Clean Up Australia_with Marion on March 1

Summary of Clean Up Australia

   In 1989 an 'average Australian bloke' had a simple idea in order to make a difference in his own backyard - to clean up Sydney harbour. This idea has become the nation's largest community - based environmental event, and Clean Up Australia has been going on since then. 

The Australian environmental conservation organisation was established by Ian Kiernan and co-founder Kim Mckay. The official web site is http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/. 

Clean Up Australia events include Clean Up Australia Day, Business Clean up Day, Schools Clean up Day, Clean up Every Day, Clean up Dumping, and Great Northern Clean up as well. In addition, some other events they do are Clean up Mobile Phones, Clean Up Our Climate, Clean Up The World and Say no to Plastic Bags. Clean Up Australia Day is held on the first Sunday of March every year. 

In the past 20 years, Australians have dedicated more than 24 million hours towards the environment through Clean Up Australia Day and pick up over 200,000 tonnes of the refuse. 

   Clean Up the World was born in 1993 with the result that Ian and Kim took the concept of Clean Up Australia Day to the rest of the world. The appeal of Clean Up the World has demonstrated that people who dwell on the earth are concerned the importance of the health environment. 

c.f: http://www.cleanup.org.au/au/CleanUpEvents/clean-up-australia-day-2012.html