Litter

We have two friends who are passionate about cleaning up the litter found along the side of the roads and in other public places. 

            A good friend from Upland walks the length of a long street there, making it his business to pick up the junk other people have so rudely thrown out into the native plants. Now some people might call them “weeds,” but they are lovely in their own way and native to the area. He fills Hefties full of papers, fast food bags, cups, wrappers, and occasionally, larger things like tires, chairs, or used fencing. Kidding about the last three; not that they were on the road, but that our friend picked them up. There was a small couch on the road for a year or so! Seriously though, his efforts do make a difference.

·                                              Another friend has spent hours and hours picking up trash along the coast where he lives. “His” beach has been trashed several times this summer, but he patiently turns the trash cans right side up and refills them. He really cares about how California! The following is a website he posted recently about youth making a difference in cleaning up litter. pickupamerica.wordpress.com  This is his comment about it:  “They've picked up 118,589 pounds of litter across 1,105.4 miles! Click above to see their story & donate if you want to help in some small way-we did, and it feels right!”

·                                  I’m fairly certain that the people who read this blog are not the piglets who litter our land, but perhaps we all could exert some influence on those who do, especially the children.