Gavier lake  is covered with weeds which makes it difficult for the birds to dive in the water. Due to the unwanted weeds, the birds find it difficult to look beneath the surface of the water and also come back up . weeds are also the cause of eutrophication which can lead to the death of a lot of marine lives and can disturb our natural ecosystem. few of my friends and i took initiative to clean this mess up.this activity was conducted by us every weekend

LO4

one requires a lot of perseverance to do work like this as pulling out the weeds from the lake to serve the environment in morning hours is really difficult as the sun is right above you and we needed to put all we have in the water to take out as much weed as possible in one go to become time efficient as there was a lot of work to do as the whole lake was covered with the weeds and we wanted to clean the maximum lake possible. With immense efforts and a lot of commitment we were able to clean one part of the lake on the first day which encouraged us to show up again to serve nature and contribute to this social work. We were on boats between the lake , and when we were done with the area near our boat , we needed to row the boat to another part of the lake but we did not have paddles , we were required to row the boat with a piece of wood which took a lot of efforts and strength.

LO2 and LO5

the challenges we encountered were firstly, this activity was conducted on early morning Sundays and getting out of bed at 7 am on a Sunday is really not my cup of tea. secondly , how easy this weed pulling seems , it is really not that  easy . pulling out weeds from the sea required a lot of strength and efforts which everyone is not able to do. we had to get that wooden boat inside and tie it with a rope so we are not stuck in the middle of sea .we also needed to row the boat to the part of the lake where there is a lot of weed to clean. Balancing the boat was no easy task not just by weight of us but by the weight if the weed we collected and it was heavy. so we made 2 teams according to the strength(The responsibilities were distributed according to the strength which helped us complete the activity effectively) and made a game out of it, where the one whose pile of weeds is more wins the game. one person also stayed out on the land where others were distributed among teams , the person was supposed to stack all the weed brought by us in sets. the person used to be the one who got tired or is in no mood to go int he lake while others were picking out weeds from the lake. it was a turn by turn system which showed the collaboration and co-ordination we have. This motivated my colleagues and helped us to clean the lake beyond our capacity. people were not so bizarre with how the weed looked so we had a solution where who were not comfortable with picking out weeds by hand were picking out weed with logs . the activity was supposed bring us out of our comfort zone which it did and , we were able to clean a huge part of the lake

LO6

Aquatic weed control is important because they not only look unsightly but also harms the aquatic life. It is essential to keep the water surface is free of vegetation so that birds which dive into the water to catch fish and ducks which dive underwater to graze on aquatic vegetation gets open water to com out. This is a global issue as there are water bodies everywhere and the whole world is facing this problem to clean the water bodies to maintain aquatic life ( marine life) . Nature club took a great initiative to clean them to save the race of ducks, birds and more. Joining hands with nature club was the best decision ever. nature club gave us a platform to contribute to minimize this global issue

the experiences was really thrilling as we could have fallen into the water at any given time as we were on a wooden trashed boat with no balance and a lot of weight which really was exciting and adventurous. this was a way of me helping nature and contributing my learning somewhere it can actually be useful. this helped me become a better person by serving the environment . i think if everyone does something like this , even small then it can change the world .

LO1

i identified my strength when we were on the boat and divided in teams. so on my boat i was the only one with some sufficient amount of power to row the boat with a piece of log . so when I realized it , i took the responsibility seriously and was capable and successful enough to row the boat to place where there is ample amount of weed to take out and go back to land. however there was weakness attached to me , because I am heavy or a person with greater mass thus the boat was leaning towards my side and because of the swings of paddle it was leaning more , so there was one point where i was almost in water but gradually i understood the situation and then started balancing the boat by changing my positions or by paddling the other side to balance the boat.