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Northern Beaches Coastal Ambassadors Graduate

Pittwater Council’s award-winning Coastal Ambassador program has completed another successful year, with nine new ambassadors graduating this year.

This year’s Coastal Ambassadors are volunteers from local surf clubs including Curl Curl, Mona Vale, Bungan and Freshwater, the Surfrider Foundation and the Eco-Divers organisation. 

For expressions of interest in participating in the 2012 Coastal Ambassadors program, call the Coastal Environment Centre on 1300 000 232.

Coastal Ambassadors underwent five weeks training in environmental education, including lectures and field trips. Topics covered were beach and rock platform ecology and the effects of global warming on oceans.

The Ambassadors have been trained by a top marine scientist, as well as community educators from the Coastal Environment Centre at North Narrabeen.

The Coastal Ambassadors program was set up in 2006 to educate marine-based volunteers on how to look after the coastal environment.

Its success has been recognised by the NSW Environmental Trust, which has provided grant funding for the program for the last five years.

Mayor Harvey Rose and the President of Surf Live Saving Northern Beaches Gordon Lang presented the new graduates with their certificates at the Coastal Environment Centre earlier this month.

Mayor Rose said the volunteers had learnt valuable knowledge to pass on to others.

“The more educated our community become about protecting our coast, the less likely it is that people will damage or pollute the environment.”

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