Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Experience the impact of community action in Part 5 of our series “Saving Our Ponds: Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage.” This episode features the fantastic work underway by OLAUG to clean up Cape Cod’s ponds! Join us as we showcase the inspiring work of OLAUG, a group of women aged 64 to 85, who are leading the charge in cleaning up Cape Cod’s ponds. OLAUG's mission to remove trash from waterways is transforming the landscape and preserving the beauty of our cherished ponds.
Watch now and be part of the movement to Save our Ponds!
Support OLAUG today by donating, volunteering, or spreading awareness: olaug-ma.com
Participants and Partners:
Susan Baur, Julia Benz, Anne Donohue, Jane Driscoll, Mary Grauerholz, Poppy Kennedy, Alison Leschen, Robin Melavalin, Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage (OLAUG; https://olaug-ma.com)
Dr. Mindy Richlen, Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health (WHCOHH; https://www2.whoi.edu/site/whcohh/)
Ollie Becker and Tim Persinko, Circuit Arts (circuitarts.org/)
Funding support for this series was provided by:
A Woods Hole Foundation grant to the Falmouth Water Stewards
The Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health (WHCOHH), with grant support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (1P01-ES028938; 2P01ES028938-06) and National Science Foundation (OCE-1840381; 2418297).
The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the National Science Foundation.
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Experience the impact of community action in Part 5 of our series “Saving Our Ponds: Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage.” This episode features the fantastic work underway by OLAUG to clean up Cape Cod’s ponds! Join us as we showcase the inspiring work of OLAUG, a group of women aged 64 to 85, who are leading the charge in cleaning up Cape Cod’s ponds. OLAUG's mission to remove trash from waterways is transforming the landscape and preserving the beauty of our cherished ponds.
Watch now and be part of the movement to Save our Ponds!
Support OLAUG today by donating, volunteering, or spreading awareness: olaug-ma.com
Participants and Partners:
Susan Baur, Julia Benz, Anne Donohue, Jane Driscoll, Mary Grauerholz, Poppy Kennedy, Alison Leschen, Robin Melavalin, Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage (OLAUG; https://olaug-ma.com)
Dr. Mindy Richlen, Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health (WHCOHH; https://www2.whoi.edu/site/whcohh/)
Ollie Becker and Tim Persinko, Circuit Arts (circuitarts.org/)
Funding support for this series was provided by:
A Woods Hole Foundation grant to the Falmouth Water Stewards
The Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health (WHCOHH), with grant support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (1P01-ES028938; 2P01ES028938-06) and National Science Foundation (OCE-1840381; 2418297).
The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the National Science Foundation.
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
