Beach Clean up + Mangroves Walk

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This Saturday we will be joining the Clean Blue Lagoon Campaign. We will meet at Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve, assist them with their monthly clean up and once done, we will go for a lovely walk in the mangrove forest!

Bring the kids! It is super educational and eye opening!!!

What’s a Cleanup? 

Beach cleanups are events during which people collect and properly dispose of garbage and debris on the coast. You can do a cleanup all by yourself or with a bigger group of friends, family or local volunteers who want these valuable ecosystems to be healthy and pristine. A beach cleanup is an excellent opportunity to contribute to data collection, make your community more beautiful and make the beach safer for wildlife.

Why Are Cleanups Important?

Human activities are threatening complex ocean and coastal ecosystems. When we clean our beaches, we are preventing garbage from entering or re-entering our oceans and helping species that rely on the beach for their survival. Cleanups are important because they: 

• Save marine life: Debris like plastic suffocates and starves marine life that ingests it. Cleaning beaches prevents animals like sea turtles from dying due to plastic pollution. 
• Help the local economy: Tourism and recreation in coastal areas contributes $143 billion to the U.S. GDP each year.2 Keeping your beaches clean means everyone can enjoy them.
• Stop microplastic pollution: Plastic eventually breaks up into tiny microplastics that are nearly impossible to filter out of the environment once they are there. Picking up plastic prevents microplastics from further polluting the beaches and oceans. 
• Encourage stewardship and education: When you get involved in taking care of your community, you are more likely to think about your consumption choices and care for the environment.

Time:

Clean Up: 9am

Walk: 11am

Place: Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve

Cost: FREE to all who attend the clean up

What to bring:

gloves, gum boots or any closed shoes (not recommended to walk barefoot!) cold drinks,snacks. cap, sunblock

bin bags will be provided.

We have a 500 rand hiking voucher to give away!!!!

See you there!

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