5 Minute Beach Cleanup Foundation

5 minute is a global grassroots movement that started in a small town on the Pacific Coast in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. Currently, it has more than 80K followers and an outreach of over 20 million views in videos that have been featured on Al Jaazera, The BBC News, The Economist, NowThis News and on the CGTN (China Global Television Network), and BRUT, among other media news channels. Now, their founders have started a non-profit foundation under the same to carry out different projects and campaigns with the main objective of educating children and individuals on the urgent call to protect our oceans from plastic pollution. We empower individuals to make an impact on the environment by picking up one piece of rubbish at a time while walking or running on the beach, at tåhe park, at the river or in the street. It is of our utmost importance to show how everyday heroes clean beaches and riverways around the globe and to convey the message that by doing so we not only create a positive impact on the environment and have a more conscious way of living.