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The Time to Act is Now: Protect Our Planet
It’s time to take responsibility for this precious planet we call home. At The Better Days Foundation, our events are designed to educate and empower individuals while making a positive impact on the environment. We focus on reducing plastic pollution, protecting marine life, and raising awareness of the steps we can all take to create a healthier planet.
World Record Beach and Intracoastal Cleanups:
We host three World Record Cleanup events each year, including our Great Beach Cleanup and Holiday Toy Drive. During this event, we aim to clean 280 miles of Florida’s beaches and Intracoastal areas in a single day—all while collecting toys for children in local hospitals. It’s a unique way to give back to both the environment and our community.
Free Community Events:
In addition to our record-setting cleanups, we host over five free events annually. These include Ocean Awareness Days, Holiday Fun Days, and Safe Neighborhood Halloween events, all designed to educate, engage, and inspire positive environmental action.
Join Us:
Help us protect our beaches and oceans, raise awareness, and support local communities through these exciting events. Together, we can create lasting change.
Our Charity: The Better Days Foundation
The Better Days Foundation is a Florida-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting environmental sustainability and protecting our planet. Our mission is to inspire and empower individuals to take meaningful action in making a positive impact on the environment.
We achieve our mission in two key ways:
Inspire, Empower, and Educate:
Our motto, “Be The Spark,” reflects our belief that everyone has the power to make a difference. We raise awareness about the dangers of littering and plastic pollution on our beaches and in oceans. By encouraging small, simple actions—like picking up trash during a beach visit—we aim to inspire individuals to take responsibility for their environmental impact.Community Beach Cleanups:
Our community-driven beach cleanups demonstrate the power of collective action. By uniting people for a shared cause, we’ve been able to clean hundreds of miles of Florida’s beaches in just a few hours. Funds raised through our charity events support ongoing cleanup efforts and expand our public education campaigns on the dangers of plastic debris.
Join us in our mission to “Be The Spark” and help create lasting, tangible change for the environment.
The Great Beach Cleanup and Holiday Toy Drive
Join us on December 14th for Our World Record Cleanup and Holiday Toy Drive as we attempt to break the World Record for the Longest Consecutive Beach Cleanup! With just over an hour of your time, you can help us clean 280 miles of Florida’s coastline, be part of a record-breaking event and Help us put SMILES on the faces of Sck Chldren in our Local Hospitals. Together, as a community, we can achieve something incredible!
Be a World Record Breaker and Smile Maker:
Here’s how it works—whether you live in Fort Pierce, Virginia Key, or anywhere along Florida’s coast, you can participate! The beach has been divided into 0.05-mile sections, each with its own checkpoint. Simply come out anytime on December 14th and clean your section by removing plastic pollution and other debris. Our goal? To create the largest continuous beach cleanup in history!
How to Participate:
To join, you must register using the form on the Great Cleanup page of this website. This is an all-day event, and we need your help to make it a success!
Our Ocean Awareness Concerts and Beach Markets
Our Ocean Awareness Concerts and Beach Markets is our Twice monthly event to raise Awareness for the Ocean and Sea life, the damage pollution has and ways to help Save Our Planet. This exciting community event is made even better with Live Music and Yoga.
For more information on how to get involved, visit our Ocean Awareness Events Page.
The second part of our mission is to create a global impact on the environmental challenges facing humanity. We harness the power of art and cutting-edge technology to build a world without borders—uniting people through the universal language of art to raise awareness about pressing environmental issues.
By combining art with innovative technology, we aim to not only highlight the dangers facing our planet but also to showcase actionable solutions to protect, clean, and preserve the environment for future generations. Our ultimate goal is to inspire global action toward saving our planet.
How It All Started
In December 2020, during the height of the pandemic and just days before Christmas, The Better Days Foundation embarked on a bold mission: to break the record for longest consecutive beach cleanup. Their goal was to cover a 110-mile stretch from Hobe Sound to Virginia Key while also conducting a Holiday Toy Drive to bring joy to children in local hospitals. The plan was simple yet effective—dividing the cleanup area into 0.05-mile sections for volunteers to pick convenient spots and clean the beach as they moved southward.
Despite numerous challenges, The Better Days Foundation exceeded all expectations. They not only covered an impressive 25 consecutive miles but also 43 total miles of beach, while collecting over 100 toys. This achievement reinforced their motto, “Be The Spark,” and inspired further action across Florida and beyond.
By April 2023, the foundation had continued its momentum with their 6th World Record Cleanup, covering a staggering 140 miles in a single day. They expanded their efforts to include the Intracoastal, mobilizing boaters to clean designated 1-mile sections. With the support of local marinas and partners, their cleanup efforts grew in scale and impact.
To date, The Better Days Foundation has cleaned over 650 miles of coastline and removed 30,000 pounds of garbage. Their ambitious goal now is to surpass 900 miles while launching innovative Web3 projects to inspire global environmental change.
Partnering with Earth Day, National Cleanup Day, Live Nation, and other prominent organizations, the foundation continues to make “AMAZING” happen. With the backing of over 90 marinas and numerous businesses, they spread their message far and wide, engaging communities through sponsored flyers and events to fight plastic pollution and protect the environment.
Upcoming World Record Cleanups:
As part of The Better Days Foundation’s Fall Event Series, the next World Record Cleanups will take place on September 16th and December 16th. We aim to clean over 280 miles of Florida’s coastline and Intracoastal in a single day. December’s cleanup also includes our annual Holiday Toy Drive for children in local hospitals. We ask our incredible volunteers to bring a new toy to the cleanup, with toys being dropped off at designated locations and distributed to hospitals within the county.
Our motto, “Be The Spark,” fuels our continued efforts to inspire change—not only in Florida but around the world. Join us, and together we can create a cleaner, healthier planet.
