I eat jellyfish, you eat plastic? Baisha children clean beach sea waste creation, headmaster: the son of the fishing village should be grateful to the sea

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Little Ryukyu is committed to protecting the marine and coastal ecological environment. Since 102, it has implemented the policy of "banning Gill nets in the three-mile sea area" to protect safe breeding habitats for schools of fish along the coast. There is also a steady stream of beach-clearing activities on the coast every year, in addition to the active participation of residents. It extends to the next generation of education.

This semester, Baisha Primary School invited Lin Pei-Yu, the founder of "Beach currency," to lead his children to "learn by doing" and using recovered sea waste materials to create jellyfish pendants, painted buoys, and three-dimensional canoes to stimulate students to think about the relationship between people and the sea. Children use their imagination to create marine art creations with sea waste, which amaze teachers and parents.

"Little Ryukyu has only one junior high school and no high school, which means that 15-year-olds must go back to (Taiwan) if they want to go to school, so they can only cultivate a sense of identity with their hometown when they are young, and they will not want to come back until they grow up." Tian Yung-Cheng, headmaster of Baisha Primary School, hopes that the children of Little Ryukyu will be like "sea turtles" and willing to return home, and that they will have the moral character of "sea rules" and the literacy of marine culture, so that the environment and industry of Little Ryukyu can develop forever.

Going to the beach and using waste materials to create works is the lesson that children look forward to most every week. (photography / Lin Xiejun) overturn the teaching material of the fate of sea waste!

When the bell rang in the first class in the afternoon, the sleepy children who had just had enough for lunch might arrive late, but they rushed into the classroom one by one, eager to start their most anticipated art class every week. "come on! We're going to make jellyfish pendants today! " Lin Peiyu, the founder of Little Ryukyu Beach currency, has been serving as an art teacher in the fourth to sixth grades of Baisha Primary School since this semester, leading the children to learn about marine garbage from the pure beach, and to learn the creation of marine waste and creatively promote the concept of marine education.

Broken raincoats collected from store trash cans and gas stations have been transformed into colorful and transparent jellyfish dolls; abandoned buoys are painted into animals, fish and even rockets and shell casings. All kinds of wastes "come back to life" in Baisha Primary School classroom, overturn the fate of garbage and inspire students to create unlimited possibilities.

Lin Peiyu, the initiator of Little Ryukyu Beach currency, is also engaged in the creation of marine waste reuse. (photo / Lin Xiejun)

Lin Pei-Yu points out that convenient plastic raincoats are often used only once, and when there are holes or Rain Water is soaked, they are discarded at will. "the duty-free shop is the last stop for tourists. I have accumulated a large number of discarded raincoats. I first collect them to dry. Sort out what can still be worn, and use it as creative materials in a mess, so it doesn't belong to disposable things."

The children regard old raincoats as treasures and focus on folding out the outline of jellyfish. "it's going to be torn into strips below, so that they can feel like jellyfish swimming!" Try to imagine what an aquatic animal looks like during work. "this is squid, isn't it?" "I think it's more like a sunny doll!" The noise one after another told the story of the sea in their hearts.

Students learn to make jellyfish dolls out of discarded raincoats and try to figure out the jellyfish posture in the process. (photo / Lin Shijun) Marine waste embrittlement is more difficult to clear buoys to pollute the environment

In addition, buoys from China can often be found on the coast of Xiao Ryukyu. After fishermen close their nets, many broken nets are left on the sea floor, and the buoys used to fix nets on the sea surface drift around with the current, and finally accumulate in the waters near Taiwan. The famous Zhejiang float can be seen on the beaches of Penghu and Ryukyu on the outlying islands.

"the most common clean beaches are precious bottles, buoys, polylons and plastic sheets, which become brittle over time (that is, under the impact of waves and sand and gravel, the plastic sheet will become smaller and smaller, even harder to see with the naked eye), and it will be more difficult to clean up. It may also make animals eat by mistake or even be trapped." Lin Peiyu gives a serious account of the origin of one item of marine waste, explaining how plastic pollutes the ocean, accumulates in the environment, and how it affects people's lives and health.

Abandoned buoys drifting from the sea can often be found on the beach. (courtesy of Lin Peiyu)

"I'm going to draw a bluefin tuna!" "I want a rocket painted red!" After the abandoned buoy was washed, it was transformed into creative material, and as a graffiti canvas for children, people racked their brains to paint unique souvenirs, even ignoring the fact that the class bell rang and enjoyed it very much.

However, as the buoy may dissolve heavy metal lead in the sea and pollute the environment, Lin Peiyu always urges students to wash their hands before eating after touching the buoy.

After the abandoned buoys were washed, they were transformed into creative materials, and the children racked their brains to draw unique souvenirs. (photo / Lin Xiejun) "I eat jellyfish, you eat plastic" childlike innocence shows marine conservation consciousness

Island countries live according to the sea, ocean currents bring endless vitality, but also save human-made garbage back to land. Sea drifting garbage makes us think about the relationship between people and the sea, and in the hands of children, humble waste plus imagination, to create a lifelike artistic creation.

"in fact, the stories you tell them will be buried in the bottom of their hearts, including sea turtles trapped in fishing nets, fish eating plastic by mistake, garbage brought by the sea, and so on." Tian Yongcheng, principal of Baisha Primary School, pointed to the three-dimensional marine waste work just completed by fifth-and sixth-graders in the back of the classroom.

The "garbage fountain" made of plastic fragments and Polygon surrounded the whales, and the students explained sadly: "because the whales ate the garbage, it was all garbage." Another student made a tangled fishing net out of fishing line to describe the crucifixion of sea turtles he saw in the film, while another student wrote directly on the painting, "I eat jellyfish, do you want to eat plastic?" .

"I eat jellyfish, you eat plastic." the child conveys the concept of marine conservation through marine waste creation. (provided by / Pak Sha Primary School)

"this is the first lesson I told them. If he is touched by the current crisis in the ocean, and if he remembers it, it will become an inspiration for creation. At the same time, he will start with life, take the initiative to bring a kettle, and even advise his family not to use disposable plastic bags." Lin Peiyu praised that every student is a super artist, and the pieces of sea waste works that contain sincere childlike innocence are in fact a profound creation in response to environmental awareness.

In addition, some students use buoys to make canoes, to build buildings out of driftwood, and to jump out of the ocean background to try to make delicacies. A lively and active person in the rest of the class.