Conduct comprehensive public education and social marketing to reduce the use of plastic polluting Long Island Sound beaches, bays and harbors in Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York. Project will gather 500 pledges to reduce common throw-away plastic use, and engage about 200 volunteers in coastal cleanups.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Long Island Sound Futures Fund
Project Title: Going Strawless for Sea Turtles: Educating to Protect Marine Life and Eliminate Single-use Plastics (NY)
Organization:
Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment, Inc.
Project ID:
1401.18.061066
Description:
Award Amount:
$45000.00
Location:
Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island Sound Watershed, New York.