As part of the massive National School of the Arts festival, the students are helping share the message of reduce, reuse and recycle plastic as well as the universal message of The Dung Beetle Project. The Dung Beetle Project is known for its work in sharing education on how we can save the planet by being more environmentally minded. Not only is The Beetle a piece of art, but it also creates fuel from plastic and we could all do better finding similar ways of helping the planet and each other.

We are sharing this message of hope that together we can do something about the epidemic of plastic pollution.

The Dung Beetle Project fires up the start of the festival day with a performance & eco-demonstration on the NSA field at 8am with another performance at 12 noon. There is no capacity limit but we do advise you to get some tickets and join the festival all day.

Even your friends will say “We want to go see the Dung Beetle” when you tell them about this great initiative.

Don’t be toxic, be awesome! If you missed the show on Wednesday 4 March or Thursday 5 March, you can still catch it on Friday 6 March.

Info on bookings here. Come join us or follow us on social media.

Date : 5 and 6 March 2020
Time : 8am and 12pm
Venue : National School of the Arts

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2. Planting trees and turning plastic into fuel

“Eco-Rangers is a club in my school where we plant and water stuff. We talk about litter and things that keep the environment clean and the things that make the environment dirty like plastic and polystyrene. The Dung Beetle Project can melt the plastic and turn it into fuel. If we could do this everywhere it could save the environment.”

Yashna, Durban, South Africa, Treetops Eco-School

3. Waste turned into art

“We colour fish on a piece of paper and then our teacher cuts the plastic fish out for us from a plastic bottle. We draw dots and stripes with a marker and then paint it. We are recycling plastic into art.”

Simmy Matha, Durban, South Africa, Treetops Eco-School

4. Recycling saves the environment

“I think the Dung Beetle is cool and nice because it looks cool… I like bugs… I think recycling saves the environment.”

Issy Haarof, Durban, South Africa, Treetops Eco-School

5. Cleaning and spreading word

“The Dung Beetle is turning plastic into flames and energy… we can all help the Dung Beetle by recycling, picking up litter and telling people how to do it. We joined the International Beach Clean-up Day and cleaned up plastic on the beach using a sieve.”

Oliver Kidson, Durban, South Africa, Treetops Eco-School

The Dung Beetle Project Schools Outreach Initiative strives to spread the word of environmental conservation and educates about the importance of recycling and renewable energy. Education about the environment should start early and you can find out more about what the Dung Beetle Project does here.

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