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Clean Up Australia Day is on Sunday 5th March. Thousands of volunteers join the day to clean up the rubbish that is choking our streets, beaches, parks and waterways and killing one of our best assets: nature.
Johanna, one of our DL teachers, is passionate about this cause. She said:
"For several years my children and I took part in Clean Up Australia Day in our local park, a fine area of natural bushland in southern Sydney. Under the supervision of a ranger, we collected lots of rubbish: cans, bottles and plastic bags. The amount of rubbish we collected was shocking. At some stage we became the champion rubbish collectors!"
"Taking part in a community activity like this is a great way to engage with the local community and show that you care for the environment. By involving my children I was helping them become more aware of the importance of keeping Australia clean in a practical way."
Australians are the second highest producers of waste per person in the world!
The amount of waste placed in landfill each year is enough to cover the state of Victoria!
Get more information or register as a volunteer for the day here.
- Why is it important to look after the environment?
- What practical things can we do in our daily lives to help the environment?
- Are you a good recycler!
Test your recycling skills in 90 seconds here
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Share your view on the environment in the Comments section below.
Read about Plastic bags
Share your view on the environment in the Comments section below.
Don't throw rubbish everywhere, you must put it in the bin, It is important to look after the environment because it gives us fresh air
ReplyDeleteLooking after the environment is the right thing to do as citizens on planet Earth! Lets keep our home clean for ourselves and the generations to come.
ReplyDeleteIt's only fair, Good on you Johanna for involving your children in this important event.
This is a wonderful article on the Blog. Well done Joanna for involving your children in this important and worthwhile initiative.
ReplyDeleteAn excellent way to get involved and to do something for the community. You are a champion role model Johanna.
ReplyDeleteImportant info and idea worth spreading especially to our students and migrants from places where people might not have the same concept. Thank you Johanna for being a role model to us all!
ReplyDeleteIn the future when my children are a bit older, I am planning to participate in Australia clean up day with the rest of the community.
ReplyDeleteGaby and I really enjoyed the quiz for recycling and it motivated her to learn more about it more later. She reckons it will also help her with her English.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in Australia visiting my friend in 2006, this country seemed very clean, but when my family and I came to live here in 2016, I was very upset when I saw the rubbish in the streets and some people throw away it out of the windows of cars. This event is very important and a huge thanks to all those people who involved in this! But I would like that everyone to understand the need to protect the environment. Everyone must start with themselves. It's so easy not to throw rubbish, especially because in Australia there are garbage bins everywhere. And if people have a rest at nature, it is very easy to pick up rubbish on the car. We and our children live here and protect the environment - it is our responsibility.
ReplyDeleteHi Maria, well said. You clearly care about protecting the beautiful environment we have in this country. There's no excuse for us not to look after our own backyard. If we all do our bit we will be preserving the environment for the next generations.
DeleteIt is so essential for all of us to increase our awareness of environment-protection.
ReplyDeleteIts important to know how to seperate our rubbish in the bins and we need to keep our environment clean and green.
ReplyDeleteAnyone taking part this Sunday? Please share your experience ~
ReplyDeleteThat was good information. I learned something that I didn't know.
ReplyDeleteHi Johanna, We're so pleased that this feature article has helped raise awareness amongst our DL students. Thanks for your comments.
DeleteIt was good information.Thank you for informing us.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your comments. We'd like to hear your story if you've had the opportunity to take part in this event. Talk to your teacher about sharing this experience on the blog. If you didn't get the chance, you may like to keep this event in mind and participate next year.
ReplyDeleteMy children had this event in their school last Friday and they enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I are dairy farmers and each Clean Up Australia Day we go along our boundary fence that borders the main road and pick up all the rubbish that passing motorists have thrown into our paddocks. It is disgraceful to see the amount of bottles, plastic bags and fast food containers that are thrown out of windows. I am sure our passing visitors don't realize that cows get sick from eating plastic bags and bottles start fires when they focus the suns rays on patches of dry grass. Who would believe there is a $400 fine for littering.
ReplyDeleteExcellent awareness, effort and community spirit.
ReplyDeleteTara, great story! It was a story of courage and struggle with very good outcome.
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