Miss Earth South Africa’s Leadership Programme and students teamed up to give Sea Point Beach a makeover!
Sea Point, Cape Town (09 June, 2023) — All eyes are on our oceans in 2023, from filmmakers to street artists, cross-country beach clean-up tours and young leaders doing their part. In keeping with the World Oceans Day theme for 2023, ‘Changing the Tides’, the Miss Earth South Africa Leadership Programme and Southern Sun joined forces with future leaders for an important make-over.
70 Students from Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Visions of Change, Ardagh Glass Packaging, and Skin Renewal to make sure the much-loved Sea Point beach has less litter and the glitter of a fresh clean-up.
Beach clean-ups are always a small victory to celebrate, and are just one of the many ways to bond people and the planet.
A Lot More Than Pageantry Frills
The Miss Earth Leadership Programme unites young women to become conscious citizens, change-makers and community leaders clearing the path to a healthy future for the environment and everyone who interacts with it.
The clean-up is one of many Earth-led initiatives that allow people “from all walks of life to commit to people and to the planet’, shared Ella Bella Constantinides-Leite, Educational Officer from the Miss Earth South Africa programme.
“This planet of ours, the oceans, the lands, the animals are all resources to us, and we must nurture and protect as much as we can, not just for future generations but for now.
“Bringing young people in to help clean up and look after their local spaces shows a commitment not only to their planet and their ocean but to their community as well.”—she furthered.
As Miss Earth South Africa celebrates its 20th birthday this year, efforts like this are just a drop in the pond of decades of conscious activities.
Hospitality Industries Need to Check In to Sustainable Futures
As for, the hospitality group, efforts are also being made to a sustainable future in the industry, with bans on plastic straws and stirrers, opting for only corn starch and paper alternatives and hotel razors made of wheatgrass or corn starch as well as its seafood procurement policy that only serves seafood on the SASSI (South African Sustainable Seafood Initiative) green list.
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