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Agenda
1. A bit of history: Limpar Portugal 2010 2. Results in 2010 3. AMO Portugal 4. Limpar Portugal 2012 5. Our vision for AMO Portugal

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A bit of history: Limpar Portugal 2010

Inspired by the video of Lets 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

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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 by 100.000 volunteers (under rain!)
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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

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Limpar Portugal 2012

In the context of World Cleanup 2012, a new national-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 removed 2.000 tons of garbage
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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 -Preveno de incndios florestais (prevention of forest fires)
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