This challenge is inspired by a little four-year old girl named Claire. For Earth Day Claire was walking around town with her mom picking up trash. They had two bags filled and they had only walked 7 blocks. The crazy weather we have had lately seems to have blown more garbage than usual around and it seems that no gutter or sewer is without some king of garbage.
Or maybe this trash was always there and I never noticed it much. But after learning about Captain Charles Moore and the Great Pacific Garbage patch, and about what plastic is doing to our ocean, marine life, and birds, I cannot walk by a piece of plastic garbage near a sewer without picking it up. Please watch this video and you will see what I mean. It’s only 7 minutes.
Ok, so, now that you know..on to the challenge: get a bag or box or bin, step outside your house, walk up and down the street and pick up any trash you see that is in the street. You might even feel so good about this, that you decide to be like Claire and walk further and pick up more trash. And you might then feel so grossed out that you will avoid plastic as much as you possibly can. And that’s what they mean when they say “one good turn deserves another.” And I know it’s not your garbage, so why should you pick it up. Well, it wasn’t Claire’s either, but come on…if a four year old can do it!
