Beach visit with meaning: Take three - be there! Against sea waste!

Beach visit with meaning: Take three - be there! Against sea waste!

The current campaign "Take three - be there!" officially started today, May 19, 2025. The goal of the hands-on campaign is to motivate beach visitors to collect three non-natural objects and dispose of them professionally every time you visit the beach. This initiative is part of the Interreg6a project Vabene, which examines the influence of tourism on nature and combines existing activities such as clean-up campaigns and natural history guided tours.

By integrating the "Beach Explorer" smartphone app of the Wadden Sea protection station, users can digitally report their beach finds and receive small dignities. This app is available both in the App Store for iOS and in the Google Play Store for Android. The Wadden Sea protection station emphasizes that also serves to determine beach finds such as shells and fish eggs and enables users that are used for scientific evaluations Report.

support from partners and prominent personalities

The campaign is supported by numerous partners on the North Sea coast, including the Wadden Sea protection station, Nabu Schleswig-Holstein, the National Park Administration Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and the Multimar Wattforum National Park Center. Over 15,000 individualized information flyers were distributed in tourist information and visitor centers to draw attention to the campaign.

prominent personalities from Schleswig-Holstein stand behind the initiative and support their goals. This includes Captain Heinrich von Holdt, author Katja Just, Comedian Fresh Torge and Leif Bodin, MdB. This support is intended to help further raise awareness of the protection of the North Sea, as District Administrator Florian Lorenzen emphasizes. Frank Ketter, Managing Director of North Sea Tourismus-Service GmbH, also praises the cooperation between tourism companies and nature conservation organizations.

Current challenges on the beaches

The beaches are also faced with challenges, especially by marine waste that has increased in recent years. According to Waddenmeer protection station , corona masks and bottles with disinfectant can also be found under the collected waste. In recent years, the container ship "MSC Zoe", which lost over 300 containers; The parts are still visible on the beaches. This situation illustrates how important the current action for waste prevention is.

An accompanying competition by the end of September should also support the awareness of the topic of waste prevention. Quotes from experts, including Dr. Nicole Schrader from Nabu Schleswig-Holstein and Björn Marten Philipps from the Wadden Sea protection station, emphasize the importance of the action and emphasize the importance of motivating guests to actively participate. Maike Otten from the National Park Administration indicates the importance of the Wadden Sea and the environmental education work.