Beach Plogging 1.0 Pulau Pangkor

"There is no such thing as 'away'. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere."

Annie Leonard

Photo by Amelia L

What is your decision to make a change? This is a very powerful question until it goes deep into my mind. Yes, what is 'my decision' to make a change? That sounds better to me. Annie Leonard reminds me something that we throw it must be traveling to somewhere from its origin. 70% of the earth is covered by the gigantic ocean. Somewhere means in our ocean and beaches.

Sir Attenborough in his impassioned speech reminds us to do something to protect our beautiful world. As he narrated in a BBC programme, The Blue Planet II.

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Inspiration to do beach plogging is started when I think I should do something about it after I watched Blue Planet II and followed #5minutebeachcleanup movement by Carolina Sevilla. I believed if I didn't mean to do something great but I can do small things in a great way. Then the idea of beach cleaning and plogging is a great combination I shall start with. I guess the 'plogging' term is quite new in the Malaysian's culture. What is plogging? For those who never heard about it, it is actually a fitness trend by Swedish to combine physical fitness, picking up trash while jogging.

The word scattered into two words 'pick-up trash' and 'jogging'. #plogging has become trending in the social media like Instagram and Facebook.

The wholesome idea of #beachplogging is that it can be captured in the win-win situation. This activity is likely can promote eco-conscious by taking care of our environment from trashes while improving the fitness level and creating happiness by doing something good to both environment and our body.

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

Photo by Amelia L

I initiated beach plogging 1.0 in Teluk Nipah, Pulau Pangkor 2 weeks ago. On the first day, my friend told me the beach looks clean how possible I can pick up trash. I continued my intention and I figured on the next day of beach plogging I found tiny debris hidden under the sands mostly single-use items like bottle cover, plastic bottle, plastic straw, plastic spoon, sweet wrap, plastic bag, cigarette buds, and box were scattered on the Teluk Nipah beach. This tiny debris is hard to see with our naked eyes unless we are together continuously making an effort to pick them up.

I also want to mention my friend, Amelia L for all her gorgeous photos. Big Thanks!


Beach Plogging | 11 Feb 2018

Photo by Amelia L