The Kerryman (South Kerry Edition)
Children learn about the value of our coasts
SECLUDED from the hubbub of the Other Voices music trail, young children gathered in Mara Beo aquarium on Saturday to expand their knowledge of our coastal environment and how to protect it.
Although the message was serious the approach was light and engaging at the family day, hosted by the Clean Coasts section of An Taisce in conjunction with Other Voices, Mara Beo and a list of national and local groups involved in protecting the marine environment.
The children were absorbed in arts and crafts, making Christmas lanterns from jam jars and bits of fishing net and other marine litter, there was music with a distinctly nautical flavour, games, experiments, art and even a dissection of a cuttlefish, which fascinated those who weren’t squeamish about watching it.