08/06/2026
The water doesn't ask for much but still keeps on giving. Corridors for wildlife (what's left of it). Shorelines for children to play. Food source for half the country. A livelihood for guides. A place for healing, or just to breathe. We've watched it change from kayak level, close enough to see what gets thrown back.
River ReBoot began as a quiet company ritual. Our monthly tithe to the water. But a fire doesn't spread in a closed room. The private ritual had to become communal. So we opened to families, neighbors, strangers, friends, friends of friends, students, elders, anyone and any who. That cared. Or just curious. Or those who just had nothing better to do on a Saturday. But then came back the next. And the next.
This is grassroots action!
Not a manifesto. A gathering. A shared awareness. Hands in the same water. And every time a new face shows up to listen to a speaker, to plant a mangrove, to clean our riverbanks, the call proves it was never ours alone to make.
These volunteers. They are the plan. They always were. To make the movement, move!
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On May 30, closing the Philippines' Month of the Ocean the River ReBoot program and 50 of its volunteers rid the Tagbilaran City and Dauis coastline of 180.5kg of marine debris in 3 hours
59.2 kg of Plastic Residuals
1.65 kg of Plastic Branded Residuals
4.3 kg of Plastic Bottles
5.25 kg of Styrofoam
38.6 kg of Fabric
12.7 kg of Hard Plastics
4.2 kg of Glass Bottles
11.75 kg of Fishing Gears
26.75 kg of Rubber Tires
15 kg of Refrigerator Door
400 g of Plastic Caps
250 g of Rubber Slippers
The youngest volunteer was 1.9 years old. And puppy was among the volunteers too.
🙏🏾 Thank you for hosting us again this year. for sharing. for the assistance. Anyone & any who for showing up!
"Every lasting revolution has begun at the bottom, not at the top." — Yvon Chouinard
