Posted by scratchpad on June 16, 2007, at 16:06:24
In reply to Summer plans, posted by LlurpsieNoodle on June 16, 2007, at 10:48:15
My back hurts... I joined in a coastal cleanup this morning in an area where two municipalities can't agree whose responsibility it is to clean up the storm run off. 10 years' worth of debris was cleared away by the Green Armada (I just love the organization's name!), racing the incoming tide. There were 500 registered participants. Lots of people climbing around the mangroves. The mud was thick and some of the pieces of discarded plastic had been there so long that new plants had sent shoots up right through them.
We all wore gloves and the cities santitation departments combined forces to haul away the accumulated bagged garbage. I wanted to knock our fair city's mayor into the muck and ask him about a bottle return policy, but the timing didn't seem right. After all, he WAS picking up garbage, alongside the rest of us.
It was a really satisfying morning.
Scratchpad
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