We envision a future where all individuals actively contribute to a way of life that not only prevents further damage to our planet but also enhances our overall quality of life.
Inspired by dolphins and whales, who create bubble nets to trap fish while swimming in harmony with nature, we should aim for a similar relationship with our environment. These intelligent marine mammals blow tiny bubbles from their blowholes, forming a net that captures fish as they rise to the surface. This method illustrates the beauty of using natural tools in a sustainable way.
Unfortunately, the excessive garbage produced in our daily lives must cease immediately. We have the power to rethink our approach to achieving comfort and convenience. If our actions do not result in a win-win-win scenario for the environment, society, and ourselves, we need to reconsider our choices.
Year In Review
2022 was a breakout year for the Better Days Foundation. We successfully organized three more world record cleanups and expanded our cleanup area to include the Intracoastal. We then went another 30 miles north, expanding our cleanup area from Fort Pierce to Virginia Key, for a total attempted cleanup area of over 280 miles per cleanup.
2023
In April 22nd we cleaned over 140 miles in a single day, bringing our total grand total to over 650 total miles cleaned and removing a whopping 30,000+ lbs of garbage from our environment. Our annual holiday toy drive, in conjunction with our December cleanup, put smiles on hundreds of sick kids’ faces at local Florida hospitals. We also started an incredible used sneaker program with the schools of South Florida to teach kids small acts like recycling a pair of sneakers can have a big impact on our environment.
The incredible work we are doing with Cutting-edge technology and the integration of art into our plans to save the planet put us front and center at Art Basel Miami, NFT.NYC, and incredible panel discussions including Polygons Salon Sessions , Quantum and Web3 Summits. This also led to a meet the founder article to be written in the Art and Business news, the world’s longest running Art publication. Our Environmental Education activation set up at Surfcomber for the week of Art Base was amazing as busloads of school kids came to learn about the environment through art.
The creation of Our Monthly Yoga Beach Cleanups and Holistic afternoons have been an incredible community event where we focus on the health of our environment and the members of our community. The event consists of yoga and meditation, water activities, snorkel tours to our reefs and of course our beach cleanups.
We teamed up with 2 Music Festivals, Firefly Festival and Tortuga Festival to run their eco exchange programs where we taught concert goers about sustainability while earning prizes.
What Were Doing
In 2022, The Better Days Foundation experienced a transformative year marked by remarkable achievements:
1. Record-Breaking Cleanups: We celebrated three successful World Record Cleanups, expanding our impact. Our cleanup efforts now encompass not only the coastline but also the Intracoastal waterways. We stretched our reach further, covering an impressive 280-mile cleanup area, from Fort Pierce to Virginia Key. In December alone, we effectively cleaned over 130 miles, contributing to our 2022 total of over 350 miles of coastline and Intracoastal areas. Our cumulative achievement now stands at an astounding 550 miles cleaned, with over 30,000 pounds of garbage removed from our environment.
2. Spreading Holiday Joy: During our Annual Holiday Toy Drive, conducted alongside our December Cleanup, we brought smiles to the faces of hundreds of sick children in local Florida hospitals. It was a heartwarming moment of giving back to the community.
3. Innovating with Web3 Technology: Our commitment to using cutting-edge Web3 technology and integrating art into our environmental initiatives gained widespread recognition. We took center stage at eight Art Basel events, participated in five panel discussions, including Polygons and Web3 Summits, and hosted a display at Surfcomber throughout the week.
As we look ahead, The Better Days Foundation remains dedicated to our mission of preserving and healing our planet. Join us in our journey to create a cleaner, brighter future through innovative solutions, community engagement, and environmental stewardship.
This year, The Better Days Foundation is gearing up for an ambitious agenda, dedicated to making a substantial impact:
1. Unprecedented Cleanup Initiatives: We are planning to clean a staggering 900 miles of coastline and collect over 35,000 pounds of harmful debris through our three World Record Beach Cleanups. These efforts exemplify our commitment to environmental stewardship on a grand scale.
2. Cutting-Edge Events Powered by Technology: We’re excited to unveil a series of innovative events, leveraging cutting-edge technology. This includes an awe-inspiring series of Environmental Mural Installations with an augmented reality twist, offering a unique and immersive experience.
3. Token Economy and Tokenization: The Better Days Foundation is pioneering the concept of our own Token Economy, where volunteers can earn Crypto-Currency Tokens through their participation in cleanup activities. These tokens can be used at local businesses and restaurants within our cleanup areas, fostering community engagement and support. Businesses can also sponsor this project by creating their own tokens with unique features.
4. Plastic Credits for Environmental Impact: We’re introducing Plastic Credits, akin to carbon credits but based on our cleanup activities. These credits will help us reduce our carbon footprint and contribute to a more sustainable future.
5. Sustainable Art and Music Events: In our pursuit of Zero Carbon Footprint Events, we’re hosting a series of eco-conscious art and music events. We’re also venturing into the world of Virtual Reality, with our first VR events and a series of Charity NFT Art Drops.
6. NFT Project and Charity Art Auctions: We’re launching our NFT project and conducting Charity Art Auctions, along with starting our own Monthly Web3 Meet-Up to foster collaboration and innovation.
7. Earth Day Collaboration: We’ve partnered with Earth Day to host the Official Earth Day Events in South Florida, taking place in April and September.
8. Continuation of Signature Initiatives: Our World Record Cleanups and our heartwarming Holiday Toy Drive in December remain integral to our mission.
WHO WE ARE
Garret Nathan
Founder Of
The Better Days Foundation
Garret has extensive experience organizing large outdoor events. He believes using a more earth friendly approach to wellness and living in harmony with our planet are paramount to a sustainable future.