Paying it Forward: Coastal Clean-Up 2009

During the long weekend H and I were invited to join the Coastal Clean-Up in Anilao,Batangas. Being a diver in drought H excitedly said "YESSS!". We were blessed with good weather from the moment we left our house at 5:30am ( can you sense the excitement????) up until H's last dive at around 1pm.

Each resort along the coast of Anilao was assigned a dive site to clean-up...we joined the group billeted at Balai Resort which was assigned to clean-up Bebots...pssst! pssst! Balai Resort is the venue of Judy Ann S.-Ryan A. secret wedding reception...*wink*

The humble welcome tarpaulin:

Briefing the giddy divers:

Ready for the divers:

Group picture before heading out to sea:

***oopsie! sorry for the B/W pic I forgot to change my settings =p

Treasures from the sea...not!

Among the garbage found under water were bottles of alchohol, a badminton racket bag,

plastic bags, and lots of twine. The most collected trash underwater is.....THE DIAPER! Would you believe that almost every diver was able to pick up at least one diaper and the occasional used napkin (eeww), aka white manta..... it just proves that humans are the major contributor of pollutants...so sad! =(

The event lasted the whole weekend but H and I stayed for a day only. We had to head back home to attend to another event.

Joining an event like this is such a good experience. It makes us more aware of the state of our planet. Each of us can do our share in saving the environment. Earth is our only home..let's save it before it's too late..so I say : " Love it, Live it, Litter FREE it "