Pooja Hemdev Lalwani, founder of the club, shares that this is their first beachcombing session after the monsoon. “It’s fun to look for aquatic animals in the intertidal zones. We hold these activities on and off as and when the tides allow us. The entire purpose of it is to make people aware of the wide variety of marine animals that can be found on Mumbai’s shores,” she says. Lalwani shares that when Mumbaikars are told that it’s easy to spot marine creatures if they look for it at the right time and in the right direction, they are usually surprised because most beaches in the metropolis are polluted.

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“Despite that there’s a lot to experience apart from crabs and shrimps,” she adds. Combing activities should be done during extreme low tides. The workshop is open to everyone but smaller kids should be accompanied by an adult guardian, the founder of the club informs. Attendees can expect hairy crabs, priceline crabs, sea sponges, soft corals and sea anemones.

Pooja Hemdev Lalwani. PICS COURTESY/ROOTS NATURE CLUB

Lalwani adds, “Such workshops help build awareness and responsibility among young children. When children come to know about these organisms and then, see heaps of plastic scattered across the beach, they get curious about the source and extent of environmental degradation.”        

On: November 6; 4.30 pm to 6 pm
At: Juhu Beach AGE Five years and above
Log on to: @rootsnatureclub
Call: 9820613334