{"id":56027,"date":"2018-08-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/56027\/meet-the-gems-twitter-volunteers-cleaning-up-lebanese-beaches"},"modified":"2018-08-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T00:00:00","slug":"meet-the-gems-twitter-volunteers-cleaning-up-lebanese-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/56027\/meet-the-gems-twitter-volunteers-cleaning-up-lebanese-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The GEMS: Twitter Volunteers Cleaning Up Lebanese Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It all started with one tweet. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So guys, a few years ago, I suggested we clean up beaches. Get a group of volunteers and move around Lebanon one beach at a time and pick up the trash.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, nobody responded. <\/p>\n<p>So again, anyone want to start this with me?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 R.K (@leb_obs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leb_obs\/status\/1016571215895519232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>  And one retweet after another, the Green Environment Movement (GEM) was born.<\/p>\n<p>  A group of young people who met on Twitter have been volunteering to clean up Lebanese beaches. Starting with only seven volunteers, they\u2019ve managed to pick up more than a ton of trash in just three weeks. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019ve picked up more than a ton of trash in just 3 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Can we get a ton of followers to encourage us to keep this initiative going?<\/p>\n<p>RT for 1,000 followers\/volunteers \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\udce3 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qhGVqU8r1s\">pic.twitter.com\/qhGVqU8r1s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Green Environment Movement (@GEM_Leb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEM_Leb\/status\/1026053536793149440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  So far, the GEMS have cleaned up Batroun, Amchit Boulevard, and Kfaraabida, and plan to expand their campaign to Tyre and other beaches as well. <\/p>\n<p>  To solidify their efforts, the GEMS sort the trash they collect on spot and send it to the Cedar Environmental Recycling Plant. <\/p>\n<p>  The growing movement welcomes volunteers and assistance as well, in terms of transportation, logistics, and cleaning items. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re looking for kind and generous people to provide our volunteers the following list of things for Sunday\u2019s cleanup:<\/p>\n<p>1- Reusable gloves (40-50)<br \/>2- Reusable bags (80-100)<br \/>3- first aid kit<br \/>4- Hand gel bottles (10-20)<br \/>5- Water cooler with nozzle <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gVs2v8VjFR\">pic.twitter.com\/gVs2v8VjFR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Green Environment Movement (@GEM_Leb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEM_Leb\/status\/1024695218732453888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  You can follow their progress on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GreenEnvironmentMovement\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEM_Leb\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and volunteer if you can!   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all started with one tweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":400401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"_lftp_listicle_injection":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-56027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stuffwelove"],"authorship":[180],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet The GEMS: Twitter Volunteers Cleaning Up Lebanese 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