Can we clean up the beaches? | Real Food

João Lucas França – Broadcaster and communicator for the Sabiá Center.

This week’s Real Food asks: Can we clean up the beaches? The most recent CPRH survey has shown that more than half of Pernambuco’s beaches are unfit for swimming.

Pollution isn’t just visible to the naked eye: it affects ecosystems, weakens fauna and flora, disrupts the lives of fishermen and shellfish gatherers and, of course, also impacts the city’s tourism.

September 20th is World Day for the Cleanup of Beaches, Rivers and Lagoons – a day of awareness and, in Recife, a day of action for the beaches!

From September 19 to 29, Greenpeace Brazil is organizing actions to clean up beaches all over Brazil. In Recife, the action takes place on the 21st, with the Maré de Consciência project, an initiative of activism and artivism that may, who knows, also point the way to cleaning up our beaches.

So, can we clean up the beaches? That’s what we’re going to talk about now with Lucas Gabriel, activist, biologist and Greenpeace Recife volunteer.

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