About Us
TRASH TALK-IN ACTION is a joint effort born from a transboundary collaboration between Martina, who is a marine biologist and diver, and Kelvin who is an IT skilled guy who spend his spare time Ocean Advocating and entertaining with children of his Kenyan community.
This project is firstly the tale of an unexpected friendship, even well before a capacity-building project.
Through this joint effort we already found a lot of common points: the Ocean is a linking tool for us, not an obstacle.
All the activities are conceived respecting the cultural needs and expectation of the engaged people. Is just the occasion to share knowledge, everyone will learn day by day, none will be left behind.
The rationale behind this initiative is to learn about the ocean, apply in daily life the Ocean Literacy principles (which are only a starting point for us) and learn how to properly interact with the Ocean and its fascinating marine life.
The blue blanket is a marvellous world, please come with us and discover the BLUE!
Our Mission
To contribute to the global mission of Ocean Literacy going beyond the national boundaries. Ocean advocacy in an inclusive way.
Our Rationale
Learning by doing and discovering the marine world through arts and gamification approach.
Decade Challenges We Are Tackling
Click on the icons to discover how we are doing it.
Trash Talk Vol 1 Music EP
In collaboration with other local artists, Kelvin Oyugi recorded a 5-song music EP called Trash Talk using instrumentals made from waste plastic and a little bit of software to add the bassline.
The EP was done on purpose to convey Ocean Science artistically in a way better understandable by the local community.
The album was scientifically advised by Dr. Martina Gaglioti and Dr. Mariam Swaleh
Credits also to Brazilian environmental Digital Artist Alexandre Valentim for handling the EP's cover design and tracklist design
Our Events
Activities we have carried out so far both in the Med Sea region and in Kenya
Our Team
Meet the wonderful team behind Trash Talk In-Action Initiative.
Martina Gaglioti
Marine Expert & Project Advisor
Kelvin Oyugi
IT Expert & Field Educator
Mariam Maku Swaleh
Blue Economy and Climate Change ExpertDr. Martina Gaglioti Research Publications
FINS INTO THE WATER OCEAN LITERACY INTO PRACTICE
Bloop's travel between marine geology and ecology in the Tavolara MPA (a field-conceived manual aimed at SCUBA divers)
UNPUBLISHED MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA RECORDS OF MARINE ALIEN, CRYPTOGENIC, AND NEONATIVE SPECIES
This is the most important publication on alien species performed in collaboration with all the main researchers of the Med sea region working on the alien species topic
HABITAT AND BENTHIC DIVERSITY
This is the first restoration project held in italy where i contributed to the historical reconstruction of benthic diversity of the Gulf of Naples and i performed the habitat mapping work relying on the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station historical literature (from '800 onward)
PHENOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE ALIEN SEAGRASS HALOPHILA STIPULACEA IN ITS NORTHERN RANGE LIMIT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
This publication referred to the Halophila stipulacea seagrass, which is endemic in Indian Ocean but alien in Med Sea. This is the outcome of a Master thesis project in which Martina was appointed as co-supervisor. This work was performed underwater in the CILENTO BIOSPHERE RESERVE- Palinuro harbour (Italy)
WeKEO HACKATHON 2023- GHOST SENSERS SOLUTION
This is the Wekeo Hackathon an international competition on the use of COPERNICUS DATA
EMODNET OPEN SEA LAB 3.0
Focused on the real case study of Tavolara MPA. A citizen science solution aimed at the implementation of a restoration project
Special Dedication
We officially dedicate this transboundary action and all the efforts we're doing so far to a friend who fights always, more than us.
This initiative is for a great diver and man, who is among the most relevant representatives of the Italian SCUBA diving sector.
With high esteem, and continued gratitude. Trying to continue this journey as you teached us so far. ✨ Against all odds, Keep swimming! 🐠😊
Our Policy
Our decalogue for a concrete impact on the local community:
FAIR PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO THE DATA COLLECTED
We store the data behind every action in our website but also in a database in order to measure the impact driven by our actions on the field. We apply scientific protocols to perform our clean-up and monitoring sessions and we train the locals to positively apply them in their places. Our goal is to make data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.
ETHICAL APPROACH RESPECTING LOCAL TRADITIONS AND CULTURES
In our project we combine scientific background and local art and culture: music, songs and every creative effort will be well appreciated. The rationale behind are the CARE principles: Collective benefits, Authority to control, Responsibilities, Ethics
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF WASTES & A WISE WASTE MANAGEMENT
We are aware the clean-up is not enough. We need to trace the productive cycle as a whole with a Life Cycle Thinking
approach from the early life stages to the ending phase of the product life on the market.
4Rs RULE
Good waste management follows the 4 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover, as well as avoiding illegal dumping and littering.
PUBLIC TRAINING EVENTS
Our Action has been conceived since the very beginning through a gamification approach to empower the locals in our activities, we acted both remotely and in presence engaging some local representatives acting as facilitators
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Kids, teens, adults: everyone can make a difference
EMPOWERING FUTURE GENERATIONS
We founded an Ocean Club to empower local children and young people in taking care of their coastal and inland environments.
FOSTERING INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE
We share our knowledge with the locals to empower them with the right tools to be effective in facing the most demanding environmental issues.
TRANSBOUNDARY DIMENSION OF THE ACTION
Great challenges require great commitments for this reason this action is an example of transboundary collaboration between Italy and Kenya conceived by two young minds with complementary backgrounds.
BOTTOM-UP APPROACH
There is no treaty or written rule which can be effectively respected if common people are unaware of that. Since the very beginning we conceived this initiative listening at the main priorities and challenges to be addressed by the local people and we found a successful partnership to make the change possible through concrete actions.
Why we do that?
MARINE POLLUTION is considered a global priority and it has been recognized as the CHALLENGE N.1 in the framework of the UN DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCES (2021-2030)
It is true there are no rules to counteract the marine pollution and ineffective waste management?
Of course, there are many international treaties and rules behind this topic and even in a transboundary action as TRASH TALK IN ACTION is, we can find some contact points and common rules to be applied both in Europe and Africa.
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info@trashtalkinaction.org