Last Saturday in fact. And all credit to PTC's very own Institute of Mission and Research (IMR) - in the adjoining offices to ourselves at PTCEE (reflected glory...) - for galvanising our community into action. You can read their Facebook post and pictures by clicking on the Institute's heading below, but I'll post a few pics as well because I know not all my lovely readers do the Facebook 'thing'.
Thanking the PTC community for the great turnout on Saturday the 10th of June to commemorate World Oceans Day in a practical way! We also acknowledge the support of PRS through the presence of Fr. Bill. The community managed to collect 50+ bags of rubbish along the Suva city foreshore area from the catering school to the My Suva Park with the help of both young and old, men and women! We hope that this will become an annual (and more frequent) event, and that by doing so, we impact on changing hearts and minds - one person at a time. #KeepingOurOceansLitterFree
And now meet Mr Crab, whose personal plight is somewhat illustrative of the oceans' in general. When unable to locate a replacement shell from the God-given materials he might expect on the beach, he adapts to options which are plentiful. The plastic bottle top, for example.
Amusing? Awe inspiring? Does it make us wish some humans set in their ways could show such an ability to go with the flow?
Or, putting all flippancy aside, simply terrifying? As this video, endorsed by our Ministry of Fisheries and shown in Fiji cinemas on World Oceans Day begins to show?
We cleaned up Saturday morning on our local shores and in our local park. Other groups were out too. By Saturday evening, you'd hardly have known.
PS. And no, you can't have my gumboots.
Many offers have been made.
Refused them all.
When the plastic/rubber (?) eventually wears out, it'll be recycled, so don't be looking for them on the beach either!
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