Preservation of Redang Beach, Sekinchan on 12 April 2015

Beaches are public resources held in the public trust which provide affordable recreational access available to everyone. As human activities and development in coastal areas increase, preservation of these areas have become significant. Therefore, we had decided to take the initiative to conduct a cleaning activity with the public at the Redang Beach of Sekinchan on 12 April 2015. The purpose of doing so is not only to preserve the surrounding environment of the beach, but also to raise awareness of the locals as well as the visitors to keep priority on the environment hygiene.

Early in the morning, we departed to the Redang Beach. When we arrived at the destination, we were surprised as the surrounding environment was worse than what we had expected. Redang Beach, a famous tourist spot was then full of trashes and that was the time when we realized how important our role will be. 

Rubbish was thrown BESIDE the dustbins and not INTO the dustbins.

The authorities of Redang Beach had turned up and gave support on our activity.

The primary importance of keeping the beach clean is to prevent health problem as trash and organic debris will attract vermin and other diseases carrying vector which lead to severe consequence. At the same time, plastic trashes which had been thrown into the beach possess the risk to endanger the wildlife due to pollution. Besides, beach hygienic is significant for aesthetic purpose so as to keep the natural landscape looking pristine. From economic aspect, local small business will be indirectly affected when the natural landscape is being disrupted and dirty beach means lesser visitors. Furthermore, clean beach provides a recreational place for the social to leisure their time with water activities.

Without any hesitation, we started by hanging up the banner that we had prepared earlier so as to attract public’s concern on our activity and to be a part of us to clean the beach.

 

Without wasting any time, we started off by distributing the garbage bags and plastic gloves among all of us and at the same time, we invited the public to have a helping hand with us. Many of tourists and residents showed enthusiasm and boldly geared up with the tools and started picking up the rubbish with us.

As the activity continued, the crowd turned bigger to join hands!

Despite the hot sun, each of us worked selflessly and passionately simply because we love our nature and our one and only Mother Earth. What we have done might seem little to you but what we recognized was the Earth has the rights to live without pollution too.

After that, we gathered all the rubbishes collected at a side while showing our appreciation for their commitment along the activity. The beach had become much cleaner than before after what we had done. This could not be done without all of us joining hands together. Not forgetting the publics who had joined us! You guys are TRULY AWESOME!!

The whole activity ended in the evening. The moment when each of us worked hard hand in hand was truly touching. All of us understand that whether we live on a beach or hundreds of miles from the coastline, we all have a profound stake in a healthy ocean that is free of trashes.

Trashes on the beautiful beaches are disgusting. Plastic trashes are harmful. It can endanger the wildlife as birds might get caught on plastic can holders and turtles might choke on the sludge from garbage. All animals could get cut on sharp things. They might eat something they should not and get sick or even die. Littering on beaches is mean. They can kill animals and even plants.

Protecting the beach from pollution and healing the bay will ensure a clean environment for the animals and plants to stay and grow healthily. We believe that we had successfully raised the awareness of the society in the importance of environmental cleanliness.