarineScience
Plastic Free July is over, but protecting our oceans is a year-round commitment. 🌊Keep choosing reusables, picking up litter, and making small everyday choices that reduce plastic pollution. Every action counts. 💙 #PlasticFreeJuly #CleanOceansIntl #OceanConservation #MarineDebris
August 5, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Plastic Free July is over, but protecting our oceans is a year-round commitment. 🌊Keep choosing reusables, picking up litter, and making small everyday choices that reduce plastic pollution. Every action counts. 💙 #PlasticFreeJuly #CleanOceansIntl #OceanConservation #MarineDebris
Bluesky:
🌟 Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Abdul and Youth Impact Iraq! Abdul is empowering young people in Baghdad to protect their local environment using COI's EPAP field protocols. A powerful reminder that a cleaner future starts with local action.
#YouthImpactIraq #GlobalImpact
🌟 Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Abdul and Youth Impact Iraq! Abdul is empowering young people in Baghdad to protect their local environment using COI's EPAP field protocols. A powerful reminder that a cleaner future starts with local action.
#YouthImpactIraq #GlobalImpact
July 31, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Bluesky:
🌟 Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Abdul and Youth Impact Iraq! Abdul is empowering young people in Baghdad to protect their local environment using COI's EPAP field protocols. A powerful reminder that a cleaner future starts with local action.
#YouthImpactIraq #GlobalImpact
🌟 Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Abdul and Youth Impact Iraq! Abdul is empowering young people in Baghdad to protect their local environment using COI's EPAP field protocols. A powerful reminder that a cleaner future starts with local action.
#YouthImpactIraq #GlobalImpact
🍱 Plastic-Free July Tip #5: Choose reusable containers! Whether you're packing lunch, storing leftovers, or bringing your own container for takeout, every reusable meal helps reduce single-use plastic and prevent marine debris. 🌊
#PlasticFreeJuly #OceanConservation #MarineDebris
#PlasticFreeJuly #OceanConservation #MarineDebris
July 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
🍱 Plastic-Free July Tip #5: Choose reusable containers! Whether you're packing lunch, storing leftovers, or bringing your own container for takeout, every reusable meal helps reduce single-use plastic and prevent marine debris. 🌊
#PlasticFreeJuly #OceanConservation #MarineDebris
#PlasticFreeJuly #OceanConservation #MarineDebris
Meet our 2026 Summer Interns! 🌊 Our two intern teams have been conducting EPAP surveys at Albany, Alameda, Manresa & Sunset State Beaches, collecting long-term data on plastic pollution that supports research and healthier coastlines. Welcome to the team! 💙
#OceanConservation #CitizenScience
#OceanConservation #CitizenScience
July 22, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Meet our 2026 Summer Interns! 🌊 Our two intern teams have been conducting EPAP surveys at Albany, Alameda, Manresa & Sunset State Beaches, collecting long-term data on plastic pollution that supports research and healthier coastlines. Welcome to the team! 💙
#OceanConservation #CitizenScience
#OceanConservation #CitizenScience
🥤 Plastic-Free July Tip #4: Skip the plastic straw! Saying "no thanks" or bringing a reusable straw is a simple way to reduce single-use plastic and help prevent marine debris. Small everyday choices add up to cleaner waterways and healthier oceans.
#PlasticFreeJuly #OceanConservation #MarineDebris
#PlasticFreeJuly #OceanConservation #MarineDebris
July 21, 2026 at 8:07 PM
🥤 Plastic-Free July Tip #4: Skip the plastic straw! Saying "no thanks" or bringing a reusable straw is a simple way to reduce single-use plastic and help prevent marine debris. Small everyday choices add up to cleaner waterways and healthier oceans.
