NPH and MEN Team clean up Auasblick Mountain

A popular hiking and boot camping spot in Windhoek, Auasblick Mountain has been marred by the amount of rubbish those who climb it leave behind. Trapped by the thick bush, the rubbish (plastic and glass bottles, cool drink cans, paper and foil wrappers, etc.) is often inaccessible to City of Windhoek cleaning teams to collect, posing a risk to the abundant wildlife and looking unsightly.

NPH and MEN Team in action

As part of Springer Nature's annual Sustainable Development Goals Impact Festival, Namibia Publishing House and Macmillan Education Namibia Team have come together to participate in an SDG-themed clean-up event at the Auasblick Mountain.

Armed with rubber gloves, collecting sticks and refuse bags, our team of 11 spent the Friday morning, 27 September, scouring the mountain, collecting all the rubbish we could find, often at the cost of personal injury. 😬😏😣 

Fearless against the invader bush, defying thorns and sneaky branches, and motivated by our very own SDG Games Mascot, the team competed with each other on who can collect the most rubbish, collectively filling 30 refuse bags.

NPH and MEN Team with their collected bags of rubbish at the foot of Auasblick Mountain

We proudly delivered the load at the Kleine Kuppe Refuse Site for further processing, hoping we had made a visible impact and that the Auasblick Mountain will stay clean for some time.

NPH and MEN Team unloading the collected bags of rubbish at the Kleine Kuppe Refuse Site

We would like to thank Rent-a-Drum for providing us with the recycling bags for this clean-up operation. At the same time, we implore the public to use the recreational spots such as the Auasblick Mountain responsibly, not littering the site.

 "If you brought it there, take it back with you."

NPH and MEN - Building our nation on Solid Foundations!