Navy personnel clean beaches of Indian city

Navy Personnel Clean Beaches to Mark International Coastal Day

By PTI

Published: 19th September 2015 08:39 PM

Last Updated: 19th September 2015 08:39 PM

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VISAKHAPATNAM: The Eastern Naval Command (ENC) and Coast Guard personnel today embarked on a drive to clean up beaches and waterfronts in the city to mark the 30th International Coastal Day.

They were joined by their families, students of various schools, colleges and local residents during the drive.

ENC Chief of Staff, Vice-Admiral Bimal Verma flagged off the drive themed ‘Fighting for Thrash Free Seas’ at Rama Krishna Beach to Naval Coastal Battery.

The drive covered large areas spread all along the coast of the city and its outskirts, covering the Rama Krishna Beach, Tenneti Park, Rushikonda Beach, Kalinga beach and Yarada beach.

Two major naval units also undertook the cleanup drive near Double Bridge and inside the Naval Dockyard.

Vice Admiral Bimal Verma complemented citizen of Vizag for coming forward for the noble cause.

He also complemented the efforts of Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation in making Visakhapatnam a clean and green city.

The drive was also intended to inculcate amongst the general populace, the necessity of keeping the beaches clean and of safeguarding our environment, he added.

Do bike paths have a future in Venezuela?

Venezuela finally yields space to bicycles with new bike paths

Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press

Published Tuesday, September 8, 2015 12:28AM EDT
Last Updated Tuesday, September 8, 2015 1:58AM EDT

CARACAS, Venezuela – As they rolled through Caracas’ crime-ridden streets on a recent evening, popping wheelies and shouting anti-car slogans at puzzled motorists, some 50 cycling activists were in a celebratory mood.

Long accustomed to being on the losing end of their battle to make Venezuela’s car-crazed capital a little less terrifying for two-wheelers, the buzz on their monthly rush-hour ride to raise awareness about the city’s most-vulnerable commuters was about a new bike path snaking through downtown.

Former Homestead Air Force Base reborn as farm and home for homeless

Seeds of change: Verde Community Farm in Homestead is helping to grow South Miami-Dade’s foodie appeal

BY CAITLIN GRANFIELD

Special to the Miami Herald

Recycling: 5 cents for your used coffee cup

Coffee Cup Revolution returns to allow Vancouver’s binners to recycle disposable cups for cash

BY STEPHANIE IP, THE PROVINCE SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

With millions of used coffee cups ending up in landfills across Canada every year, a local community group focused on destigmatizing binners and dumpster divers hopes to bring attention to the problem and bring about positive change by offering five cents per returned coffee cup in the Second Annual Coffee Cup Revolution event on September 10th in Vancouver.

How do you take your coffee? If it were up to the folks behind the Binners’ Project, you’d take your coffee in a reusable cup.

The second annual Coffee Cup Revolution is taking place next week and its organizers at the Binners’ Project are hoping the event will encourage people to think about their own coffee-cup waste, as well as destigmatize binners, who often help collect and recycle countless coffee cups.