by Lucy Jack

During July, a British team of ecologists based at CEA ran two workshops for local children in association with Akumal Hekab Be Biblioteca. One Wednesday morning, 30 children were invited to the Information Center. The workshop discussed water use, pollution and its potential impacts, and focused on sharing and preserving clean water for the endemic species of the area.

The children viewed images of marine animals and learned their names in Spanish and English.

The following Saturday, the children met again in the Biblioteca for an arts and crafts class in which they created posters promoting marine conservation. The posters are currently displayed in the CEA Center.

Akumal Coral Ecology Project would like to thank Carlos Pech for his help in this collaboration.