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Submit Entries to the Plastic Waste Challenge Competition

ORANJESTAD - In honor the world’s coral reefs,
of International Coastal 1,500 fish and marine
Cleanup Day, which mammal species, 15,000
was on September 16th plant species and mile
this year, the Institute of after mile of mangrove
Caribbean Studies (ICS) forests. Submission of
has partnered with re- entries for “The Carib-
gional NGO the Carib- bean Plastic Waste
bean Youth Environment Challenge” opened Fri-
Network (CYEN) with day, September 15th.
headquarters in Barba- For more information,
dos and the Develop- please visit www.thecar-
ment Foresight Institute ibbeansea.org. To learn
(DFI) based in Jamaica more about the Institute
to launch an online of Caribbean Studies,
competition aimed at visit www.icsdc.org and
bringing greater aware- the Caribbean Youth
ness to the challenge of Environment Network,
plastic waste in the Ca- www.cyen.org
ribbean Sea. Instructions for submit-
“The Caribbean Plas- ting entries to the Chal-
tic Waste Challenge” lenge.
which is being support- 1. Please click on
ed by technology pro- “The Caribbean Plastic
vider IDEABUZZ, asks the - ICS to partner with the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) and Development Fore- Waste Challenge”
public to address their sight Institute to launch the Plastic Waste Challenge Competition on IdeaBuzz in honor of Interna- 2. Click on “How
creativity to providing tional Coastal Cleanup Day Can we Reduce the
answers and actionable Amount of Plastic
projects that respond Reginald Burke, Execu- ribbean Sea Basin coun- found were plastic. Waste”
to the challenge: “How tive Coordinator of CYEN tries should be every- While the 37 nations and 3. Review Chal-
can we reduce the states, “It is vital that we one’s concern.” overseas territories of the lenge Overview and
amount of plastic waste identify ways to reduce Land-based sources of Caribbean are sepa- Timeline
in the Caribbean Sea?” the amount of plas- pollution from unman- rated by water, it is this 4. Create a pass-
The goal of the chal- tic waste in the Carib- aged waste from the shared resource -- the word and login
lenge is to provide CYEN bean Sea, and address Caribbean Basin coun- Caribbean Sea—that 5. Submit Ideas and
and ICS who have been the amount of plastic tries, waste from ship- unites them. Thus the poster submission
collaborating on public disposed of incorrectly ping traffic as well as peoples and govern-
awareness campaigns from land as well as from waste from other oceans ments of the Caribbe-
also for UN World Ocean shipping traffic. We’re are also threatening the an must work together
Day to identify new seeking ideas which viability of the Sea. In to address the growing
ideas and explore solu- could be actionable 2016, the International threats to the Sea. The
tions for how countries by various sectors such Coastal Cleanup Day Caribbean Sea is desig-
in the Caribbean ba- as the hotel sector; the event across the Carib- nated a Special Zone.
sin, shipping traffic and restaurant sector; or the bean removed some The Caribbean contains
countries bordering the manufacturing/pack- 402,993 pounds (approx. some of the world’s rich-
Atlantic can help to re- aging sector. We can’t 210 tons) of marine de- est marine biodiversity.
duce the plastic waste just wait on government. bris from beaches in 22 In the sea and along
stream entering the Ca- Reducing, recycling and countries. It is estimated island coastlines, the
ribbean Sea. reusing plastic in the Ca- that 55% of all the items region harbors 10% of
Loyal Island Guests Honored at the Aruba Beach Club

EAGLE BEACH - Recently tive annual visit to Aruba!
the Aruba Tourism Author- The Gioias are loyal mem-
ity had the great pleasure bers of the Aruba Beach
of honoring a very nice Club and they love Aruba
family who are loyal and very much because of
friendly visitors of Aruba as the friendly people, fun in
Distinguished Visitors at the the sun, the climate, the
Aruba Beach Club. beaches and the restau-
The symbolic honorary title rants.
is presented in the name They say that being on
of the Minister of Tourism as Aruba and staying at the
a token of appreciation to Aruba Beach Club is like
guests who visit Aruba for being at their vacation
10-to-19 consecutive years. ‘home-away-from-home.’
The honorees were Mr. The certificate was pre-
Vincenzo and Mrs. Donna sented by Ms. Marouska
Gioia, together with their Heyliger representing the
children Vincent and Nico- Aruba Tourism Authority to-
las, from New York, cele- gether with associates from
brating their 10th consecu- the Aruba Beach Club.