From Dirty to Blue: How Can Beaches Be Transformed Sustainably? 
Date: 22 March 2025
Time: 12:30 PM CET | 05:00 PM IST
what’s in Store? Interactive Quiz | Expert Panel | Live Q&A Participation only by registration – free webinar – no payment necessary
Waving the Blue Flag: What Does It Take to Make a Beach Blue?Join our interactive webinar to uncover the secrets behind Blue Flag certification and how we can turn polluted shores into pristine, sustainable beaches.
Register now & Be the Change – https://forms.gle/CVxNFUMzmyEwQnbd8PROGRAMME
Introduction & Moderation by – Prof. Shyama V. Ramani and Dr. Raja Venkataramani (FIN & S4S)
Quiz on Blue Flags and Ocean Waste – Samyuktha Vijay and Anirvin Srivatsan, Students of IIT, Chennai
Panel:
On System transformation – Maria Tomai, Post-Doc Associate, Virginia Tech
The Kameswaram beach case study – Max Bruder, Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute
Plastics on the Beach: Richmond Kennedy Quarcoo, Executive Director, Plastic Punch
What Municipalities can do: Victor Neequaye Kotey, Deputy Director, Waste Management, Department of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly
On nudging behavioural change: Arnab Banerjee, Lecturer, University of the Arts London
A frugal tech solution: Dr. S. Muthukumaran, Professor and head of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at NIT-Tiruchirappalli (NIT-T)
Questions and Answers Session
For enquiries write to: info@friend-in-need.org
For full brochure: https://drive.google.com/…/1wpCzlI5o9uiVVqrhKPx…/view…
Let’s make our beaches cleaner, safer, and more beautiful—one wave at a time! 
Note to students and academic institutions: Any student who wants to join and receive a certificate of participation must do the following:
Register for the World Water Day Webiz by filling up the form https://forms.gle/CVxNFUMzmyEwQnbd8