DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES. Last September 15, over a hundred students from Ateneo de Davao University volunteered to clean up the coastline of Sitio Bucana in Lasang, Davao City. The clean-up was in line with the International Coastal Clean-up Day, organized by Ocean Conservancy. Ocean Conservancy mobilized volunteers to clean coastal beaches and inland waterways in 97 countries and locations around the world. Last 2012, the Philippines ranked 2^nd in the top participating countries.

The group of volunteers was mobilized by the Ecotenista Advocacy, an ecological advocacy program of the SAMAHAN Central Board Environment Unit of the Ateneo de Davao University. The group provided volunteers with food and transportation to the area.  Along with the coastal clean-up, organizers also initiated a mangrove planting to restore the lost biodiversity in the coastline.

Around 30 bags of garbage were collected from the coastline consisting mostly of plastics, glass, and rubber. The collected materials were segregated and will be either disposed properly or recycled.