Watch: Limerick’s rhythmic steps to climate change

Tamara Orosz, Erin McCarthy, Emma Mulhall, Zoe Dunworth and Clara O'Sullivan performing at the launch of the 'Dance for Our Oceans' video. Photo: Alan Place

LIMERICK City and County Council has partnered with the Limerick Dance Academy to bring the climate change message to life.

โ€œSay no to plastic bottles and save the oceans of tomorrowโ€, is the call to action from the โ€˜Dance for our Oceansโ€™ video which was officially launched earlier this week.

And itโ€™s a message thatโ€™s resonated with the performers themselves withย Dance Academy Director Stacey Booth confirming that they have banned single-use plastic bottles from the academy.

โ€œWeย wanted to do something to help the oceans and the overall environment. Our students and parents support us with this initiative, and parents no longer bring single-use drinks cups while waiting to collect their children,โ€ she said.

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โ€œโ€˜The Story of a Plastic Bottleโ€™ a poem written and read by Maura Oโ€™Neill of Limerick City Centre Tidy Towns, shows how one single used plastic bottle discarded carefully here in Limerick City can end up in the Atlantic Oceanโ€.

Speaking on behalf of Limerick City and County Council Cllr Dan McSweeneyย said: โ€œClimate change and the environment are hugely important issues and it is vital that everyone heeds the messages that are already out there.

โ€œIt has become an issue that young people can get behind because we are going to be inheriting the environment and the subsequent damage that has been done by the previous generations.

Dance for our Oceans from Limerick.ie on Vimeo.

 

โ€œAnd โ€˜Dance for the Oceansโ€™ will help get the message across.ย  By working in collaboration, Limerick Dance Academy and Limerick City and County Council have come up with this unique way of getting the message across.

โ€œIt is exactly what we need.ย  Something eye-catching and different that will make people swiping up and down on social media, stop and watchโ€.

Environment Awareness Officer Sinead Mc Donnell added: โ€œIt is wonderful to see Limerick Dance Academy take this step and be a true role model for their students, teachers and their families.

โ€œThis video sends a powerful message of the changes we can make to help our environment.ย  Preventing โ€˜single-useโ€™ items is an important part of the Southern Regional Waste Management Plan.

โ€œWe are working with them as they have proved key influencers in helping to change behaviours in relation to single-use itemsโ€.