YouTuber MrBeast Just Removed 17,000 Tons of Ocean Trash by Harnessing Social Media Influencers and Fans – Good News Network
MrBeast announcing his TeamSeas milestone
The worlds most influential YouTuber has accomplished an incredible feat of crowdfunding after leading dozens of the worlds top influencers to drive donations and volunteering toward the goal of cleaning up the oceans.
34 million pounds of trash and plastic were removed from oceans and rivers all across the globe, with each dollar donated verified by an independent third party as going directly to removing one pound of trash.
Partnering with the Ocean Conservancy and the Ocean Cleanup, the famous YouTuber MrBeast, aka James Donaldson, launched the TeamSeas initiative, which brought together hundreds of voices with large followers on social media to channel their channels for the good of the ocean.
In January 2022, it was announced by MrBeast and his partner on the project, YouTuber Mark Rober, that they had actually raised $30 million, and that the mammoth cleanup project would begin.
Much of the money was needed for hiring organizers to train volunteers, equip them with supplies, and hire specialists, boats, and even robots.
On July 16th, MrBeast uploaded a video announcing the trash removal was a success, and some of the participation figures were staggering.
Fundraising, volunteering, awareness raising, and various forms of digital content like videos and video games from over 200 countries and territories all worked to turn the internets gaze to the TeamSeas website where people could donate and select how many pounds of trash they wanted removed from the oceans.
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Their content generated 1.3 billion views cumulatively across 40,000 social channels. When the months of clean-up began 170,000 people from dozens of countries volunteered.
MrBeast routinely engages in philanthropy, and GNN reported on July 4th he had succeeded in building 100 homes and giving them away for free to disaster-stricken families all across Central and South America.
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The rather positive message is that the internet, like all human endeavors, can be channeled towards good causes; its just a question of getting the word out.
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YouTuber MrBeast Just Removed 17,000 Tons of Ocean Trash by Harnessing Social Media Influencers and Fans - Good News Network
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