7/29/2019 Portugal Presentation in Clean World Conference 2013

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/portugal-presentation-in-clean-world-conference-2013 1/7

http://www.amoportugal.org

7/29/2019 Portugal Presentation in Clean World Conference 2013

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/portugal-presentation-in-clean-world-conference-2013 2/7

p p g g

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

http://www.amoportugal.org

7/29/2019 Portugal Presentation in Clean World Conference 2013

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/portugal-presentation-in-clean-world-conference-2013 3/7

A bit of history: Limpar Portugal 2010

•

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

http://www.amoportugal.org

7/29/2019 Portugal Presentation in Clean World Conference 2013

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/portugal-presentation-in-clean-world-conference-2013 4/7

Results in 2010

•

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!)

http://www.amoportugal.org

7/29/2019 Portugal Presentation in Clean World Conference 2013

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/portugal-presentation-in-clean-world-conference-2013 5/7

AMO Portugal

•

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

http://www.amoportugal.org

7/29/2019 Portugal Presentation in Clean World Conference 2013

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/portugal-presentation-in-clean-world-conference-2013 6/7

Limpar Portugal 2012

•

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

http://www.amoportugal.org

7/29/2019 Portugal Presentation in Clean World Conference 2013

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/portugal-presentation-in-clean-world-conference-2013 7/7

Our vision for AMO Portugal 

•

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)

http://www.amoportugal.org