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Agenda
1. A bit of history: Limpar Portugal 2010
2. Results in 2010
3. AMO Portugal4. Limpar Portugal 2012
5. Our vision for AMO Portugal
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A bit of history: Limpar Portugal 2010
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Inspired by the video of Let’s Do It Estonia 2008
•Independent civic movement
•Funding: ZERO money
•Grassroots and decentralized coordination
•Braistorming and collaborative editing of
documentation for the project online
•Social network website in Ning
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Results in 2010
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Patronage of the President of Republic•Special legal framework for disposing garbage
granted by the government
•Thousands of local partnerships – only material
resources and services
•A few national partnerships, e.g. TMN,
Tranquilidade
•50.000 tons of garbage collected by100.000 volunteers (under rain!)
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AMO Portugal
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NGO is founded after Limpar Portugal 2010• Maintains the philosophy of the project
• No money
• Environmental vocation: native flora/fauna
• Executive board scattered through the
country
• Coordination and communication
is done online
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Limpar Portugal 2012
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In the context of World Cleanup 2012, a newnational-wide cleanup
• Social network website: Facebook
• Patronage of the President of Republic
• Special legal framework for disposing garbage
• Few partners (economical downturn!)
• No monetary donations
• 8.300 volunteers removed2.000 tons of garbage
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Our vision for AMO Portugal
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No more national cleanups•National scale mapping and updating of dumpsite
locations
•Extensive debate about illegal dumping of
garbage
Other projects, based on volunteer work
-Florestar (reforest) Portugal-Prevenção de incêndios florestais
(prevention of forest fires)
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