Dear Ocean Friends,

Since last year, I have been in Malaysia — a place that feels almost like a second home to me.

In December 2025, I actually just wanted to take a few photos by the sea. It wasn’t a typical swimming beach, but rather a quiet, natural stretch of coastline — less visited, almost unremarkable. And yet, that is exactly where I noticed it most.

Plastic bottles. Packaging. Torn fishing nets.

It wasn’t a place crowded with tourists — and still, it was full of trash.

I couldn’t ignore it.
So I went and bought garbage bags.

From one became 24

What started as a spontaneous decision became much bigger than I expected.

One garbage bag filled up quickly.
Then the next.
And another one.

In the end, there were 24 full garbage bags.

24 bags filled with things that might otherwise have been washed into the ocean by the next rain or strong wind.
24 visible reminders that waste doesn’t only accumulate where people are.

Often, it gathers in places hardly anyone sees.

It felt like an Advent calendar — in its own way.
Only that behind each “door” there was no surprise waiting, but reality.

What moved me most

It wasn’t a spectacular place.
Not a postcard beach.

And maybe that is exactly why it reveals such an important truth:

Trash does not simply disappear.
It shifts.
It ends up along coastlines, in mangroves, and on remote shores — where hardly anyone notices.

Why I’m sharing this

Not to highlight numbers.
But to inspire courage.

I didn’t plan an event.
No team.
No organization.

Just me.
A few garbage bags.
And the decision not to look away.

What I learned from this:
We cannot change everything.
But we can always begin somewhere.

Sometimes we feel small in the face of something as vast as ocean pollution.
But change does not begin globally.

It begins locally.
And it begins with ourselves.

For our oceans

This cleanup was not a planned moment.
It was an honest one.

And that is exactly what BIANCA XENIA stands for —
awareness, responsibility, and real action.

Let’s begin — where others look away.
Let’s breathe life back into places that seem forgotten.

Together, we can move MORE for the ocean.
Grab a garbage bag — and become part of the change.

With ocean love,
BIANCA XENIA 🌊💙