Taike Story’s beach cleanup helps protect Qixingtan Beach

On August 20, a beach cleanup event took place at Qixingtan Beach. The event was organized through the Facebook fan page of Taiwan Taike Story (台客劇場) and assisted by Hualien Marine Conservation Association (花蓮縣海洋生態保育協會). Hualien, the first stop on the TK Summer Beach Cleaning tour of Taiwan, attracted the participation of close to 200 people for this joint endeavor. 

In addition to seeing the usual plastic bottles and plastic bags, Qixingtan Beach is also awash with empty fluorescent fish lure packets left by night fishermen, who recklessly discard their trash along the shoreline; one other interesting item that is particular to Qixingtan Beach is whetstones. Following the event, many people stayed on to continue helping with the cleanup operation and carefully sorting out the garbage. Interestingly, no one looked fatigued from the day’s cleanup event, but instead, appeared satisfied with the results of this common effort to make the beach cleaner place.  

Taike Story’s beach cleanup helps protect Qixingtan Beach

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台客淨灘一條心 守護七星潭更有力

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8月20號於七星潭舉辦一場由臉書粉絲團「台客劇場」主辦，花蓮縣海洋生態保育協會協辦的淨灘活動。這是台客劇場環島淨灘的第一站—花蓮，首場就號召了將近200位的民眾一同參與。

除了常見的寶特瓶、塑膠袋，螢光魚標的包裝袋也很容易在七星潭的海灘上找到，因為這裡有許多的夜釣客，他們使用後會將袋子丟棄在岸上，除此之外，還有一樣東西在七星潭才有很大的機會看到—磨石器。活動結束後仍有許多人自願留下來幫忙，將垃圾做仔細的分類，每個人臉上的表情沒有露出一絲的疲倦，反而是享受在大家共同努力把海灘變乾淨後的成果。