December Beach Clean Up

We are celebrating the end of a great year and all of our wonderful volunteers in the Kailua community.

Join in for a Micro-Plastic CHALLENGE with hot dogs, a potluck, and PRIZES!! Help us sift for and collect the smallest pieces of degraded plastic pollution on our beach and compete to fill your jar with the most!

Saturday, December 1st 
9am-11am
at Kalama Beach Park

Sign in starts at 9:00am
Join us at 11:00 for the measuring of the Micro-Plastic, hot dogs provided by Ocean Devotion Hawaii, a low impact pot luck and PRIZES from our awesome sponsors Kailua Sailboards and Kayaks, MuuMuu Heaven, Global Village, Unlucky HI and TikiMaster.com. *Note our new location and time.

What to bring: hat, sunscreen, refillable water bottle, gloves, and anything you can use to sift plastic from the sand like an old collander. We could also use some more large jars (clear plastic or glass). 

Please contribute to our potluck if you can. Remember we strive to be low waste so finger food and your own utensils welcome.

RSVP on Facebook and help spread the word!

November 15th Kailua Movie Night

Join us for a FREE community evening event with talk-story, keiki crafts, pupus, presentations and films from local conservation groups, and more! It's all happening at Kailua Sailboards and Kayaks, 130 Kailua Road, on Thursday November 15th from  6:00pm - 8:00pm. This month we will be featuring presentations and short films by Hawaiian Monk Seal Response Team Oahu and NOAA on how to protect and help our fabulous furry friend the Hawaiian Monk Seal. We'll also have a brief presentation by Sustainable Coastlines Hawai'i on the successful International Coastal Cleanup of Kailua Bay in September. Ocean Devotion will be hosting keiki games and crafts starting at 6pm. Get there early for free pizza from Bob's too! Contact plasticfree@kokuahawaiifoundation.org for more information. RSVP on Facebook.

October Events

We are pleased to showcase two exciting October Plastic Free events! 

Plastic Free Movie Night

Join us for another  Kailua community movie night with talk-story, keiki crafts, pupus, presentations from local conservation groups, and more! Thursday, October 18th, 6-8pm, at Kailua Sailboards and Kayaks.

We'll have a presentation by Hui o Ko'olaupoko about their important work on our watersheds. Join Ocean Devotion early at 6pm for keiki games and crafts. Free Pizza from Bob's too!

This month we will be featuring the film "The Rain Follows the Forest" by Hawaii DLNR: "Catch Jason Scott Lee as he sets out on a journey to learn about sustainable life in our island home. Through interesting conversations, he learns about Hawaii's fragile fresh water supply and discovers connections to our upland forest environment." RSVP on Facebook.

Captain Charles Moore Returns to Hawai'i

Join us on Sunday, October 14th from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm at University Laboratory School as Captain Charles Moore makes his final stop in Hawai'i for the "The Plastic Pollution Conversation - Pacific Rim Tour 2012." Captain Moore, author of "Plastic Ocean," is a prominent seafaring environmentalist and researcher who shares his maritime encounters with the shocking amount of plastic debris in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, now commonly referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The goal of the Pacific Rim Tour 2012 is to raise the intensity of awareness about plastic pollution, its impact, the challenges it presents and motivate individuals and groups to effect change. He will be discussing the recently completed Algalita/5 Gyres 2012 Asia Pacific Expedition through the Western Pacific Garbage Patch and the southern edge of the 2011 tsunami material swept to sea making its way across the North Pacific Gyre. Read more about the Tour here.

Don't miss these FREE events open to the public! For more info contact plasticfree@kokuahawaiifoundation.org.

Sept. 15 International Coastal Clean Up

On September 15th, Plastic Free Hawaii will be teaming up with Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii and a bunch of local organizations to help out the largest coastal cleanup Kailua has ever seen. The cleanup is in celebration of the beauty of Kailua and Lanikai.  It is also the 27th International Coastal Clean Up Day with Ocean Conservancy. Clean ups and data collection will be taking place around the island and across the globe.

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Volunteers can find a check in point at any beach access from Castles to Lanikai 9:30am -12:00pm. The Plastic Free Hawaii Team will be greeting groups at Kailua Beach Park across from Buzz's. We will also have an educational craft booth for keiki of all ages at the after party 12-5pm in Lanikai Park. We'll be right next to our friends from Ocean Devotion. RSVP on Facebook!  To volunteer your school group or for more information email us at plasticfree@kokuahawaiifoundation.org.


Make sure to wear plenty of sunscreen, bring a reusable water bottle, reusable gloves and recycled old plastic bags to pick up trash. 

Other Oahu Clean Ups:

• James Campbell Wildlife Reserve at Kahuku, 9:00am - 11:00am, hosted by Kōkua Hawai'i Foundation 

• Ka'ena Point - Mokule'ia side, 8:00am - 11:30am, hosted by Friends of Ka'ena 

• Sand Island Beach Park 10:00am - 12:00pm, hosted by Surfrider Foundation, O'ahu Chapter