SOS Tartarugas works in Cape Verde protecting nesting loggerheads turtles (Caretta caretta) and their habitat. Cape Verde is the third most important nesting area for loggerheads in the world. Turtles are at risk from hunting for meat, stealing of eggs, removal of sand for building and unregulated tourism development. Our email is info@turtlesos.org.
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Friday, June 5, 2009

Help reduce waste

If we have 2,500 tourists arriving everyday and they stay for a week, they will consume at least one 1.5l bottle of water a day - that's.... (thinking) .... 17,500 bottles a week and close to a million a year as a conservative estimate. And that doesn't even account for the people living here. With burning in the open air as the only disposal option, you can start to see that we are living on a tiny island with a massive environmental problem. How about this as part of a solution?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HYDROPAL-SPORTS-FILTER-WATER-PURIFIER-DRINKS-BOTTLE-NEW_W0QQitemZ300313626575QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_SportingGoods_HikingEquipment_RL?hash=item45ec1647cf&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50
Thanks to Neil Davis for the link.
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