Children take lessons on conservation at Eerste River Estuary.(News) From: Cape Times (South Africa) | Date: March 21, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Independent News & Media PLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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TWO hundred children from 10 schools in Macassar and Khayelitsha spent about four hours outside yesterday learning about natural science in the annual Big Dunes Day near the Macassar Dunes Nature Reserve.

Rotating between five stations around the Eerste River Estuary – one of the only estuaries on the False Bay coastline that is not enclosed by concrete walls – the pupils from grades 6 and 7 learnt about the waste water treatme...