Activists Help Teach Children to Treasure Ocean

The little green thing in Made Dharma’s hand quickly drew the attention of dozens of children gathered on the shore of Sanur’s Semawang beach on Saturday.

“Can anybody tell me what this is?” Dharma asked, displaying the five-”legged” animal he had just picked up off the beach.

“It’s a starfish!” the children answered.

Dharma, an activist of the environmental nongovernmental organization Conservation International Indonesia, proceeded to explain the details the animal, starting from the fact that its mouth is located on its underside.