The Garbage of Jupiter Beach

What weighs 20,000 pounds and takes nearly 4,000 people to move it? The Garbage on Jupiter Beach.
 15 years ago a local resident Anita Lankler made a deal with the City of Jupiter. “You let our dogs on the beach and we’ll pick up the garbage.”

This little group grew into a membership of 4,000 plus and became the “Friends of Jupiter Beach.” 
Once a month hundreds of people, 6 to 86, from fifteen zip codes surrounding Palm Beach County, converge onto Jupiter Beach… to pick up the garbage.
Stylin music provided by Big Vince and the Phat Cats.
Archival footage provided by Joanna Aiken
Produced, shot, written and edited by Cyndi Lenz
Photography Tina Valant and Cyndi Lenz
Fine Editing and Art and audio mix : Adam Lenz

We won “Best Green Short” at the Delray Beach Film Festival 2010
first place standing in the short documentary catagory at Moondance Film Festival in Boulder Colorado.

moondancefilmfestival.com/02_festival.winners_film.html

• MOONDANCE CALYPSO AWARD: This award is to encourage a spirit of enterprise in saving the environment, habitats and wildlife by creative individuals from around the world. The award is presented to the person who expands knowledge of our world, seeks to improve our quality of all life on the planet, and contributes to the betterment of humankind.

Best Eco Documentary Mountain Fest
Best Documentary Palm Beach International Film Festival Local Voices
International premiere at Eco-Fest in Malaysia

I love this story. It’s a wonderful example of how we can solve issues by bringing people today.