The Robinson Club Team

On the Greek mainland and other islands, similar events took place, which were supported by the “Greek Company for the Protection of Nature” and the network “Volunteering and Natural Environment.”

Throughout the Mediterranean, more than 100,000 volunteers from over 1,500 locations took part in this year’s campaign, which involved every country that borders the Mediterranean Sea, removing as much litter as possible from both popular seaside places and sensitive marine reserves.
“Clean Up the Med” is one of the largest volunteer environmental campaigns in the world, aiming to clean up the Mediterranean coastline from rubbish, and conserve our local environment.

In total, more than 280 environmentalist organizations, hotel chains, municipalities, and schools, from Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Egypt, France, Jordan, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, FYROM, Malta, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Syria, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey, as well as Greece, participated.
The combined action is organized by LEGAMBIENTE, the most diffused environmentalist organization in Italy, which has been operating since 1995 to join ecological organizations for a great common action of cleaning up with excellent results.
The ultimate aim of this event is to remind everybody that sea pollution is not accidental, but it comes from how people act daily on earth and the sea.

Human activities like illegal fishing, urbanization, illegal dumping, oil tanker transportation and the consequences of climate change threaten the amazing diversity of animal and plant species in the Med.

For these reasons, Clean up the Med also includes educational activities to raise awareness and commit to protect Mare Nostrum.