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CHALLENGING OUR STUDENTS: Sandwatch in Santos, Brazil

We have an important role in motivating students to protect the environment where they live, specially the beaches.
In doing our work, we have hope that not only our planet will be better but our lives will increase in quality.
Santos Port contributes a lot for the pollution of the local sea with the discharging of sewage and others materials and contaminants.  Along with all those problems there are the changes of the climate itself which alter and damage marine habitats causing coastal erosion, flooding and habitat loss.
We want to expose our students to those problems and present them as the challenge they have - as the new generation - to figure out ways to make our sea cleaner and healthier.
As we can see on some of our pictures there a lot to be done.
The playground where children use to play has been invaded by the sand brought in by the waves, and drainage canals are also covered by the sand.

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Beach playground covered with sand (click to enlarge)
The highlight of our last beach visit is that the city governor (prefeitura) is working on those problems.
As proof that our community is all involved and committed for a better and healthier life along the sea, TV ATRIBUNA DE SANTOS (the tv station which covers all the Santos area - about 1 million people) came to film and broadcasting our students visiting at the beach.
With the TV Station’s support we can show to a wide audience what our youth are doing to protect our environment and warning them of the need of better use our coastal areas.

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Sandwatch Teacher DJ Santos, (holding Sandwatch manual) is interviewed for TV on the project (click to enlarge)
Last month we also hosted a group of students coming from Indiana, USA.
They stayed with us for 10 days sharing their experience and visiting our beaches.
It was awesome to see how proud our students were to show our visitors the beauty of our city and our seashore.
Now, we are planning a trip to Trinidad and Tobago.
The idea is taking our students to see what the kids from the island are doing to protect their environment as well as sharing with them the work our students have done here in Santos.
Our students have researched about Trinidad and Tobago and putting together a lot of questions about the country. They are very much curious about "tornados"and "hurricanes" since we watch on TV about those phenomenon taking places in the Caribbean Sea.
 
Teacher DJ Santos

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Drainage canals silted up with sand (click to enlarge)


US & Brazilian Students Work Together on Local Beaches!

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