Arushi and Avni Natu are only eight and five but they have collected 50,000 cans to be recycled, using the refunds to donate $5000 to charities.
They have just won an environment award - and already promised to use the prize money to plant trees
They have just won an environment award - and already promised to use the prize money to plant trees
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00:33 - So I found a couple of plastics at Stromlo
00:36 and at building sites and other local places.
00:41 And that's how we found everything.
00:47 So she's a good spotter.
00:51 She always knows where the plastic is.
00:54 Like when we're on our bike, she said,
00:57 "Oh, there's a plastic."
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01:04 - I like wrote letters to my neighbours.
01:23 I first did a draft and then I copied them
01:30 in my neatest writing.
01:32 And then they felt really happy
01:38 when I was doing this exciting project.
01:42 So they, you know, like helped me out
01:45 with my collecting plastic.
01:48 And now they put it on my front doorstep
01:52 and maybe write a little note there
01:56 to say well done.
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02:01 - We went to Stromlo Park on a hill.
02:09 We saw us, my dad saw plastic
02:14 with a box of cans and bottles
02:19 and we collected all of them.
02:23 And we found so much when we were going back
02:28 for a play at Stromlo Park.
02:34 So we collected all of them
02:38 and I helped my dad.
02:42 And when we went on the swings,
02:47 my dad saw one plastic under the swing
02:52 and then he picked it up
02:54 and put it in his office bag.
02:58 And then we went home.
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03:03 - So basically what I did was,
03:10 like when I won the $500,
03:14 I felt really excited
03:18 and I was like brainstorming all of these ideas
03:21 and I could not find a solution
03:24 because I had so many good ideas.
03:27 But then finally,
03:28 my dad, my sister and me decided
03:34 with a solution by building a forest
03:39 at the National Arboretum Canberra.
03:42 And so that, and that's how we,
03:47 you know, used our $500
03:51 to build a forest
03:55 and we call it the Nathoo Forest
03:58 'cause that's a last name.
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