#PlasticFreeJuly #OceanConservation #MarineDebris
#PlasticFreeJuly #OceanConservation #MarineDebris
🛍️ Plastic-Free July Tip #3: Bring a reusable bag! Every time you skip a single-use plastic bag, you help reduce plastic pollution and protect our oceans. Keep one in your car, backpack, or purse so it's always ready. 🌎♻️ #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToReuse #CleanOceansInternational
July 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
🛍️ Plastic-Free July Tip #3: Bring a reusable bag! Every time you skip a single-use plastic bag, you help reduce plastic pollution and protect our oceans. Keep one in your car, backpack, or purse so it's always ready. 🌎♻️ #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToReuse #CleanOceansInternational
Twin Lakes Beach got a head start thanks to a dedicated local resident. Volunteers removed 2,190 items/46 lbs., mostly from nearby streets. 71% of debris = fresh, & food wrappers/paper products = over 1/3 of debris, showing the impact of the holiday. 🌊
#MontereyBay #CoastalCleanup #PlasticPollution
#MontereyBay #CoastalCleanup #PlasticPollution
July 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Twin Lakes Beach got a head start thanks to a dedicated local resident. Volunteers removed 2,190 items/46 lbs., mostly from nearby streets. 71% of debris = fresh, & food wrappers/paper products = over 1/3 of debris, showing the impact of the holiday. 🌊
#MontereyBay #CoastalCleanup #PlasticPollution
#MontereyBay #CoastalCleanup #PlasticPollution
💧 Plastic-Free July: Week 2! Ditch single-use plastic bottles and carry a reusable water bottle instead. Every refill helps reduce plastic waste and keeps our oceans cleaner. Small swaps can make a big difference! 🌎♻️
#PlasticFreeJuly #BeatPlasticPollution #CleanOceans #Sustainability
#PlasticFreeJuly #BeatPlasticPollution #CleanOceans #Sustainability
July 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
💧 Plastic-Free July: Week 2! Ditch single-use plastic bottles and carry a reusable water bottle instead. Every refill helps reduce plastic waste and keeps our oceans cleaner. Small swaps can make a big difference! 🌎♻️
#PlasticFreeJuly #BeatPlasticPollution #CleanOceans #Sustainability
#PlasticFreeJuly #BeatPlasticPollution #CleanOceans #Sustainability
🌎 Join us for Plastic-Free July by attending our July 5 Coastal Cleanup (Twin Lakes Beach 9-11am), adopting a beach, picking up litter in your neighborhood, or reducing your everyday plastic use. Follow along all month for simple plastic-free tips! 💙 #PlasticFreeJuly #CleanOceans #Sustainability
July 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
🌎 Join us for Plastic-Free July by attending our July 5 Coastal Cleanup (Twin Lakes Beach 9-11am), adopting a beach, picking up litter in your neighborhood, or reducing your everyday plastic use. Follow along all month for simple plastic-free tips! 💙 #PlasticFreeJuly #CleanOceans #Sustainability
Holiday celebrations can leave behind thousands of pieces of litter. Join us at Twin Lakes Beach on July 5th to help remove litter before it reaches Monterey Bay. Every piece collected helps protect wildlife and prevent plastic pollution.
#BeachCleanup #SantaCruz #ProtectOurOcean #Volunteer
#BeachCleanup #SantaCruz #ProtectOurOcean #Volunteer
June 23, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Holiday celebrations can leave behind thousands of pieces of litter. Join us at Twin Lakes Beach on July 5th to help remove litter before it reaches Monterey Bay. Every piece collected helps protect wildlife and prevent plastic pollution.
#BeachCleanup #SantaCruz #ProtectOurOcean #Volunteer
#BeachCleanup #SantaCruz #ProtectOurOcean #Volunteer
🌊 Happy World Oceans Day!
The ocean covers over 70% of our planet, produces more than half of the oxygen we breathe, and helps regulate Earth's climate.
Today we celebrate the ocean and everyone working to protect it. Every cleanup, survey, and act of stewardship matters.
💙 #WorldOceansDay
The ocean covers over 70% of our planet, produces more than half of the oxygen we breathe, and helps regulate Earth's climate.
