'Seas are becoming landfills': the Senegalese surfer saving a beach - and a way of life - from plastic

Babacar Thiaw has surfed Dakar's beach for 20 years. To protect it for future generations, he realised he needed the help of a whole communityIt took a wave of plastic-strewn water crashing over Babacar Thiaw as he paddled out to sea for him to decide to act.By the time his surfboard had carried him back to Virage beach on the north shore of Senegal's capital, Dakar, Thiaw had a plan that would make use of the surfing community he had built there. Continue reading...