Over three years ago, Versova beach in Mumbai was little more than a dumping ground for garbage and waste. After witnessing the devastating impact the refuse was having on the ocean, Afroz Shah decided to take matters into his own hands. What started off as a single man’s mission to clean up his favorite childhood beach turned into the world’s largest beach cleanup initiative. As of today, Shah and hundreds of volunteers have cleaned up over nine million kilograms of plastic and waste, with hopes to expand their initiative to other beaches in the future.
Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :
- A landfill
- A little over 3 years ago
- A movement started and led by one man
- I am a lawyer by profession
- A dumping ground
- My personal journey
- To join in
- Hundreds of volunteers
- The biggest preventative action
- It’ about the mindset of people
- Local communities
- How to segregate it
- I’m connecting with nature
- It has to be spick and span (very clean and tidy)
- We are in for a long haul (difficult effort or task)
The beach after the cleanup project
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