Today we celebrate the ocean and everyone working to protect it. Every cleanup, survey, and act of stewardship matters.
💙 #WorldOceansDay
June 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
🌊 Happy World Oceans Day!
The ocean covers over 70% of our planet, produces more than half of the oxygen we breathe, and helps regulate Earth's climate.
Today we celebrate the ocean and everyone working to protect it. Every cleanup, survey, and act of stewardship matters.
💙 #WorldOceansDay
The ocean covers over 70% of our planet, produces more than half of the oxygen we breathe, and helps regulate Earth's climate.
Today we celebrate the ocean and everyone working to protect it. Every cleanup, survey, and act of stewardship matters.
💙 #WorldOceansDay
🌊 Huge thanks to everyone who joined the 3rd Annual Sally Scholz Coastal Cleanup at Moran Lake Beach!
Held alongside Santa Cruz County’s Pitch In day, volunteers removed: 🧩1,329 litter pieces & 🗑️86 lbs of debris
Every cleanup matters 💙
#PitchIn #SantaCruz #PlasticPollution
Held alongside Santa Cruz County’s Pitch In day, volunteers removed: 🧩1,329 litter pieces & 🗑️86 lbs of debris
Every cleanup matters 💙
#PitchIn #SantaCruz #PlasticPollution
May 16, 2026 at 1:31 AM
🌊 Huge thanks to everyone who joined the 3rd Annual Sally Scholz Coastal Cleanup at Moran Lake Beach!
Held alongside Santa Cruz County’s Pitch In day, volunteers removed: 🧩1,329 litter pieces & 🗑️86 lbs of debris
Every cleanup matters 💙
#PitchIn #SantaCruz #PlasticPollution
Held alongside Santa Cruz County’s Pitch In day, volunteers removed: 🧩1,329 litter pieces & 🗑️86 lbs of debris
Every cleanup matters 💙
#PitchIn #SantaCruz #PlasticPollution
Join us for our biannual Sally Scholz Coastal Clean Up at Moran Lake Beach: May 9 | 9 AM - 12 PM.
We will be working together with SC County for their annual Pitch In day to clean our environment.
Bring a reusable mug (for coffee), gloves, and buckets if you can. All are welcome!
We will be working together with SC County for their annual Pitch In day to clean our environment.
Bring a reusable mug (for coffee), gloves, and buckets if you can. All are welcome!
April 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Join us for our biannual Sally Scholz Coastal Clean Up at Moran Lake Beach: May 9 | 9 AM - 12 PM.
We will be working together with SC County for their annual Pitch In day to clean our environment.
Bring a reusable mug (for coffee), gloves, and buckets if you can. All are welcome!
We will be working together with SC County for their annual Pitch In day to clean our environment.
Bring a reusable mug (for coffee), gloves, and buckets if you can. All are welcome!
Sunny skies and strong turnout for Earth Day Santa Cruz ☀️
We spent the day talking plastic pollution—sharing our shoreline survey work, and exploring localized solutions like portable plastic waste conversion. Great conversations, real engagement. Thanks, Santa Cruz!
#EarthDay #SantaCruz
We spent the day talking plastic pollution—sharing our shoreline survey work, and exploring localized solutions like portable plastic waste conversion. Great conversations, real engagement. Thanks, Santa Cruz!
#EarthDay #SantaCruz
April 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Sunny skies and strong turnout for Earth Day Santa Cruz ☀️
We spent the day talking plastic pollution—sharing our shoreline survey work, and exploring localized solutions like portable plastic waste conversion. Great conversations, real engagement. Thanks, Santa Cruz!
#EarthDay #SantaCruz
We spent the day talking plastic pollution—sharing our shoreline survey work, and exploring localized solutions like portable plastic waste conversion. Great conversations, real engagement. Thanks, Santa Cruz!
#EarthDay #SantaCruz
We’ll be at Earth Day Santa Cruz this Saturday, 11:30–4:00!
