The University of Otago has 20,000 students. Just one answered the call to help clean up the mess they have made during O-Week.<\/p>\n
Keep \u014ctepoti Dunedin Beautiful co-ordinator Kelsey Porter said it was “disappointing” that only one person joined her in the cleanup of the north section of Castle St.<\/p>\n
“This person collected 50kg of rubbish and a couple of bags of recyclable glass in the space of an hour, but it was not enough to make much of an impact on that street,” Porter said.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, it was a little bit of a bummer to not see more students turn out, especially as the state of Castle St and the surrounding flats area at the moment is very untidy.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s just a matter of developing pride for where you’re living. A lot of people want to go do cleanups or something out at the beaches, but really we all need to be cleaning up our own backyards first.”<\/p>\n
Porter said Salmond College would head towards Bracken’s Lookout today, while Arana College would clean along Anzac Ave, heading towards the marina.<\/p>\n
She said there were several students who were trying to do the right thing.<\/p>\n
“I had a stall over at O-Week inviting people to come to the cleanup, which is how they heard about it, and they agreed that the area needed to be cleaned up.<\/p>\n
“So the students were aware of it.”<\/p>\n
Taskforce Green leader Rik Wilson assisted Porter with the cleanup.<\/p>\n
“Frankly, I was pretty disgusted by the student apathy and lack of support.”<\/p>\n
Source: Otago Daily Times & RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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