Ferguson completes Elephant Coast mega-swim
Publish date: 11 December 2018
Issue Number: 586
Diary: Legalbrief Environmental
Category: General
Ferguson completes Elephant Coast mega-swim
The first segment of a unique 11-part video of a 100km mega-swim down the Elephant Coast by Spar Eastern Cape Stop Plastic campaign ambassador Sarah Ferguson has been released. Part one of the video covers the first leg of Ferguson’s six-day swim from Ponta Milibangalala in Mozambique to Sodwana in northern KZN and includes surface and underwater visuals, plus footage of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Ferguson said last week she had tackled the swim to encourage people to ‘live deeply, tread lightly and follow your passions ... but be aware of the impact of your actions’. She said it was aimed at raising awareness about the pollution crisis caused by throwaway plastics, and the lifestyle changes that everyone could make to rescue the planet from disaster. ‘Each stroke of the swim represented one simple consumer decision that impacts our oceans,’ she said. The next 10 episodes will be released over the next six weeks.