Stop by our booth to say hello and check out what we’ve been finding along our local shoreline. 🌊
#EarthDaySantaCruz #PlasticPollution #ProtectOurCoast
Stop by our booth to say hello and check out what we’ve been finding along our local shoreline. 🌊
#EarthDaySantaCruz #PlasticPollution #ProtectOurCoast
April 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM
We’ll be at Earth Day Santa Cruz this Saturday, 11:30–4:00!
Stop by our booth to say hello and check out what we’ve been finding along our local shoreline. 🌊
#EarthDaySantaCruz #PlasticPollution #ProtectOurCoast
Stop by our booth to say hello and check out what we’ve been finding along our local shoreline. 🌊
#EarthDaySantaCruz #PlasticPollution #ProtectOurCoast
COI interns help power our work. Our first official intern supported coastal cleanups, EPAP data work, and research on plastic waste conversion technology. We’re grateful for the students helping protect our oceans. 🌊
#CleanOceansInternational #EPAP #OceanStewardship #FutureScientists
#CleanOceansInternational #EPAP #OceanStewardship #FutureScientists
March 5, 2026 at 2:47 AM
COI interns help power our work. Our first official intern supported coastal cleanups, EPAP data work, and research on plastic waste conversion technology. We’re grateful for the students helping protect our oceans. 🌊
#CleanOceansInternational #EPAP #OceanStewardship #FutureScientists
#CleanOceansInternational #EPAP #OceanStewardship #FutureScientists
Welcoming 11 UCSC student interns to COI this spring 🌊
They’re conducting EPAP plastic surveys, collecting data, and removing plastic pollution—contributing to long-term tracking of coastal debris. Excited to see what they accomplish this season!
#OceanConservation #PlasticPollution #CitizenScience
They’re conducting EPAP plastic surveys, collecting data, and removing plastic pollution—contributing to long-term tracking of coastal debris. Excited to see what they accomplish this season!
#OceanConservation #PlasticPollution #CitizenScience
February 27, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Welcoming 11 UCSC student interns to COI this spring 🌊
They’re conducting EPAP plastic surveys, collecting data, and removing plastic pollution—contributing to long-term tracking of coastal debris. Excited to see what they accomplish this season!
#OceanConservation #PlasticPollution #CitizenScience
They’re conducting EPAP plastic surveys, collecting data, and removing plastic pollution—contributing to long-term tracking of coastal debris. Excited to see what they accomplish this season!
#OceanConservation #PlasticPollution #CitizenScience
A year later, we’re still grateful for the shout-out from @Any_Austin highlighting our Education Director’s 1983 thesis 🌊
Thank you to everyone who discovered COI through his video—your support helps drive our work to reduce plastic pollution.
Watch here:🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li-P...
Thank you to everyone who discovered COI through his video—your support helps drive our work to reduce plastic pollution.
Watch here:🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li-P...
Morrowind Doesn't Have Any Rivers
YouTube video by Any Austin
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A year later, we’re still grateful for the shout-out from @Any_Austin highlighting our Education Director’s 1983 thesis 🌊
Thank you to everyone who discovered COI through his video—your support helps drive our work to reduce plastic pollution.
Watch here:🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li-P...
Thank you to everyone who discovered COI through his video—your support helps drive our work to reduce plastic pollution.
Watch here:🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li-P...
Welcoming Amelia Labbe as Executive Director of Clean Oceans International. With a background in marine science and fieldwork, she’s focused on careful data, expanding programs, strengthening funding systems, and growing COI partnerships.
#CleanOceansInternational #MarineScience #PlasticPollution
#CleanOceansInternational #MarineScience #PlasticPollution
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Welcoming Amelia Labbe as Executive Director of Clean Oceans International. With a background in marine science and fieldwork, she’s focused on careful data, expanding programs, strengthening funding systems, and growing COI partnerships.
#CleanOceansInternational #MarineScience #PlasticPollution
#CleanOceansInternational #MarineScience #PlasticPollution