To celebrate Earth Day 2011, Rotary Club of Bali Lovina organized a beach cleanup in Desa Anturan. Eighty students from three of the village’s elementary schools joined in (they were from SDs 1,2 and 3) as well as students from MAPINDO and SMA 1 Singaraja (Sispala).

Teachers, Desa officals, and a delegation from the Police Department helped. The Kepala Desa, Mr. Kadek Suratnja gave a motivational opening speech that stressed the importance of a clean environment and explained how we should all work towards this goal. There was applause and then everyone sang the National anthem.

In between the cleanup sessions there were snacks and drinks, and after finishing the clean-up everyone had lunch. There were songs and games with prizes for the winners. Then people went home feeling happy that the beach and temple grounds were now cleaner. The participating Schools received certificates to thank them for participating and paying respect to Mother Earth on this special day.