Trinidad /// "I miss how clean the beach was, actually."
C2C Interview /// University of the West Indies, Trinidad
Do have a favorite childhood memory of the ocean?
I went to the beach so much as a child… I have to pick one memory? Well… there was this one time we went to the beach with a couple cousin and with my grandfather. Gosh it sounds so simple but it was just us at the beach playing… it was super clean at that time.
What’s it like now?
Right now the beach itself is more full of trash and then they are building in the area… doing construction to make it more of a tourist attraction… developing the area. So you have the runoff from the construction area and it goes into the ocean… construction as a whole kinda spoils it... hotels and tourist attractions. I miss how clean the beach was, actually.
What can Trinidadians do to protect the ocean?
I think we need to show more concern… just doing more as a people. Recycling and realizing how important it is… keeping waste out of it and protecting the animals. Right? So just do more and be more aware and be more active in its preservation.
