📍 River Garonne (France 🇫🇷)
⚖️ 300,000 KG collected
💧 ~3,000,000 Lts cleaned
Today we are delighted to bring you a VERY active cleanup group 🌟 from France: Champ d’Actions (@champ_d_actions). They have been cleaning up rivers for 6 years, starting locally ♻️ with the river Garonne (one of the largest in Europe 🌍, stretching 567 km) in Toulouse, and expanding their crew to several regions: Pyrénées, Castres, Tarn et Garonne 🌿✨.
We asked the leaders of this inspiring movement, Florence and Cécile, to tell us their story in their own words 🗨️✨:
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“Cécile and I (Florence) created the association 🌱. We were strolling along the Garonne River and were horrified by the amount of trash 🗑️ we found there. Our initiative quickly gained popularity with the locals, and after 6 years, we’ve collected over 300,000 kilos of garbage along 120 km of riverbanks 🌿✨ with more than 15,000 people involved 🙌.
The river water accounts for 97% of our drinking water 💧, and it’s already full of microplastics 🧬. 10% of the Garonne’s fish 🐟 have plastic in their stomachs! It’s urgent to protect our freshwater sources for ourselves and our ecosystem 🌱💧.”
We are happy to hear their story and hope it inspires others to take action 🌟. Let’s continue the fight against litter and protect our freshwater sources 💪🌍. This story is a reminder that none of us are alone in this mission! Let’s #CleanSomethingForNothing 💚♻️ #CSFN 🌟✨.
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