The Oceans are home to a vast majority of life-forms on earth, and yet they are used as mere dumping grounds in most Indian cities. Over 5000 tons of untreated garbage is released into the sea everyday in Mumbai alone! This degrades the marine environment, and toxic compounds which include heavy metals enter into the food chain, some of which is consumed by us daily!

Our “Ocean Clean-up Campaigns” were carried out to create awareness about the degradation of our coastal environment. The primary objective of these Clean-up Campaigns is to awaken the community at large to the urgent need for conserving our coasts and seas. Schools, the NCC, residents’ associations, the BMC, the Indian Navy and many celebrities have participated in these Events.

Through our Ocean Clean-up Campaigns, RWMC strives to gather students, volunteer groups, corporate bodies and concerned citizens under the common umbrella of adopting the oceans to conserve them. The highlight of the campaigns was a symbolic one-day Clean-up of the Coast at a chosen venue, along with interactive discussions at the venue on Marine Conservation issues. Painting competitions and Street Plays by children on the theme of “Clean Oceans” were conducted, for added perspective.

Clean-up sessions with schools are accompanied by presentations on marine life and the threats to our marine environment.

What Mumbai needs is a synergy between Civic Administration, Corporates, Law Enforcement Agencies, Conservation Agencies, Educational Institutions, youth and the general public. We are sure that schools can be instrumental in creating this synergy that can make all of us realize that WE ARE THE ENVIRONMENT!