The Scottish Maritime Museum and Irvine Clean Up Crew team up on World Ocean Day

The Scottish Maritime Museum and Irvine Clean Up Crew are inviting adults and children to come along for a day of fun and positive action on World Ocean Day.

Reflecting this year’s theme of ‘Catalysing Action for Our Ocean and Climate’, the museum and local voluntary environmental group teamed up for the first time to invite everyone to a beach clean up followed by creative poster making.As well as cleaning up the marine environment and saving litter from ending up in the sea, participants will learn about the main types of litter found along this stretch of coastline.

The session is drop in and all materials are included. There’ll even be some cleaned litter from the morning’s beach clean to work with. Finished posters can also be contributed to the museum for a World Ocean Day display. "Together, we wanted to create some fun practical and creative opportunities engaging everyone in taking positive action to protect our planet’s oceans. We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone on the day - let’s celebrate World Ocean Day together!"

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