Marine Litter Toolkit: Engagement Ideas
As Expedition Guides, you have an opportunity to offer your guests to experience the marine litter issue up close. By sharing these ideas, you can help them build a deeper understanding of the problem.
This not only enhances their experience during the trip but also encourages them to take meaningful action that can make a difference after they return home.
Which vessel can collect the most marine litter?
For operators with more than one vessel in their fleet, start a competition on which vessel can collect the most kilos of litter either during a cleanup event or throughout the whole voyage.
Create art pieces from collected litter
After a beach cleanup, organize an event onboard the vessel where guests can create their own art piece using the litter. Remember to provide glue, scissors, etc.
Organize a “decorate a hat from what you found” competition
Guests can wear their marine litter hat to dinner or an evening event and announce a winner. Remember to provide a hat base, glue, scissors, string, pipe cleaners, etc.
Find as many different types of items as possible
Encourage guests to use AECO’s Marine Litter ID Cards to find as many different items as they can.
Find the «weirdest» or oldest litter item
Encourage guests to become marine litter detectives to figure out the story behind individual marine litter items. Analyze litter for clues on where it might have come from, how old it is or how it might have ended up in the ocean.
Host a storytelling event
Have you found any marine litter items that spark an emotion or a memory? Or have you found an item that might have an interesting history? Prepare stories in connection to the items found and encourage guests to share their own stories.
Marine Litter Toolkit for Guides
This toolkit is designed as a comprehensive resource to support guides in educating and actively engaging passengers about the pressing issue of marine litter. Packed with inspiration and interactive approaches, it helps you engage your guests and bring the topic to life, whether on board or during cleanup efforts.
By encouraging participation and raising awareness, the toolkit aims to raise awareness, spark collective action and adress the growing challenge of marine pollution through education and direct involvement in cleanups.
The Toolkit:
- Marine Litter Identification Cards with information on common litter found on beaches in Svalbard and across the Arctic.
- Passenger Engagement Ideas is an inspiration for activities and events to facilitate conservations on marine litter.
- Marine Litter Presentation is a tool for educating passengers about marine litter.
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Last update: 06. February 2025