Information provided by Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre

 ‘Taking Out the Trash’ 

With Earth Bottles and Fair Food Forager

Miniscule quantities remaining of once vast forests. Exposed dry beds of no-longer mighty rivers. Oceans unidentifiable as land or sea, so laden with the choking rubbish of a world disconnected from the hand that feeds. These are the powerful realities driving Ash Grunwald to a new kind of tour in 2019. With a fire for change in heart and a desire for cleaner oceans in mind, Ash is ganging up with global-warrior Danni Carr, Founder of Earth Bottles along with sustainability-champion Paul Hellier, Creator of Fair Food Forager, collaborating with communities to reclaim the health of their own backyards. 

In each town, Ash Grunwald will be hitting the stage of a local venue to unleash a booming, dynamic array of songs from his vast, decade-long catalogue, followed the next day by a clean-up & collate operation spearheaded by Danni, Paul and all motivated, excited, earth-loving individuals. 

Focusing on the ‘life blood’ of regional areas – oceans and waterways – Ash, Danni and Paul are putting the call out to all community members to join them on a pick-it-up project to see ‘what is your waste?’ Focusing on the clean up of water systems which often bear the brunt of poorly disposed-of non-biodegradables, the team are looking at a four-fold result: burden-reduction on sensitive ecological areas, the reclamation of natural areas as places of importance in a town’s story, the opportunity for each town to see what waste is their major concern, from what predominant sources and at the heart of it all, have a great time doing it.

This is your opportunity to shoulder up alongside Ash Grunwald, Earth Bottles, Fair Food Forager as well as your own like-minded community legends to collaborate, clean up, collate and celebrate. To hold up the banner of action in your town declaring that the time of waiting – and of wasting - is over. Change is here NOW.

Ash gig 5th of April - Sapphire club, Merimbula

Clean up & Collate: April 6th, 9:00 – 10:30am, Merimbula 

Ash gig June 14 - Milton Theatre

Clean up & Collate: June 15th 9:00 – 10:30am Mollymook Beach.  

For interviews with Ash Grunwald or Danni Carr contact: danni@earthbottles.com.au