Usually when you show up for class, the professor doesn’t give you a bag and ask you to start picking up garbage. But earlier this week, that’s exactly what happened to second-year students taking a Nature and Environment course at Carleton. Their professor, Patricia Ballamingie, arranged for the group to take part in the TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup as a way to link their lessons about ecological restoration with a hands-on community project. Carol Hunsberger met up with the students at Westboro Beach and heard what they had to say about the event.

