They grill sausages and cook rice porridge by the campfire, tell stories, and sleep in tents or under the stars. The second day, Saturday, they hike. While practicing survival skills such as compass reading and finding edible plants, they learn about natural history and the evolution of plants and animals. In sea camp, they go out in a boat, snorkel, look at coral and other sea life, and examine the results of destructive fishing techniques and pollution. The entire final day is reserved for planning.
Students brainstorm on projects to help preserve the local environment.
The club concept is introduced, and most students choose to become involved. Several volunteer to become trainees for future camps. The trees, the mushrooms, the animals, the cool shade, the fish, the beauty, are all amenities that make life nicer. If they are destroyed and disappear, we are the ones who will lose most, not the commercial exploiters who often don't live here anyway. We must act now, not later.