importance of reducing plastic waste, and some of the negative effects it can have on the natural environment all around us.
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BAY FRONT, Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera
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The beautiful expanse of soft, speckled sand along the bay front in Tarpum Bay, served as the backdrop for an active bunch of youngsters from South Eleuthera, participating in the Bahamas Plastic Movement’s summer camp, to take in the
On this warm, blue skied day in June, the children competed, in great fun and all seriousness, to see which group could collect the most plastic waste off of the bay front, as camp counsellors and parents looked on.
The shimmering water on the bay beckoned the youngsters in for a fun time of swimming and splashing around afterward, before heading back to the Eleuthera Arts and Cultural Center, based in Tarpum Bay, where the Plastic Pollution and Ocean Conservation Camp was being hosted. Through the rest of the week the camp-