{"id":49,"date":"2013-04-26T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pasopacifico.org\/2013\/04\/earth-day-clean-up-at-laguna-de-tiscapa\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T11:14:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:14:11","slug":"earth-day-clean-up-at-laguna-de-tiscapa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/earth-day-clean-up-at-laguna-de-tiscapa\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day Clean-up at Laguna de Tiscapa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday, April 21st, in cooperation with partner organizations FONARE<\/a>, Recicla Nica<\/a>, and Comite Ballena Azul<\/a>, and with assistance from the Nicaraguan army, we set out to clean up 2500 feet of shore along Laguna de Tiscapa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0A volcanic lagoon in Nicaragua’s capital city, Laguna de Tiscapa has ecological, historical, and\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0sentimental significance for many Managuans. Thirty years ago, you could see families relaxing in the\u00a0 \u00a0lagoon and children learning to swim. Today, unfortunately, it is contaminated with runoff and\u00a0 \u00a0garbage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0We were careful to separate the waste we collected on Saturday. Good solid waste management\u00a0 \u00a0means recycling as much as possible. Plastic, aluminum, and other items of garbage don’t\u00a0 \u00a0disintegrate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0The slopes of the lagoon were full of garbage when we started on Saturday. Most of the litter was\u00a0 \u00a0comprised of plastic bags and straws from nearby eateries, market stalls, and the neighboring\u00a0 \u00a0military hospital.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0Sad sight: floating solid waste clinging to the rocks and shores of the lagoon.<\/p>\n

Please remember to pick up your garbage and to reduce, reuse, and recycle.<\/p>\n

Do your part!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n\u00a0Volunteers joined staff and friends of Paso Pac\u00edfico,\u00a0FONARE<\/a><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Recicla Nica<\/a><\/span>, and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Comite Ballena\u00a0 \u00a0Azul<\/a>\u00a0to pick up garbage all day.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\u00a0We removed 18 cubic meters of trash.<\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone involved!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday, April 21st, in cooperation with partner organizations FONARE, Recicla Nica, and Comite Ballena Azul, and with assistance from the Nicaraguan army, we set out to clean up 2500 feet of shore along Laguna de Tiscapa. \u00a0A volcanic lagoon in Nicaragua’s capital city, Laguna de Tiscapa has ecological, historical, and\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0sentimental significance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events-celebrations","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5904,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/5904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}