The Clean Up Australia Day campaign celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year and organisers are hoping to rally thousands of Australians together to make a difference for our nation this week.Today, we had the pleasure of going out with our son and his fellow Joey Scouts to clean up the local area. We walked with gloved hands grasping tongs and a plastic bag and watched as eight eager Joey's eagerly sought rubbish along the path up to the local train station and around the local town centre before making a return trip. It was inspiring and has me wondering what more can be done.
Organisers of Clean Up Australia Day believe that last year they picked up approximately 2 million pieces of rubbish, which is great but what would be really awesome is that we could achieve 10 times that if only every Australian picked up just one piece each! The potential is huge if we all get involved.
The big day to get involved in your community is this Sunday March 9th 2010. You can jump directly to their web page to find a clean up site near you and get involved. Schools clean up day is also this Friday so now is a great time to talk to your children about pollution and its effect on the environment too in preparation for what your children's school may have in store.
If Sunday is not a good day for you or your children's school is not participating then please consider contributing to our environment by other means. Maybe you could do your own family clean up and tidy up of your yard by pulling weeds or, better still, do the same for someone elderly in your community as an act of kindness and generosity. I am sure there are other ideas too that you could put into action - just be creative to help Clean Up Australia!
No comments:
Post a Comment