Ventura

Switchin’ it up for #SoloCleanups!

Written by Bill Hickman | Jul 10, 2021 11:08:57 PM

First of all, we want to give a huge shout-out to our volunteers who have been performing solo cleanups over the years and welcome you who are joining in as new solo clean-up volunteers! To all our volunteers, in addition to asking you to submit photos of your solo cleanup to rap@ventura.surfrider.org, we would appreciate it if you would submit information from your solo cleanups to us using a mobile application called Marine Debris Tracker.

What’s awesome about Marine Debris Tracker is you can select the Surfrider Foundation US data card list and enter your trash data using Surfrider’s standardized trash categories. This makes it easy for us to submit the information to our national database, which we use to visualize trash trends across various regions. Surfrider uses this information to help support local ordinances and plastic bans that help to keep our ocean, waves, and beaches clean.

The first step is download the Marine Debris Tracker application to your mobile device. If you don’t have an account, take a minute and create one. The home screen will show recent trash trackings and let you choose an organization. Click the organization and choose Surfrider Foundation US. To start a session, select Continue Tracking for Surfrider Foundation US. See the image below. 

When you start tracking, try to remember to immediately go into settings and select Select Project. Search for “Ventura County” in the search bar and select this for your current project. See the image below for guidance.

If you have already started tracking a cleanup and forgot to select the Surfrider Foundation US organization, don’t worry! You can go back and add it mid-way through your cleanup. In Settings, you can select Change Organization and scroll down to the Surfrider Foundation US list.

Then head back to the main menu and start collecting data. Navigate the list or search for specific items as you find them.  As you click “Add” they will appear on your trash cleanup list.

When you’re finished tracking and ready to submit, select Collapse All and find the Cleanup Information section. Complete this general information about your trash cleanup. When you’re done, click continue at the bottom right.

We hope you’ll take the time to fill out the volunteer survey at the end. This provides valuable insights to Surfrider and assists us with uploading the data.займ на карту для студентов с 18