Litter picking espouses values of Green and Clean and Community; helping to maintain a litter-free environment-one small step in saving the earth. But what is so great about the action of picking up littered trash?
Focus is on Community:
§ Socializing
as you clean up with others in Y/our town, city, or village.
§ Provides
a civics lesson and a positive example to children and others.
§ Relationships
created and nurtured through invitation and participation.
§ Coalitions/Alliances:
Connecting businesses, non-profits, and community groups creates synergy where
1+1=3.
§ Small
local projects are great catalyst for change in behavior and action while
building trust and cohesion in the community.
Vision and Values
·
Demonstrates Green and Clean and citizenship
values.
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Inclusion. Open to all individuals as well as
group activism and self-determination.
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Giving back to, taking responsibility for,
taking pride in, your hometown.
All Season Sport
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A chance to publish your litter pick photos
on Litterati @ http://www.litterati.org/ via https://twitter.com/litterati
(Litter, just picked up, is beautiful.)
Personal and immediate as well as long-term satisfaction.
Activism:
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Problem solving that is easy to do, requiring
little to no special tools or technology.
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Stirs up hope, lifts up a neighborhood, and
creates a feeling of empowerment through positive action by the residents
themselves. Re-affirms hope and faith that change is possible.
Coupons
Clean up coupon @http://bit.ly/1bW0nAR
. Print and redeem at any store.
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Globally important, with global impact;
affected and implemented at a local level.
·
Save Earth close to home. JONATHAN PORRITT, ONE OF ENGLAND’S LEADING GREEN ACTIVISTS,
declares “Most people think the environment is everything that happens outside
our lives. Yet this is a huge philosophical error creating a false divide
between us and the physical world. We need to.. acknowledge that the
environment is rooted in our sense of place: our homes, our streets, our
neighborhoods, our communities…
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Earth, the only planet with people and litter;
easier to clean it up than move.
Schedule free:
Any time, any day, any place-litter picking avails itself
to your calendar.
Treasures:
§ Opportunity
to find treasures from coins, to tools, to the unimaginable.
§ Some found
items even lend themselves to creative storytelling.
Exercise:
Walking, stretching, bending, and incentive to get outside
in all seasons.
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Be the first business on your block to maintain a litter free storefront every
day.
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Be the first neighborhood to organize a meet up and cleanup throughout the year.
Add to the Field Guide
Chance to add your own entry to the Litter Field Guide book.
Preview @ http://bit.ly/16J3WpT
Theraputic:
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Relaxing, and calming. Makes you feel _____
(fill in the blank). Others responded it makes them feel: great, awesome,
hopeful, happy, empowered, relief, they made a difference, exuberant, like a
superhero, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, peaceful and grounded.
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Read how
other global litter pickers feel when they pick up trash –
365 @ http://www.litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2013/04/earth-day-how-i-feel-when-i-pick-up.html.
Litter Picking is an All Season Sport.
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Building a good life in community. http://www.johnlord.net/New%20Paradigm/Building%20a%20Good%20Life.pdf
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How a community initiative creates networks to
improve well-being. http://rwjcsp.unc.edu/about/articles/S292-S299.pdf
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Sustaining community-based initiatives. http://community-wealth.org/_pdfs/tools/cdcs/tool-kellogg-cmty-cap.pdf
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16 ways to make your neighborhood safer,
greener and more fun. http://onthecommons.org/magazine/16-ways-make-your-neighborhood-safer-greener-and-more-fun
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