Thirty-three bags of garbage from just 5 km of road. Roadside littering continues to be a significant and bewildering problem in our province. Since 2010, Coastal Action has been removing roadside garbage from Route 3 between Lunenburg and Mahone Bay on a biannual basis. With just 6 months between each cleanup, we’re continually disappointed with the volume of waste we find from year to year. 

​A unique, hands-on conservation program - Fish Friends - has been an important part of environmental education in the classroom across Nova Scotia for many years. Coastal Action has proudly delivered this program to schools throughout the south shore region of the province since 2003, providing classrooms with hatchery-sourced fish eggs (Atlantic salmon eggs up until 2012, now brook trout eggs) and everything they need to raise their eggs to the fry stage over a 5-month period.        

Exciting changes are afoot here at Coastal Action as we celebrate 25 years of conservation at work throughout the south shore region of Nova Scotia and beyond. Join us as we reflect on our successes over the years and look forward to the next 25. With a fresh new look, new website and blog, as well as some great projects and initiatives in the pipe, we're thrilled to keep striving towards our vision of a healthy environment for future generations. ​

​Step aside stand-up paddleboards, SUP has a new meaning and it's single-use plastic. The anti-plastic movement has firmly taken root in Lunenburg thanks to a local group of concerned citizens called Plastic Free Lunenburg (PFL). And rightly so. With 300 million tonnes of plastic produced globally each year but only 9-15% of it recycled, it's time to turn awareness into action.