Lockdown 758

Lockdown Day 758-23 April 2022

To celebrate Earth Day (yesterday) and raise awareness for lesser known causes, the Ocean Tribe handed over a cheque of more than R7000 to SANCCOB, the South African National Conservation of COastal Birds. 

We met the people from WESSA (Wildlife Environment Society of SA) and SST (Sustainable Seas Trust) who shared their current projects and focus, including the crisis of all the baby penguin orphans and the hardships of caring for them full time.

Thanks to Adventure Swims for organising the event and Coca Cola who sponsored the drinks. 

A beach cleanup followed the proceedings where everyone received two bags, one for recycling and one for trash, and gloves. It had been raining all morning and lifted slightly as we reached the beach.

Although we were dressed warmly, the rain pelted down from about 10 minutes in, which saw us returning after just more than an hour, completely soaked.

It felt so good to make a tangible difference, especially after hearing the shocking number of bits of plastic entering our ocean daily. If you are interested, just search plastic statistics of the ocean 2022 in your browser, or better yet, join your local conservation organisations and get busy!

We came home to warm up and saw our rain gauge had measured 24mm! What a joy. Although the dam level remains unchanged, our hope and faith is strong in the Lord for extreme rain in the catchment. How I wish we could transport a dam full of water from the recent KwaZulu Natal floods to our dam!

So tonight I am thankful for each tiny piece of plastic , nylon and polystyrene I found that will not endanger the life of ocean plants and creatures.

And I offer up a prayer for the dwindling number of breeding penguin pairs and all the little orphaned birds in desperate need of care.

#Ggt