Back when Israeli bartender Lotem Benbenishti was mixing cocktails for a living, the beach was where she went for fun. But on a recent sunny morning in northern Israel, Benbenishti was hard at work -- scooping plastic off a sandy beach and stuffing it into a garbage bag.

Scenics of people enjoying beach on the Indian Ocean.

Doyinsola Ogunye left her career as a lawyer to found an NGO which motivates children to learn about marine life and keeping Nigeria's beaches clean.

While hundreds of Kiwis stormed the beach in New Zealand to rescue whales stranded on the shores a few days back, the case was different in Nigeria when residents of Brass Local Government, Bayelsa State found a dolphin.