A clean coast is our bread and butter. Without it, we would go hungry. Our community was shaped by the tides, as any surfer can tell you. Now it is time to give back. If every beach-goer and surfer would pick up one grocery bag worth of trash before they left, our beaches would be clean.
Beach cleaning is a ritual that is based in service, consideration and respect for natural beauty.
Every time I bend down to pick up a straw I am saying a physical prayer. These prayers also serve as wishes that others will join me in this atonement for mankind's wicked ways. Robert Nanninga is an independent video producer, actor, vegan and an active member of the Green and environmental communities.