Millions of volunteers have signed up for this Saturday's World Cleanup Day (WCD) initiative, whose organization center is in Estonia, despite coronavirus regulations.
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Can you tell the difference between what is litter and what is an archeological artifact? Leave No Trace often tells us to pick up everything we see on the trail, but what if that isn't always the right thing to do?
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By KOLD News 13 Staff | September 16, 2020 at 2:17 PM MST - Updated September 16 at 2:17 PM
PHOENIX (KOLD News 13) – Adopt-a-Highway volunteers will be joining participants across the country for National CleanUp Day on Saturday, Sept. 19, with volunteers serving in 13 of Arizona’s counties. Volunteers from all 50 states will focus on cleaning green spaces, urban landscapes and waterways.
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“Here’s a new #challenge….” was the caption that started a viral social media movement, but how did the #trashtragchallenge really begin?
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Tourism is a double-edged sword, particularly for least developed and developing countries, and the Himalayas have not escaped its most ugly bedfellow: trash.
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What do you think of when you think of plastic pollution? Bottles, straws, bags, maybe fishing nets floating in the ocean, but what about the chemicals that leach into the water?
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What is the environmental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? While the media has touted beneficial ecological changes, will they stick? Here’s how the coronavirus has actually impacted the environment.
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I was scrolling through Instagram last week when an ad suggesting I go “plogging” caught my eye. I decided not to look it up on Urban Dictionary, but assumed it would be there, and wouldn’t be pleasant. The next day an email in my inbox asked me to sign a petition to make “plogging” an Olympic sport. As an Oregonian, I figured it must have something to do with logging, because if there’s one thing I learned at field day in lumber country, it’s that log rolls are a good way to work up a sweat. But it turns out that plogging doesn’t involve logs. It involves garbage: It’s a fitness craze imported from Sweden, and it just might be the sustainable sport of the future.
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Take four hours or at least four pieces of litter and put them in the trash.
National CleanUp Day was created by Clean Trails, a US based 501(c)3 non-profit. National CleanUp Day was officially proclaimed in mid-2017 and our inaugural event was held on September 16, 2017. We partnered with many Keep America Beautiful affiliates, companies and individuals with a total of 225,000 participants.
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Clean Trails is on the Move!
We hope you enjoy this month’s newsletter. Along with a bit about what we’ve been up to, we’ve selected some of the more popular stories we’ve shared on our social media channels.
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Know about Clean Trails? You Should
When many do a little, much can be gained.
Our grass roots efforts continue to grow. In the last month we have done awareness and maintenance events in the San Diego, Salt Lake City, and Denver metropolitan areas. We are working to schedule more activities in those areas and grow our presence in 7 others across the west and in New York City. Consider joining us in developing a nationwide network of trail stewards to keep the more than 50,000 public trails across our country as pristine as nature intended.