The 2010 National Landcare Awards celebrate 20 years of community environmental volunteering in Australia.

Tangaroa Blue is one of 88 individuals and groups from across Australia that are in the running for a National Award. Since 1991, the Landcare Awards have celebrated the achievements of ordinary people making an extraordinary difference.

Landcare Australia encourages you to show support for your favourite landcare project by voting in the People’s Choice Award. Click here to vote for Tangaroa Blue for the Coastcare Category - thank you for your support!!!!

This year seven finalists will contest the Australian Government Coastcare Award at the National Landcare Awards to be held in Canberra on June 24.

The nominees each won the Coastcare Award at their respective State or Territory Landcare Award ceremony last year.

The finalists are:
NSW: Friends of Bungan, Newport
VIC: Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Group & the Point Danger Committee of Management
QLD: Tangaroa Blue Ocean Care Society (pictured)
NT: Darwin City Council Protecting the Primary Dunes of Mindil Beach
TAS: Birds Tasmania
SA: EcoAction
WA: Stirling Natural Environment Coastcare

Click here for more information on the awards.

Tangaroa Blue Ocean Care Society have been nominated as a finalist in Community Achievement Regional Category of the 2009 Western Australian Environment Awards after being awarded a Special Commendation in the 2009 Coastal Awards.

Tangaroa Blue Ocean Care Society have been given a Special Commendation in the 2009 Western Australian Coastal Awards for Excellence - Community Group Effort.

The awards acknowledge excellence in coastal management by individuals, community groups, organisations, local government and government agencies

Since 2004, the Tangaroa Blue Ocean Care Society has engaged over 1,000 volunteers in the South West Marine Debris project. Through their annual Cape-to-Cape Beach Clean Up, they have removed more than 350,000 pieces of rubbish from the south-west coastline of WA.
Since establishment, the project has grown in the number of volunteers and the amount of coastline cleaned. Strong partnerships have been formed with over 50 south-west community groups, schools, local businesses, industry groups and government agencies. The data collected has been used by local shires and state and commonwealth government agencies for strategic planning and education to help mitigate debris in our marine waters.

Read the full article on the Planning WA website.