18 bags of litter removed at beach clean-up
SCH Local News | The key to the success of engaging learners is to have a passionate teacher who drives it in the school.
The Rotary Club of Port Shepstone with the youth are making a wonderful difference in making the environment a better place for everyone.
Dee Dickens of Rotary Club of Port Shepstone said a group of 12 learners from Creston College removed alien invasive plants at Bendigo Nature Reserve last Saturday morning.
This is only the second event this year, but the evidence of their work is now notable. Eight of the 12 learners attended last time. Three of them, with smiles on their faces, also helped at the Shelly Beach clean-up later the same afternoon.
“The key to the success of engaging learners is to have a passionate teacher who drives it in the school. At Creston, these gems are principal Noel Coetzee and teacher Clare Botha,” said Dickens.
At the Shelly Beach clean-up, 14 learners from Port Shepstone High, Creston College, a younger group of five from Ashwin and Angelina’s church and three young adults braved the strong wind. Eighteen bags of litter were removed.
Dickens said the beach north from the ski-boat club is well taken care of as there wasn’t much litter. The beach is narrow, and most of the litter is polystyrene, which has been washed/blown into the vegetation above the high tide zone.
However, the beach from Bondi Beach to Le Shac has a lot of litter. This area is very difficult to access due to private residential properties.
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