• The ocean generates over half of the oxygen we breathe.
• The ocean contains or covers 97% of the world’s water.
• The ocean helps in regulating climate change impacts.
• It is a huge source of food, particularly proteins.
• It provides a very important form of transportation.
• It provides a vast array of recreational opportunities, making it an incredible source of beauty, inspiration, and recreation.
• The ocean is home to the immense diversity of life.

Based on the above points, the ocean is essential for all life on earth including humans. To ensure a sustainable future, we must protect and preserve healthy marine ecosystems, and we can help to accomplish that with beach maintenance.

Beaches are an essential part of humans’ lives. In addition to many recreational activities available on the beach, beaches protect residents living near the ocean by serving as a buffer against the high winds and waves of powerful storms and help drive economic activity important to nearby communities. They also provide permanent habitats for various plants and animals.

Some marine mammals also need the beach to rest, molt, breed, and give birth. As such it is always a treat to share our beaches with other creatures in the ecosystem as well as benefit from what the beach can offer. A beach is a sensitive environment that supports numerous plants and animals. All of these benefits entirely depend on our coasts being safe and healthy. That is why beach maintenance and clean-ups are essential because they improve the coastal and ocean ecosystem.

Beach clean-ups are attractive opportunities to do large scale rehabilitation work on our beaches, but we don’t have to wait for others to start it, we can do so ourselves. If you want to go the extra mile in maintaining the beach, you can always try using our Lake Rake.