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Last Thursday and Friday, Spring Creek Valley had 288 indigenous trees, plants and other flora planted and guarded by members of Rip Curl as part of the company\u2019s annual Planet Day, getting staff into the community to help with various environmental projects.<\/p>\n
With more of these initiatives taking place and more set to occur in the future, chairperson of both SCEG and SANE Graeme Stockton said his community groups were being presented with an extremely lucky opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we need to continue doing is working on building our assets not destroying them through things like over-urbanisation. If we can do that, we can bring in lots of new economic opportunities,\u201d Mr Stockton said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we work collectively, as we do with businesses like Rip Curl, the community and private land-holders, we can do enormous things, which in the past just hasn\u2019t been available to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Planet Day marked the 21st year of Rip Curl\u2019s staff members working with local environmental groups to help better the Surf Coast area.<\/p>\n
Rip Curl Group CEO and Planet Day participant Michael Daly was one of the staff members on the ground this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are proud that every Rip Curl staff member allocates a working day to help the volunteer community groups improve our local environment\u201d Mr Daly said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Rip Curl Planet Day has become a popular tradition for our crew and it\u2019s awesome to see the results from previous years in our coastal areas\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Stockton said volunteers were not required to be a part of either SCEG or SANE to help with Spring Creek Valley plantings and the monthly working bees wiould continue to take place 11 months out of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
COMMUNITY and businesses have joined forces to begin restoring some 100 acres of private property set aside for preservation in Spring Creek Valley, with close to 300 indigenous plants planted and the removal of a large amount of invasive gorse in the last two weeks alone. Members of Surfers Appreciating Natural Environment (SANE), Surf Coast […]<\/p>\n