Published: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 6:50 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 10:28 p.m. <\/p>\n
The International Coastal Cleanup will take place Saturday along coastal beaches and the Intracoastal Waterway, and many participants may follow up those efforts with a climate protest. <\/p>\n
Volunteers with the cleanup, an annual event sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy, will gather at two dozen staging areas throughout Volusia and Flagler counties beginning at 8 a.m. Armed with bags, gloves, theyll fan out along beaches, parks and river shorelines. <\/p>\n
County officials are coordinating this years cleanup in Volusia County. In Flagler, Friends of the A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway are coordinating efforts. <\/p>\n
After the cleanup winds down, local supporters of the international Peoples Climate March will gather at 11:30 a.m. at SunSplash Park in Daytona Beach for a march on the beach to bring attention to pressing concerns about the hazards of sea level rise as a result of global warming, said Elizabeth Camarota, with the Volusia Flagler Sierra Club Executive Committee. <\/p>\n
The local march is one of roughly 2,000 satellite events for a much larger gathering taking place Sunday in New York City expected to draw hundreds of thousands, Camarota said. <\/p>\n
For more information about the coastal cleanup in Volusia, contact Stacey Bell at sbell@volusia.org<\/a> or 386-238-4716. In Flagler, contact Gerald_Yule@scenica1a.org<\/a> .. Online, go to oceanconservancy.org. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Excerpt from:<\/p>\n Event will be Saturday all over Volusia, Flagler<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Published: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 6:50 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 10:28 p.m. Continue reading